Tech Field Day News Rundown

The demand for AI services is driving more growth in public cloud platforms, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have all continued investment in the public cloud platforms to keep up with generative AI. Andy Jassy highlighted triple-digit growth in AI revenues, Microsoft has committed to 40% more capacity in Europe, and Google is investing $17 Billion in cloud infrastructure.

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• 0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
• 1:13 - Amazon Internet from Space in 2026
• 3:07 - Palo Alto Networks buys Protect AI
• 5:44 - Forescout and NVIDIA Team Up for Operational Technology
• 8:29 - Cloud Costs are Higher than Expected, Value to the Business is Even Higher
• 11:24 - Chatbots aren't Giving Good Health Advice
• 14:18 - Huawei AI chips to take on NVIDIA and beat US controls
• 17:13 - AI Growth Driving Cloud Provider Investment
• 21:27 - The Weeks Ahead
• 22:21 - Thanks for Watching

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Intel is still looking to smooth out their operations under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. The announcement came last week that Intel is going to be cutting more positions. Initial reports rumored that it could be as much 20,000 employees but CFO David Zinsner refuted that number last Friday. Instead, each department will assess their structure and decide whether to cut positions or offer voluntary packages. Zinsner cautioned that not all buyout offers would be accepted. Additionally, early retirements would not be offered, as previously these had led to other issues in the long term. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown.

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• 0:00 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown
• 1:36 - Native Sidecars Land in Kubernetes 1.33
• 5:39 - Q-CTRL Reveals Quantum Navigation System
• 10:24 - TSMC Launches A14, Targets AI Speed
• 14:06 - Factory Settings added to Commvault's Cleanroom Recovery
• 17:46 - Safeguarding NATS and Open Source
• 23:13 - HPE Expands Cybersecurity Across Platforms
• 26:54 - Another Round of Layoffs for Intel as they Streamline
• 33:44 - The Weeks Ahead
• 36:17 - Thanks for Watching

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Chris Krebs is a well-known figure in the cybersecurity space. As the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Krebs was responsible for directing security for the US federal government starting 2018. Krebs was fired from CISA in 2020 by President Donald Trump for his stance on the 2020 election. Last week, President Trump stripped Krebs of his security clearances for this 4-year-old issue. Krebs then announced that he would be stepping down from his role at security company SentinelOne in order to prevent the company from being harmed by what appears to be a personal issue between the president of the United States and a private citizen that dared to disagree with him.

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• 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown
• 0:55 - Zoom Comes to a Halt for 90 Minutes
• 2:47 - VMware Brings Back Free ESXi
• 6:00 - AI Can Write Code, But Struggles With Debugging
• 8:05 - Hammerspace Gains Investors for AI Data Performance Standard
• 11:32 - Google Ad Tech Deemed Monopolized by Federal Judge
• 13:47 - HPE Stake Rises with Elliott Engagement
• 17:45 - Chris Krebs Resigns from SentinelOne
• 24:25 - The Weeks Ahead
• 26:16 - Thanks for Watching

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I want to take you back to the halcyon days of just a few weeks ago when we discussed the ways that NVIDIA AI chips were showing up in China even though they were under US embargo not to be able to get this advanced technology. This came as a result of a last minute policy decision from the outgoing Biden administration that blocked the Chinese from buying these chips. Now, companies like Microsoft are urging the new presidential administration to rescind the ban to give them access to the growing AI market in China. Chinese authorities are firing back at the ban by tellling their researchers to avoid visiting the US. And third parties are making a fortune reshipping shipments of restricted items to China from places like Singapore, where police just arrested three men charged with running an operation of that nature. This and more on the Rundown.

Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:35 - Intel Pushes Ohio Fab Again to 20304:45 - Nokia Acquires Infinera 7:55 - Qualcomm and IBM Raise GenAI Competitive Stakes11:00 - Microsoft hangs up on Skype14:56 - US Enterprises waste $44.5B on needless cloud spend20:13 - Aviz Next ONES to Support Spectrum-X24:44 - China is Getting Banned Blackwell?34:11 - The Weeks Ahead 36:40 - Thanks for Watching

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We've talked about quantum computing before but Microsoft created a quantum quake in the tech space last week. They announced a new quantum computer chip that took seventeen years to make. The Majorana-1 uses a brand new Topological Core technology that reduces error rates significantly and could create chips with as much as one million qubits of processing power per unit. Microsoft's researchers reportedly created a new state of matter in the accompanying research paper published to Nature to help them create the method for increasing the power of the chip. This and more on The Rundown.Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown1:15 - Docker Pauses Pull Plans5:30 - Default Passwords Strike Again8:12 - Apple is Betting on AI Infrastructure12:00 - Cisco and NVIDIA Expand Their Partnership15:57 - T-Mobile Dials Up Cloud Efficiency Drive with Red Hat OpenShift19:37 - HP Ends 15 Minute Tech Support Wait Time24:37 - Microsoft's Quantum Computing Breakthrough with Majorana 1 Chip33:29 - The Weeks Ahead35:25 - Thanks for WatchingHosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/Follow Gestalt ITWebsite: https://www.GestaltIT.com/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltITLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #AI, #Majorana1, @Docker, @Microsoft, @Apple, @HP, @TMobile, @Cisco, @NVIDIA, @GestaltIT, @NetworkingNerd, @DemitasseNZ, @TechFieldDay,

A report this week claims that Broadcom is investigating Intel's chip design business and is contemplating an acquisition. The news comes from the Wall Street Journal and says that while Broadcom is interested in chip design they are not interested in the foundry business. Analysts are intriguied because that means that Broadcom could either use Intel's designs to augment their existing lineup or perhaps package the businesses for sale to other partners or even competitors. Keith, do you think Broadcom is going to invest in Intel?

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0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

1:35 - Nokia Upgrades Internet Exchange Backbone

4:38 - Veeam Loses Data in Restore Debacle

7:47 - SanDisk Looks to Petabyte SSDs

10:18 - SonicWall Gets Hit with Cyberattack

13:43 - HPE Announces Gen12 Ahead

16:24 - OpenSSH Found to Be Vulnerable to MITM Attacks

20:12 - Broadcom Wants Intel Chip Designs?

25:30 - The Weeks Ahead

27:16 - Thanks for Watching

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A group of investors, led by Elon Musk’s startup xAI and other backers, has made a $97.4 billion bid to take control of OpenAI, aiming to refocus the organization on open-source AI and safety amid rising tensions between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over its shift to a for-profit model. Meanwhile, OpenAI is advancing its AI hardware strategy with plans to launch a custom-designed AI chip in 2024, fabricated by TSMC using 3-nanometer technology to reduce reliance on Nvidia. Initially deployed on a limited scale, the chip is designed to optimize AI model performance, with OpenAI’s expanding chip team already working on future iterations with enhanced capabilities. This and more on The Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown2:44 - Turn/River Capital Acquires SolarWinds5:21 - WEKA Restructure to Focus on AI9:23 - Cisco One Silicon Shows Big at Cisco Live EMEA12:50 - Hammerspace is Changing the AI Training Game17:31 - French President to Invest $112B in AI22:36 - Huawei Shows Revenue Growth Despite Ban26:49 - Sam Altman Says OpenAI is Not for Sale 33:06 - OpenAI to Take On NVIDIA with Proprietary Chip38:13 - The Weeks Ahead39:44 - Thanks for WatchingFollow Gestalt ITWebsite: https://www.GestaltIT.com/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltITLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #AI, #ITNews, @SolarWinds, @WEKAIO, @Cisco, @CiscoNetworking, @Hammerspace_Inc, @Huawei, @OpenAI, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @DemitasseNZ, @SFoskett, @TheFuturumGroup, @TechstrongTV,

As we mentioned earlier, the early days of a US government change invovle a lot of new orders and announcements. After a week in office the current US administration announced a plan to impose import tariffs on Taiwan for a variety of goods, including pharmaceuticals, steel, and chips. The tariff was reported to be 25% but could be as high as 100%. In further comments the president said the goal of the move was to lure companies back to the US to manufacture chips domestically. However, the CHIPS Act was specifically called out as being problematic because it simply gave money away instead of punishing companies with additional taxes to change their behavior. This is definitely a developing situation but lets dive in. Al, what's the ultimate goal here? This and more on the Gestalt IT Rundown.

