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Qualcomm’s $3.9 billion purchase of Modular aims to change the data center dynamic

Qualcomm paints the deal as delivering ‘a silicon-agnostic compute layer’ to make data centers more flexible and cost-effective.

By Evan Schuman

Jun 24, 2026 8 mins

CPUs and Processors Software Providers Technology Industry

Edge networks a particular challenge for summer power, IT staffing needs

UPS failures, switch problems, and generator failures are the leading outage triggers.

By Andy Patrizio

Jun 17, 2026 3 mins

Data Center Design Markets Technology Industry

HPE product barrage targets AI networks, agents, management

HPE unveils new QFX switch, tightens integration between its Juniper networking portfolio and HPE AI Data Center products, and much more.

By Michael Cooney

Jun 16, 2026 8 mins

Markets Network Switches Technology Industry

FTC broadens Microsoft probe to cloud, AI, and software bundling

New reports reveal regulators are examining licensing, interoperability, and product bundling practices that could affect enterprise customers' ability to switch vendors.

By Taryn Plumb

Jun 1, 2026 5 mins

Government Laws and Regulations Markets

Cisco: AI traffic is radically reshaping WANs

Cisco WAN study shows how AI, and agentic AI in particular, is altering global wide area network (WAN) traffic patterns.

By Michael Cooney

May 22, 2026 7 mins

Markets Telecommunications Industry WAN Optimization

Startup Bolt Graphics promises 5x performance over Nvidia’s best GPU

Bolt Graphics says its GPU can outperform the top Nvidia GPU on the market at only half the power draw.

By Andy Patrizio

May 19, 2026 2 mins

CPUs and Processors Markets Technology Industry

Red Hat offers endless Linux support — for a fee

A new RHEL Long-Life Add-On lets enterprises keep aging infrastructure fully supported for decades, not just for vendor-defined upgrade cycles.

By Taryn Plumb

May 12, 2026 5 mins

Business Enterprise Operating Systems

OpenAI-led consortium seeks to address AI processing bottlenecks

AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, and Nvidia collaborating on networking protocol designed to address GPU network congestion

By Andy Patrizio

May 8, 2026 3 mins

CPUs and Processors Markets Technology Industry

Supply constraints, optical advances dominate Arista’s Q1

Arista says enterprise AI networking is in a calm before the storm stage. The vendor raised its 2026 AI revenue target to $3.5 billion, expecting to more than doubling its AI sales.

By Michael Cooney

May 6, 2026 4 mins

Markets Networking Devices Technology Industry

AMD and Intel partner to deliver AI performance advancement

AMD/Intel developed extensions will ensure the same code runs consistently and without fragmentation across both platforms.

By Andy Patrizio

May 4, 2026 3 mins

CPUs and Processors Markets Technology Industry