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Dispute over Broadcom’s licensing policy escalates

The German IT user association VOICE accuses Broadcom of violating competition law and files a complaint with the EU Commission.

May 8, 2025 4 mins

Software Licensing VMware Virtualization

Broadcom allegedly sends demand letters to perpetual VMware license holders

Broadcom appears to have sent the letters to users shortly after their support contracts expired, regardless of whether they continued using VMware.

May 8, 2025 1 min

Data Center Virtualization

Nutanix expands beyond HCI

Updates include new support for external storage offerings, a containerized version of Nutanix's storage technology that doesn't require a hypervisor, and deeper integration with Nvidia AI Enterprise.

May 8, 2025 4 mins

Cloud Computing Enterprise Storage Servers

Networking errors pose threat to data center reliability

Uptime Institute’s 7th annual outage report reveals networking issues, the challenges of infrastructure complexity, and configuration-related mishaps impact data center reliability.

May 8, 2025 5 mins

Careers Data Center Management Network Management Software

What’s in your performance monitoring strategy?

Understanding core requirements can simplify the move to cloud, SDx, and IoT

Aug 3, 2015 4 mins

Data Center

IBM introduces new generation of LinuxOne AI mainframe

The LinuxONE Emperor 5 is a mix of old-school technology and AI for the modern world.

May 7, 2025 3 mins

Artificial Intelligence Mainframes Operating Systems

StorONE and Phison partner for AI-native on-premises storage platform

Collaboration will bring on-prem LLM training support and chat-accessible intelligent storage this quarter.

May 7, 2025 2 mins

Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Storage

Research quantifies environmental impact of liquid cooling in data centers

Using lifecycle assessment to determine potential end-to-end impact, Microsoft researchers assess the pros and cons of cold plate liquid cooling and one-phase and two-phase immersion cooling.

May 7, 2025 6 mins

CPUs and Processors Computer Components Data Center Design

Cisco unveils prototype quantum networking chip

Cisco debuts its quantum network entanglement chip and opens a new lab in Santa Monica for advancing quantum networking technologies.

May 6, 2025 5 mins

Data Center Design Networking Security

Zyxel launches 100GbE switch for enterprise networks

The CX4800-56F switch from Zyxel Networks targets network environments where high-bandwidth backbone connectivity is essential.

May 5, 2025 4 mins

Data Center Network Switches Networking