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0:00 - Welcome to The Rundown

1:23 - Pure Storage Gets Hyperscale Win

4:31 - Salt Typhoon Probe Potentially Disrupted

7:47 - AI Gets Trapped in a Maze

11:35 - Swedes Seize Ship Slashing Subsea Stuff

14:56 - OpenAI Announces Operator Agent AI

18:23 - DeepSeek Causes Deep Thoughts Among Tech

23:53 - TSMC Tariffs Could Cause Chaos

31:40 - The Weeks Ahead

33:12 - Thanks for Watching

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We spoke last week about the executive order issued by former President Biden around AI export controls. There has been some more information released about the reasoning behind the controls. One of those was that, as mentioned, third party actors are shipping restricted hardware to countries that were already banned from receiving it. Still others were able to access those systems through cloud computing in countries such as Malaysia and Brazil. The AI Diffusion Framework names 18 "friendly" countries with no restrictions and designates 23 countries under embargo with restrictions and caps on certain AI chips. The remaining nations of the world are categorized into a kind of limbo. The restrictions are based on a Total Processing Performance (TPP) metric that restricts exports based on the power of the chip. This and more on the Gestalt IT Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:05 - Futurum Asks CEOs About AI 6:40 - HPE Investigating IntelBroker Claims 9:51 - Former Meta Exec leads Microsoft's New AI Team 13:41 - Gartner Says VM Migrations Won't Be Easy 17:53 - Lenovo Acquires Infinidat 22:05 - More on AI Diffusion Regulations 37:24 - The Weeks Ahead 39:55 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #AIDiffusion, #AI, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @TheFuturumGroup, @NetworkingNerd, @SFoskett, @HPE, @Meta, @Microsoft, @Lenovo, @Infinidat,

The Biden presidential administration might be winding down but thre are still some things that are making news. Yesterday the president proposed a new framework for the export of chips used to developer AI. The rules seek to limit exports of the chips to some 120 countries, including Mexico, Israel, and Switzerland. The rules appear to be aimed at protecting US national security and the undercurrent in the order is aimed squarely at China. The administration says this is designed to close some of the loopholes in currently existing regulations on chip exports. NVIDIA released a statement calling the rules "misguided" due to the fact that they could impact the largest AI hardware company in the world. This and more on the Rundown.

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0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

1:16 - Cohesity's CERT Service Boosted by Added Partners

3:43 - Building GenAI Apps Creating Headaches

7:01 - Eutelsat's 2-Day Outage and Resiliency

10:52 - Web Apps Exposed by AWS Configuration

14:28 - Oracle to battle for JavaScript Trademark

20:03 - An IT Exodus is Happening

23:46 - NVIDIA Comments on AI Diffusion

32:56 - The Weeks Ahead

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At CES 2025, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduced Cosmos, a new AI model trained on 20 million hours of video to help machines better understand and interact with the physical world, available via Hugging Face and NVIDIA’s GPU Cloud. He also urged businesses to adopt a three-computer AI system, featuring tools like Project DIGITS for AI development and the Llama Nemotron models for autonomous agents. Meanwhile, Dell announced a full rebrand, replacing familiar names like XPS and Latitude with Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max, along with Plus and Premium tiers, aiming to attract customers seeking AI-powered PCs. Critics noted the naming is familiar, but it could help Dell appeal to new users. This and more on the Gestalt IT Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:38 - Anthropic Raising More Money 6:15 - Net Neutrality Neutralized 10:01 - GlobalFoundries and IBM Find Their New Years Resolution 14:56 - FCC Opens Lower 6GHz Band for Low Power Devices 19:54 - HashiCorp Acquisition by IBM Reviewed by UK 24:41 - Ingram Micro To End Relationship with Broadcom/VMware 28:59 - Big News from CES 29:33 - NVIDIA Cosmos Brings AI Into the Real World 43:48 - Dell to Rebrand PC Line 54:24 - The Weeks Ahead 55:26 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #CES2025, #AI, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @NVIDIA, @AMD, @IBM, @DellTech, @Broadcom, @VMware, @IngramMicroUSA, @HashiCorp, @GlobalFoundries, @TheFuturumGroup, @AnthropicAI,

