Can AI Save IBM’s Mainframe Biz From AWS?
Announced at re:Invent 2021, AWS Mainframe Migration offers customers a cloud alternative to big iron.
Analysis - Tobias Mann
In-depth analysis of networking, cloud, and AI infrastructure trends
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SSE Is a Compromise, Claims Cato Co-Founder
Pairing SSE and SD-WAN is a flawed approach, Cato's Gur Shatz argues. “Whenever you have two things making a decision independently, you have a security hole.” -
Why AMD Spent $1.9B for Pensando's DPU Biz
The acquisition of Pensando and Xilinx distinguishes AMD as a more potent player beyond processors, Forrester's Glenn O'Donnell says. -
SD-WAN Is Anything But Baggage, VMware’s SASE Lead Argues
Security vendors should be bringing SD-WAN-like simplicity and automation to their platforms, VMware's Craig Connors said. -
VMware, Cato, Versa Claim Unified SASE Title
Dell'Oro Group noted the three vendors were the only secure access service edge vendors offering an integrated networking and security stack. -
Skyhigh CEO: SSE Can't Stop At Access
It’s not enough to control access to the data, the SSE platform needs to protect the data itself, Skyhigh CEO Gee Rittenhouse said. -
Co-Packaged Optics Years From Practicality, Experts Say
Engineers have been surprisingly successful at putting off co-packaged optics almost indefinitely, Nvidia's Kevin Deierling said. -
Nvidia Spectrum-4 Puts Rivals Years Behind
The new platform is targeted at hyperscalers that need to support high-demand security, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence workloads. -
Everything You Need to Know About Nvidia's New AI GPUs
“The Hopper architecture is a giant leap over Ampere,” CEO Jensen Huang said. It’s “our largest generational leap ever.” -
RISC-V Eyes Mainstream With $175M SiFive Funding
SiFive is one of several RISC-V chipmakers working with Intel as part of a $1 billion initiative announced last month. -
As Vendors Ditch SASE For SSE, What’s Actually Changed?
Most SSE products are just rebranded and repackaged SASE services that’ve been stripped of their SD-WAN capabilities. -
Intel's European Expansion Depends on EU Funding
The chipmaker plans to invest more than $36 billion in Europe over the next few years. -
SSE Is Just SASE Without the SD-WAN Baggage
Many large enterprises may prefer to buy security service edge and SD-WAN products separately, Gartner's Charlie Winckless said. -
Russia Has Chip Supply Chain Cards to Play
The country is one of the largest suppliers of raw materials like palladium, helium, scandium, neon, and copper commonly used in high-tech manufacturing. -
Will the Great Resignation Drive a Managed Services Renaissance?
Adopting managed services doesn’t solve the talent shortage, it just makes it someone else’s problem. -
Nvidia's Arm Ambitions Are Anything But Dead
“You’re going to see a lot of exciting CPUs coming from us, and Grace is just the first example,” CEO Jensen Huang said. -
Intel Embraces RISC-V, Arm in Foundry Push
The semiconductor giant announced a $1 billion initiative to help other chipmakers tailor their designs and migrate pipelines to Intel Foundry Services. -
Intel's Foundry Ramp Rides on $52B CHIPs Bill
How quickly Intel ramps domestic semiconductor manufacturing depends heavily on if and when U.S. lawmakers can pass the CHIPs for America Act. -
Is Neuromorphic Computing the Key to Faster, Greener AI?
Neuromorphic processors do away with traditional computing architectures in favor of one inspired by the brain's neurons and synapses. -
Nvidia Exec: AI Rides on Symbiotic Hardware-Software Relationship
“Nvidia doesn’t just make hardware or software, it’s a full stack company. We build all the layers of software and all the layers of hardware,” Nvidia's Manuvir Das said. -
AT&T Combats SASE Confusion as Adoption Surges
For all of SASE's promises, there is still a considerable amount of confusion as to how it fits into the broader security stack, AT&T Security's Rupesh Chokshi said. -
Intel: Confidential Computing All About Trust but Verify
Confidential computing can help enterprises as they transition away from private data centers and lose physical control over the hardware on which their software and data reside. -
MWC 5G Services Push Centers On AI, Security
Both Palo Alto Networks and Nvidia are betting on 5G to enable their next-generation security and AI products. -
COVID-19 Jumpstarted SASE. What Comes Next?
As remote workers return to the office, expect to see enterprise refocus on SD-WAN and SASE vendors that prioritize sensitive data discovery and monitoring as well as multi-edge applications. -
VMware VP Says Complexity Shaped SD-WAN, SASE
Over the past 14 years SD-WAN has evolved from wrangling WAN links to including security, quality of service, and artificial intelligence.