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AI agents are reshaping the threat landscape, shifting IT skills requirements
3+ week, 2+ day ago (583+ words) Some 78% of cybersecurity jobs now require AI skills—an indicator that AI literacy is quickly becoming a baseline expectation for hiring, according to the AI Workforce Consortium. “Our research found that there are critical gaps in areas such as generative…...
Cisco bulks up its AI infrastructure portfolio with Supermicro's liquid-cooled servers
2+ week, 5+ day ago (311+ words) Cisco bulks up its AI infrastructure portfolio with Supermicro’s liquid-cooled servers Network World Cisco is partnering with Supermicro to bring the server vendorâs liquid- and air-cooled systems into Cisco's AI infrastructure portfolio Specifically, Cisco will begin offering high-density Supermicro…...
BackBox brings AI to network automation but keeps humans in control
5+ day, 16+ min ago (331+ words) Network automation provider BackBox is adding AI-powered analysis and recommendations to its network resilience platform with Kilter AI, an intelligence layer that lets enterprises apply AI across their network infrastructure while keeping humans in the loop, according to BackBox. BackBox…...
Cerebras reimagines AI cluster design with switchless CS-4 architecture
3+ week, 4+ day ago (643+ words) Cerebras Systems has unveiled the CS-4, a new rack-scale AI system that can connect its wafer-scale processors across racks without network switches, an approach designed to reduce communication latency as AI infrastructure grows more complex. Cerebras, which competes with Nvidia…...
Nvidia lets you build your own AI clusters locally with PAIR software
1+ week, 2+ day ago (121+ words) Nvidia has released a free tool that will enable users to build an AI inferencing cluster from disparate PCs on the same network, accessible from a single interface. Released as a beta, Nvidia Personal AI router (PAIR) connects devices running…...
IBM moves closer to fault-tolerant quantum computing at scale
3+ week, 5+ day ago (507+ words) As it pursues its goal of producing a fault-tolerant quantum computer, IBM today announced that it has achieved another milestone: It has successfully joined two cryogenic modules to create a single environment designed, it said, “to scale into the modular,…...
Intel unwraps three-pronged architecture strategy to go after agentic AI
2+ week, 4+ day ago (615+ words) 🚀 The new NetworkWorld.com hybrid search: 🔍 Explore Network World content smarter, faster and AI powered. ✨ Try it! Intel laid out a broad hardware strategy for the next phase of artificial intelligence at the Hot Chips 2026 show, arguing that the rise…...
When analyst benchmarks miss the mark: Why Nvidia doesn't fit Forrester's data center matrix
1+ week, 2+ day ago (525+ words) Industry analysts love grid evaluations. They offer a convenient metric for enterprise procurement teams to evaluate technology vendors side by side. But when evaluation frameworks try to assess fundamentally different paradigms using the same outdated checklist, the results can range…...
Google adds AI-powered assessments to Migration Center to speed up cloud migration planning
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (378+ words) Building a business case for moving enterprise workloads to the cloud or even switching cloud providers can itself be a lengthy exercise, requiring enterprises to first understand their existing infrastructure, model potential target environments, and calculate whether the economics of…...
Cisco taps Teleport for infrastructure identity management tech
2+ week, 5+ day ago (357+ words) Cisco is continuing to embed identity management capabilities deeper into its product portfolio by teaming with Teleport, a security vendor headquartered in Oakland, Calif., that’s focused on identity-based infrastructure access management. Teleport’s Infrastructure Identity Platform offers unified identity and access…...