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Enterprises deploying agentic AI may need a new generation of AI servers as conventional GPU-centric infrastructure struggles to efficiently execute multi-step AI workflows, according to researchers from Microsoft Azure and the University of Texas at Austin. Drawing on production telemetry from Microsoft’s Azure cloud and experiments with representative open-source agent frameworks, the researche…

I recently attended a CXO roundtable hosted by Extreme Networks for sports technology executives, and 6 GHz Wi-Fi was one of the hot topics. Given how reliant sports fans are on their mobile devices today, I wasn’t surprised by the interest among sports technology executives in next-generation Wi-Fi. However, sports venues aren’t the only facilities to benefit from 6 GHz Wi-Fi. It’s the first maj…

IBM will embed OpenAI frontier models and products such as Codex and ChatGPT embedded into IBM’s AI consulting services platform, IBM Consulting Advantage, as well as expanding the companies’ existing collaboration in the cybersecurity realm, they announced Thursday. Joint initiatives will include the creation of industry-specific products for financial services, government, telecommunications, a…

Talk about navigating a crooked path. The judge overseeing the most recent objection to HPE’s $14 billion buy of Juniper Networks approved HPE’s original settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice. “As stated in both HPE’s and DOJ’s filings, the settlement in this case is in the public interest and warranted approval. We are gratified by the judge’s approval of the settlement and are excited …

Google, Microsoft and Nvidia are working through the Open Compute Project (OCP) to establish 800-volt direct current (800VDC) as an open standard for powering the next generation of high-density AI data centers. The three companies are collaborating with the broader OCP ecosystem on common requirements for 800VDC power distribution, including power conversion, power quality, system interfaces and…

Cisco closed out its fiscal year 2026, delivering record Q4 revenue of $17.3 billion (up 18% year-over-year) and bringing full-year revenue to $63.3 billion. While Wall Street quickly zeroed in on the bottom-line expansion and the $7.5 billion FY27 AI infrastructure guidance, IT professionals need to look past the financial headlines. What Cisco’s Q4 FY26 earnings call signaled is a fundamental s…

Cisco is riding a multi-year “networking supercycle” fueled by demand for AI-related hardware and software across its product portfolio, CEO Chuck Robbins told analysts on the vendor’s fiscal fourth-quarter financial call. Accelerating adoption of agentic AI is driving customers to invest in Cisco’s networking stack across cloud, on-premise and edge environments, he said. “We delivered record rev…

Despite significant public pushback, North America’s data center industry is engaging in unprecedented expansion, with more than 66 gigawatts (GW) of capacity under construction as available colocation space remains exceptionally scarce, according to a new report from data center builder JLL. JLL’s North America Data Center Report Midyear 2026 , found that data center vacancy has remained at just…

More processor coverage on Network World: Intel news and insights | AMD news and insights With its legacy of innovation, Nvidia has become a dominant force in the AI market. Its GPUs have evolved from their gaming roots to power breakthroughs in scientific simulations, data analysis, and machine learning. Follow this page for the latest news, analysis, and features on Nvidia’s advancements and th…

Oracle said it will deploy Quantinuum’s Helios quantum computer inside its cloud infrastructure and provide enterprise customers access through a planned Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) quantum service for hybrid quantum-AI workloads. The companies have forged a multi-year partnership in this regard. The partnership will see Helios installed in a US-based OCI AI data center, where it will suppo…

In an attempt to facilitate the buildout of AI infrastructure over time, Nvidia and six financial partners said they are creating a fund of more than $500 billion of third-party capital. The impact of such a cash infusion on enterprise AI is uncertain, but analysts fear that it could both further increase enterprise AI infrastructure costs and exacerbate the shortage of AI chips for data centers …

IBM has inked a $240 million deal with neocloud provider Together AI to offer a cloud service that will run large capacity, open-source AI inference workloads . The service will be based on a large cluster of Nvidia HGX B300 systems running Spectrum-X Ethernet networking and residing in IBM Cloud. Together AI will then use this cluster to provide open-source model inference services for enterpris…

OVH is increasing the prices of its servers, some by as much as 87%, for both new and existing customers, blaming AI’s insatiable demand driving the rising cost of the RAM and storage it uses in its data centers. The European cloud operator specializes in low-cost bare metal and public cloud offerings. CIOs will be familiar with the balancing act OVH has had to perform over the last year. In a Mo…

Lead times of nine to 12 or even 18 months. Costs rising by 35%, 45%, even 50% to 200%. More than halfway through 2026, the market for IT infrastructure that’s crucial for enterprise projects, including those involving artificial intelligence, is strapped. Memory is at the root of the shortages. Memory prices “have risen by 50% to 200%, resulting in PC prices increasing by 35% to 45% and some ser…

Millions of people rely on a network of unpaid volunteers to stay anonymous online, and for 25 years that network has run on altruism rather than profit. Tor , short for The Onion Router, routes a user’s traffic through three volunteer operated relays, as many as 9,000 of them scattered across the globe, so no single relay knows both who is asking and where they are going. At the DEF CON security…