The biggest news of the holiday weekend dropped on Monday. Pat Gelsinger has retired from Intel, effective immediately. David Zinsner, CFO, and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, newly named CEO of the Intel Product subunit, have been named as Co-CEOs while the board searches for a permanent member. Gelsinger has been the CEO since 2021. He has been focused on returning Intel to dominance in the chip market while also facing headwinds from industry transitions to mobile and AI computing. Intel stock prices rose on the news. This and more on The Gestalt IT Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:14 - AWS Announces Nova AI Models 5:35 - UK Company Bails on Broadcom Due to 1,000% Hike 9:36 - Chinese Say US Chips No Longer Safe 14:20 - EnGlobal Fighting Cyberattack 17:49 - Intel Forced to Control Their Own Fabs for CHIPS Cash 21:52 - Pat Gelsinger Retires from Intel 36:50 - The Weeks Ahead 38:30 - Thanks for Listening Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #PatGelsinger, #CHIPSAct, #Cybersecurity, #AI, @AWSCloud, @EnGlobal, @Intel, @IntelBusiness, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @TheFuturumGroup, @SFoskett, @NetworkingNerd,

The week before Thanksgiving is always busy and this year was packed with great conferences. Super Computing 24 took place in Atlanta and there was plenty to discuss with over 17,000 attendees learning about the latest technology. Let's dive in to a few key announcements. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:29 - Clumio Backtrack Announced by Commvault 7:11 - Aryaka Unveils New Survey Report Exploring Network Security Trends in Manufacturing 11:16 - Techstrong Launches PlatformEngineering.com 15:25 - ISPs Say Their Customer Service is Great 20:23 - Red Hat Donates Tools to CNCF 23:56 - Cybercrime Costs Brits Billions of Bills 28:27 - Announcements from Supercomputing 2024 43:41 - The Weeks Ahead 45:40 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #Supercomputing24, #Cybersecurity, #Networking, #AI, @ClumioInc, @Commvault, @Aryaka, @TechstrongGroup, @TechstrongTV, @RedHat, @NVIDIA, @HPE, @HammerspaceInc, @Solidigm, @Purestorage, @AMD,

The US Department of Justice is looking at two big IT companies, potentially making waves in the enterprise IT space. They are asking a federal judge to force Google to sell or spin off its Chrome browser, arguing that integration with Google's other products, particularly Android, Search, and the Play store, is anti-competitive. At the same time, the DOJ is also looking at the proposed acquisition of Juniper Networks by Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

2:09 - NIST Can Hear When Your Battery is Going to Catch Fire

4:48 - StarTree Cloud Powers Real-Time Data

9:44 - Itential Debuts Automation Service at Networking Field Day

17:11 - SentinelOne reports on The State of Cloud Ransomware in 2024

21:38 - Cyber Defense Agencies reveal Most Exploited Vulnerabilities in 2023

25:34 - Lightbend Launches Akka 3

29:40 - US Antitrust Actions Challenge Tech Deals

38:44 - The Weeks Ahead

39:28 - Thanks for Watching

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Pay rates for IT security professionals are rising faster than inflation, but burnout and stress are growing faster. A survey of UK security professionals revealed the fast pace of modern security and the risk of unknown failure is causing skilled practitioners to leave the field. Would yet more pay fix the problem, or is there another way to address IT security staff retention? This and more on the Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:19 - Can AMD Top NVIDIA? 3:50 - Quantum AI Isn't a Thing 7:13 - MinIO Introduces AIStor 12:23 - Amazon Employee Details Exposed in MoveIt Breach 15:20 - Marslink is Further Away than Starlink 18:19 - AI is writing Google's Code 22:05 - Amazon Won't Go Nuclear 26:41 - Is IT Security Too Stressful for the Money? 35:45 - The Weeks Ahead 37:23 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/ Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #AI, #AIStor, #CyberSecurity, #AWS, @NetworkingNerd, @DemitaasseNZ, @GestaltIT, @TechstrongTV, @TheGuturumGroup, @TechFieldDay, @AMD, @NVIDIA, @MinIO, @GoogleCloud, @Google, @AWSCloud,

