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Oracle is expanding its Cloud@Customer on-premises portfolio with a managed database offering that it says will enable enterprises to run databases, applications, and AI agents in their own data centers, helping CIOs modernize mid-sized workloads while meeting data residency, regulatory, and low-latency requirements. The hybrid cloud offering, Base Database Cloud@Customer, combines existing datab…

Nvidia has introduced its next-generation Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform, positioning it as a key building block for the next wave of “gigascale” AI factories designed to connect millions of GPUs while reducing power consumption and operational costs. The networking platform is part of Nvidia’s broader Rubin architecture , which integrates six major components—including the Vera CPU, Rub…

Arista Networks is looking to simplify data protection at the edge of enterprise networks with a new security package that combines branch office security with SD-WAN connectivity in a single platform. The company announced AI-driven Edge Threat Management (ETM) for VeloCloud SD-WAN, a platform that links typically separate products and capabilities including Arista’s next-generation firewall, IP…

AMD has expanded its AI infrastructure portfolio with the launch of Helios, an open, rackscale AI infrastructure designed for frontier AI and sovereign computing. Helios is built around AMD’s next-generation Instinct GPUs, EPYC Venice processors, Pensando networking and the ROCm software stack. “Helios is AMD’s first complete AI rack system with GPUs, CPUs, and networking built together, instead …

Convenience store and gas station chain Sheetz announced it is replacing VMware across its network of more than 830 retail locations with StorMagic’s SvHCI hyperconverged infrastructure platform, marking one of the larger publicly announced migrations away from VMware. The rollout is already well underway. According to StorMagic, Sheetz has completed migrations at more than 600 stores and is aver…

Observability platforms are evolving beyond traditional monitoring as vendors add AI capabilities and cost-management features aimed at helping enterprise organizations better manage increasingly complex IT environments. Vendors are investing heavily in AI observability, autonomous investigations, cost optimization, and operational intelligence as they try to evolve their platforms into systems t…

As AI use ratchets up, demand for data center capacity is higher than it’s ever been. But New York State is telling the industry: Not so fast. New York Governor Kathy Hochul this week signed an Executive Order described as the “nation’s first moratorium” on new hyperscale data centers, massive factories that typically comprise thousands of servers devouring tens or hundreds of megawatts of power.…

Chinese tech giant Huawei is reportedly entering the DRAM manufacturing business in a bid to cash in on the insane profitability of memory sales. Three firms – Micron Technology, SK hynix, and Samsung Electronics — account for 95% of the DRAM on the market worldwide. The rest is small players, mostly in China. One of them, CXMT, is gearing to make a run for the market and try and take a little bi…

IBM has bolstered its Power server portfolio with a new edge S1112 server and announced IBM Power Autonomous Operations, an AI agent that helps customers monitor Power systems and autonomously resolve issues to keep operations running smoothly. Additional software upgrades are aimed at helping customers deploy and manage AI infrastructure components. “Each announcement addresses a different layer…

A faulty configuration update on Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) caused a multi-region disruption on Tuesday, disrupting inter-zone connectivity across three regions. The incident, which lasted for over ten hours, began at 5:00 PM UTC on July 14 and was resolved by 04:46 AM UTC on July 15. It affected VMware Engine stretched clusters in Sydney (australia-southeast1), Melbourne (australia-southe…

Fortinet has added AI visibility and control capabilities to its endpoint security package to help enterprises better govern AI usage, reduce data exposure, and simplify security operations. The vendor’s FortiEndpoint platform integrates antivirus, endpoint detection and response, VPN, zero trust network access, vulnerability management, and data protection. It feeds into Fortinet’s overall Secur…

Europe is sweltering. The summer of 2026 has seen historic heat waves that have taken a significant toll on infrastructure. In recent weeks, across the continent, problems have been reported in the power grid, telecommunications, and rail transportation. IT infrastructure has not been spared from the situation. “The heat affects equipment long before anyone notices a problem,” explains Ricardo Ro…

Artificial intelligence is changing how cybersecurity teams work, with security professionals spending more time validating AI-generated recommendations and deciding when to trust AI outputs, according to new research from ISC2 . The ISC2 survey of 856 cybersecurity professionals found that 65% spent more time deciding when to trust or act on AI-generated recommendations during the past year, whi…

Global security agencies say enterprises must clean up their act as Russian government-sponsored attackers exploit weaknesses in routers. According to a new multinational cybersecurity advisory , cyberattackers continue to exploit inadequately-protected and/or poorly-configured network devices via age-old tactics. Threat actors scan for weakened devices, typically routers, allowing them to “oppor…

AI-driven hyperscale data centers are creating a new generation of risks and challenges that extend well beyond power shortages and chip supply, according to a new report from Zurich North America. The unprecedented scale, speed and complexity of AI data center construction are exposing the industry to new threats previously unknown to the older generation of data centers, ranging from severe wea…