NIST released three post-quantum cryptography draft standards, which are expected to become the global benchmark.

"The core DNA of VMware is to work with a plethora of partners, and many of them compete with each other, regardless of our ownership," said Raghuram.

"Virtually every OEM in the world is building systems" that are designed to run the private artificial intelligence platform, Nvidia VP Justin Boitano said.

If VMware had opted to create "yet another vendor solution," that would be "insufficient," SVP Purnima Padmanabhan said.

Versa Networks' CEO noted the new capabilities announced this week augment existing AI capabilities from previous iterations of Versa's platform.

AMD claims Pensando's DPU has increased power efficiency and performance, and its new tool automates cold-migrating data center machines.

From "old reliable" MPLS, and why it isn't going away anytime soon, to the next-gen 5G vRAN, our coverage this week ran the gamut of technology.

The vendor's Compute Cloud@Customer offer lets enterprises run Oracle compute, storage and networking services in their own data centers.

Here's where major enterprise tech vendors stand in terms of sustainability targets and environmental impact – starting with Dell, IBM, Cisco, VMware and HPE.

The technology "represents a vital technology that helps right-size 5G connectivity for intelligent edge applications," CCS Insights' Wayne Lam said.

The companies stated they have already completed a successful interoperability test of the new integration.

Now that the infrastructure needed to run AI workloads has finally caught up, does open source hold the key to demystifying AI for enterprises?

Synthetic data for artificial intelligence, products for simplifying generative AI, and AI in networking and security are among this week's top stories.

Fortinet is growing — with a second quarter 2023 reported revenue of $1.3 billion and two new products for its secure networking portfolio.

"We outperformed our original top-line outlook for fiscal 2023, and ... outgrew the market by two times," said CEO Ed Meyercord,

CEO Pat Gelsinger expects general purpose cloud computing CPU sales will continue to decline into a "soft" third quarter.

Arista is increasingly looking towards artificial intelligence with the company expecting it to be a significant growth contributor by 2025.

Cisco taps Cohesity for its backup and recovery capabilities; plans to add more partners to expand its extended detection and response platform.

The carrier is already trimming 2023 revenue growth projections it released last quarter, but it expects its artificial intelligence product will help the shortfall.

The Dell Generative AI Solutions is a suite of products to provide artificial intelligence inferencing, strategy, scaling and more.

Who needs 400G? Apparently it’s not just for cloud operators anymore. Broadcom brings Trident 4-X7 Ethernet switch ASIC to enterprise data centers.

AWS, which strives to be an artificial intelligence innovator, furthered that mission with several new gen AI tools at AWS Summit: New York.

From firewalls to scalable cloud architecture and hyperscalers, the common theme this week seemed to be cloud and the edge. Get caught up here.

Saving money while mining customer data, protecting data centers with hybrid mesh firewalls, and the next-gen Ethernet are the top stories this week.