Another Trump presidency could bring significant implications for enterprise tech, particularly through a focus on deregulation, increased M&A, and expanded Big Tech investments. this also extends to advancements in military technology, Israel’s influence on cybersecurity, the impact of initiatives like StarLink and rural broadband on connectivity, nuclear energy, AI, the CHIPS Act, and the expanding space industry. Altogether, these insights suggest that a pro-deregulation agenda, aiming to remove ten regulations for each new one introduced, could profoundly shape the future of enterprise technology. This and more on the Gestalt IT Rundown. Hosts: Stephen Foskett: Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Jack Poller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackpoller/ Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #AI, #CHIPsAct, #CyberSecurity, #PrivateCloud, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @TheFuturumGroup, @SFoskett, @Poller, @MitchellAshley, @OktaDev, @AWSCloud, @Microsoft, @Cloudera, @Google, @GoogleCloud, @Supermicro_SMCI, @NVIDIA,

Hatfields and McCoys. Lakers and Celtics. GIF versus GIF. The rivalries of our time are always storied. One of the biggest seems to be cooling, however. AMD and Intel have announced a new partnership aimed at countering the surge of ARM-based designs. The companies are trying to standardize aspects of the x86 instruction set in order to make it easier for ISVs to write code that runs on both Intel and AMD chips without a fragmented code base that reduces performance and encourages developers to move to a more unified architecture like ARM. This and more on this week's Gestalt IT Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:41 - Platform9 Launches Private Cloud Director 5:45 - xAI Builds The Biggest AI Supercomputer 9:53 - Evading Sanctions for Profit 15:34 - Satya Nadella Takes Pay Cut for Security Issues 19:06 - OpenAI in Talks with Broadcom for Custom Chips 24:13 - Salt Typhoon Sweeps Up Political Audio 28:40 - AMD and Intel Reach Historic Partnership 41:08 - The Weeks Ahead 44:34 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #PrivateCloud, #AISuperComputer, #CyberSecurity, @Platform9Sys, @xAI, @AMD, @Intel, @IntelBusiness, @Microsoft, @NVIDIA, @SFoskett, @NetworkingNerd, @TheFuturumGroup, @TechstrongTV, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, #CFD21, #AIFD5,

At Open Compute Summit this past week, key trends shaping the future of computing and infrastructure were discussed. One major concern is the global data center energy consumption, which is projected to triple by 2030, highlighting the urgent need for more efficient energy solutions. As technology advances, the shift from a 3nm process to a 2nm process is proving costly, with design costs estimated to reach a staggering $725 million, according to ARM. In response to both power demands and design challenges, liquid cooling is gaining momentum, emerging as a vital technology to improve efficiency and manage the increasing heat output from advanced computing systems. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:36 - BMC Starts Two New Companies 4:06 - CEO Indicted for Fraud 7:10 - Microsoft goes agentic AI 10:37 - Amazon Teams Up with US Department of Justice 14:30 - Perplexity Is getting Sued by Media Giants 16:44 - Sophos Acuires Secureworks 20:00 - Exciting Developments from Open Compute Summit 31:41 - The Weeks Ahead 32:56 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Jon Swartz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonswartz/ Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #OCPSummit24, #AgenticAI, @NetworkingNerd, @JSwartz, @GestaltIT, @TechstrongGroup, @TechstrongTV, @TheFuturumGroup, @BMCSoftware, @Microsoft, @AWSCloud, @Sophos, @Secureworks, @perplexity_ai, @OpenComputePrj,

