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Google claims breakthrough with Willow quantum computing chip but no real-world use yet

Google claims breakthrough with Willow quantum computing chip but no real-world use yet

Google’s breakthrough in speed and error correction with its new quantum chip, while not immediately useful for most businesses, accelerates the timeline for quantum-safe security…

Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Data center certifications remain valuable for IT career advancement even as the industry transforms, with programs adapting to cover everything from traditional infrastructure to AI,…

Cloudera jockeys for AI platform prominence

Cloudera jockeys for AI platform prominence

Cloudera is using partnerships and acquisitions in its bid to become the platform of choice for data, analytics, and enterprise AI .

IBM, Microsoft and Boeing mark advances in quantum computing

IBM, Microsoft and Boeing mark advances in quantum computing

IBM today announced its Quiskit Functions Catalog, a collection of services that are designed to make it easier for enterprise developers to experiment with quantum…

Quantum networking takes off… into space

Quantum networking takes off… into space

Boeing plans to send a satellite into space to facilitate quantum communications, the company announced at the Quantum World Congress.

Red Hat delivers AI-optimized Linux platform

Red Hat delivers AI-optimized Linux platform

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI is aimed at making it easier and cheaper for enterprises to deploy generative AI technologies with open-source tools sets and…

Broadcom’s vision for VMware highlights private clouds, private AI

Broadcom’s vision for VMware highlights private clouds, private AI

This week’s VMware Explore conference was all about AI, along with an unexpected focus on private clouds.

VMware Cloud Foundation gains AI model store, other updates

VMware Cloud Foundation gains AI model store, other updates

At the VMware Explore conference this week, Broadcom announced expanded AI support, including a new AI model store for VMware Private AI running on VMware…

VMware upgrades software-defined edge for AI workloads

VMware upgrades software-defined edge for AI workloads

VMware added connectivity options and traffic-management capabilities to its software-defined edge products to better support generative AI workloads.

With Project Cypress, VMware brings generative AI to cyberdefense

With Project Cypress, VMware brings generative AI to cyberdefense

VMware announced the addition of a generative AI copilot to its vDefend cybersecurity platform at the VMware Explore conference this week.

Main Line Health readies networks for ‘at home’ hospitals

Main Line Health readies networks for ‘at home’ hospitals

Modernizing Main Line Health’s networking, device management, and cybersecurity helped the organization respond to work-from-home mandates and the rise in telehealth and positions it for…

NIST finally settles on quantum-safe crypto standards

NIST finally settles on quantum-safe crypto standards

After years of review, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen three encryption algorithms as the basis for its post-quantum security strategy.

Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

NIST standards for quantum-safe encryption are due out this summer. As quantum computing advances, enterprises need to consider their encryption infrastructure and post-quantum security strategies.

Microsoft Entra Suite is late to the SSE pool but will still make waves

Microsoft Entra Suite is late to the SSE pool but will still make waves

Despite being late to market, Microsoft’s secure service edge (SSE) offering has some advantages, including cost and ties to Microsoft’s identity access management services.

Proof-of-concept quantum repeaters bring quantum networks a big step closer

Proof-of-concept quantum repeaters bring quantum networks a big step closer

Secure quantum networks that use existing fiber to transmit entangled protons are a step closer to reality as three different teams in US, China and…

Red Hat seeks to be the platform for enterprise AI

Red Hat seeks to be the platform for enterprise AI

Red Hat went all-in on generative AI at its annual summit last week, offering a wide range of tools for operational and development teams to…

Red Hat unveils image mode for its Linux distro

Red Hat unveils image mode for its Linux distro

New container image deployment method for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is aimed at helping enterprises streamline operations and management.

Red Hat extends Lightspeed generative AI tool to OpenShift and Enterprise Linux

Red Hat extends Lightspeed generative AI tool to OpenShift and Enterprise Linux

Red Hat’s Lightspeed, a gen AI-powered assistant, will be extended to RHEL and OpenShift to help enterprises that want to use Linux, automation, and hybrid…

Red Hat introduces ‘policy as code’ for Ansible

Red Hat introduces ‘policy as code’ for Ansible

New ‘policy as code’ capability for the Red Hat Ansible automation platform is aimed at reducing human error and the cost of implementing compliance directives.

Intel builds world’s largest neuromorphic system

Intel builds world’s largest neuromorphic system

Code-named Hala Point, the brain-inspired system packs 1,152 Loihi 2 processors in a data center chassis the size of a microwave oven.

What Microsoft’s error-correction milestone means for usable quantum computing

What Microsoft’s error-correction milestone means for usable quantum computing

In an achievement claimed to usher in a new era of quantum computing, Microsoft and Quantinuum showcase logical qubits with error rates up to 800…

Data centers warm up to liquid cooling

Data centers warm up to liquid cooling

AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing are creating cooling challenges for data center owners and operators. As rack densities increase and temperatures rise, more data…

Error-correction breakthroughs bring quantum computing a step closer

Error-correction breakthroughs bring quantum computing a step closer

Three startups have announced error-correction breakthroughs that could accelerate enterprise adoption of quantum computing.

AI-powered 6G wireless promises big changes

AI-powered 6G wireless promises big changes

The next-gen technology is still years away, but 6G wireless could enable futuristic high-bandwidth, low-latency applications.

5 data center predictions: Surging demand and tighter rules squeeze operations

5 data center predictions: Surging demand and tighter rules squeeze operations

Rising workloads, tougher sustainability regulations, and cost pressures will increasingly squeeze data center operators in 2024 and force tradeoffs between business expansion and infrastructure reliability.

Data centers unprepared for new European energy efficiency regulations

Data centers unprepared for new European energy efficiency regulations

Regulatory pressure is driving IT teams to invest in more efficient servers and storage and improve their data-center reporting capabilities.

5 ways to boost server efficiency

Right-sizing workloads, upgrading to newer servers, and managing power consumption can help enterprises reach their data center sustainability goals.

8 top industries for private 5G

Manufacturing, transportation and logistics lead the way among the top industry verticals for private 5G deployments.

Hot (and not hot) networking skills

Flexibility and willingness to learn are prized over specialization. SASE, SD-WAN and ZTNA skills are in demand.

Generative AI dominates VMware Explore news

Generative AI dominates VMware Explore news

Highlights include a private AI platform developed with Nvidia that lets enterprises run generative AI applications on their proprietary data within VMware’s hybrid cloud infrastructure.