At Commvault SHIFT 2024, The Futurum Group's Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead sat with CEO Sanjay Mirchandani, who discussed Commvault's strategic pivot towards a cloud-first approach in cyber resilience. This shift involves key acquisitions, such as Appranix and Clumio, and new partnerships with AWS and Google, aimed at enhancing cloud data protection and recovery. Mirchandani also introduced the concept of "Continuous Business," highlighting its distinction from traditional business continuity by emphasizing ongoing readiness and adaptability in a dynamic digital landscape. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 2:57 - Chip Boom Continues with Record-Breaking Demand 5:47 - Accenture Pushes Agentic AI Built on NVIDIA 10:53 - AMD AI Chips to Challenge NVIDIA 13:22 - Geopolitics' Impact on Digital Infrastructure 16:53 - Cisco sells their stake in Rubrik 20:49 - CTERA's Data Intelligence Enhances GenAI with File Data 25:28 - Commvault Shift's Cyber Resilience for the AI Era 38:51 - The Weeks Ahead 40:21 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Alan Shimel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanshimel/ Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #CommvaultShift, #AgenticAI, @Accenture, @NVIDIA, @AMD, @GarethEdwards86, @RubrikInc, @Cisco, @CTERA, @Commvault, @TheSixFiveMedia, @TheFuturumGroup, @SFoskett, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @TechstrongTV, @AShimmy,

A big cyberattack attributed to groups backed by the Chinese government has telecom providers worried. In this new report, investigators have determined that the group, known as Salt Typhoon, has had months-long access into the network infrastructures of companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies. That access includes visibility over the infrastructure used for lawful intercept, which is the Internet version of tapping a phone. Per the report, the Salt Typhoon hackers appeared to be engaged in a data collection mission, trying to obtain as much data as possible from US businesses as well as those that they do business with. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:06 - Samsung Begins 1TB QLC 9th-Gen V-NAND Production 4:26 - Dust Bunnies on the Attack: Datacenter Maintenance Issues Pose Security Threats 7:41 - Equinix joint venture to spend $15B building 1.5GW of AI datacentres 11:28 - Cisco Teams Up With Coreweave 14:58 - Commercial Wordpress hosting stoush 18:51 - Oscium Acquires MetaGeek 22:24 - Nation State Actors Tap the Taps 31:12 - The Weeks Ahead 33:09 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/ Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #Datacenter, #AI, #CyberSecurity, @GestaltIT, @NetworkingNerd, @DemitasseNZ, @TheFuturumGroup, @TechFieldDay, @Samsung, @Oscium, @MetaGeek, @Wordpress, @Cisco, @Coreweave, @Equinix,

Microsoft has revamped its AI-powered Recall feature, shifting from automatic to opt-in use with enhanced security measures like full encryption and Windows Hello authentication, addressing privacy concerns. California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed SB-1047, which aimed to regulate AI models, citing concerns that smaller models outside the regulation's scope might pose greater risks. Meanwhile, OpenAI is facing a leadership shakeup as CTO Mira Murati and other key executives depart, coinciding with a shift in the company's focus toward a more traditional startup model under Sam Altman's leadership. This and more on the Gestalt IT Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:58 - Rackspace Gets Attacked, Logically 4:09 - Hurricane Helene Disrupts Critical Supply Chain 8:34 - Tech Giants and Government Support Spark a New Nuclear Renaissance? 14:11 - F5 Launches NGINX One 17:34 - NIST Gives Tips on Passwords 22:20 - AI Safety Roundup 40:39 - The Weeks Ahead 42:37 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Jack Poller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackpoller/ Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #Cybersecurity, #AISafety, #AI, @GestaltIT, @TheFuturumGroup, @TechFieldDay, @NetworkingNerd, @Poller, @Rackspace, @NGINX, @NIST, @OpenAI, @Microsoft,

We're happy to have Dr. Bob Sutor joining us this week on the Rundown, since he covers quantum and advanced computing for The Futurum Group. IBM made two important announcements in the quantum space this week. The first announcement was Qiskit, a quantum SDK that runs on Python for quantum computers. This promises to bring quantum compute to a more mainstream audience and converting the underlying code to Rust. This solution is much faster than competing solutions from Google, Amazon, and Quantinuuum. IBM is also putting together an app store for quantum applications and runtime functions, including from third-party developers. This matches the moves that we have seen in areas like cloud and AI, and serves to push IBM as the leader in quantum computing. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:57 - Qualcomm to Buy Intel? 4:11 - Kioxia No Longer Planning IPO 6:42 - Announcements from Dreamforce 16:32 - Commvault Buys Clumio 20:07 - CISA Wants to Say Ciao to Ivanti EOL Units 22:47 - Veeam Acquires Alcion 25:29 - Qiskit and IBM's New Quantum Innovations 34:27 - The Weeks Ahead 35:48 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Bob Sutor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobsutor/ Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #QuantumComputing, #Qiskit, #Dreamforce, @IBM, @Veeam, @Alcion, @Commvault, @Clumio, @Salesforce, @Qualcomm, @Intel, @IntelBusiness, @SFoskett, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @TheFuturumGroup,

We have talked at length this year about Intel's efforts to turn the ship and add more profitability to the ledger. One of the crown jewels in that portfolio is the foundry business. It has been the recipient of a large amount of government funding through the CHIPS Act. But it is also playing catch up with TSMC and others. New broke yesterday that Intel has announced that the foundry business will be spun off into separate susidiary entity. The new unit will have it's own board and be free to seek outside funding, perhaps even going public at some point. Intel stock jumped 8% in after hours trading on the news. This follows a long string of changes for the company during Pat Gelsinger's tenure.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

0:55 - OpenAI and o1

3:22 - Fortinet Suffers Data Breach (Again)

6:18 - Salesforce, NVIDIA get together to develop AI-powered avatars.

9:35 - Mastercard Acquires RecordedFuture

12:17 - HPE Pursues $4 Billion in Damages

14:36 - Kubecost Acquired by IBM

18:56 - Intel Foundry Business To Become Subsidiary

28:59 - The Weeks Ahead

30:41 - Thanks for Watching

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AT&T has decided enough is enough. They have filed a lawsuit over the tactics they claim are putting first responders and critical government services at risk. AT&T is claiming breach of contract because of the new support policy enacted by Broadcom after the VMware acquisition. The key point comes in an amendment in their support agreement that says that AT&T can renew their current support contracts for up to two more years provided they do so before the expiration of their current contract. They are exercising that option now but VMware by Broadcom is not honoring the renewal. AT&T stated they don't have an issue with the business model change, just that it affects them right now and is making them pay more.

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0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

1:05 - Juniper Enhanced Data Center Networking with AI

4:01 - AWS and Oracle Team Up

8:36 - Feds Force Focus on Fixing Flaws in BGP

12:40 - Broadcom Earnings Show Issues with Chips

19:09 - Airvine Debuts Concrete-Proof Ethernet

23:20 - Broadcom Sued by AT&T

34:17 - The Weeks Ahead

36:15 - Thanks for Watching

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This year, at the smallest VMware conference in many years, Broadcom made some important announcements. As we've previously discussed, VMware Cloud Foundation 9 was detailed, along with Tanzu Platform 10, an enhanced Edge Orchestrator platform, VeloCloud Software-Defined Edge, and more. Although we miss the community coming together at VMworld every year, this smaller VMware Explore conference is very much in line with the direction taken by Broadcom since their acquisition of the company. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:40 - AnandTech Shuts its Doors 3:02 - Rumors Fly that Intel is Changing Course 6:43 - Cloud providers consuming all the GPUs for AI 9:54 - Hammerspace Pulls Out a Server 12:25 - AMD Is Ready to Take On NVIDIA 15:13 - California Readies an AI Kill Switch 18:05 - A Smaller VMware Explore Still Delivers News 28:02 - The Weeks Ahead 29:09 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Stephen Foskett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sfoskett/ Alastair Cooke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastaircooke/ Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT #Rundown, #VMwareExplore, #AI, @VMware, @Broadcom, @AMD, @NVIDIA, @Intel, @IntelBusiness, @AnandTech, @DemitesseNZ, @SFoskett, @GestaltIT, @TechFieldDay, @TheFuturumGroup,

This week kicked off the annual Hot Chips conference and AI has once again dominated the conversation. There were a lot of stories to talk about, from wafer scale chips to silicon photonics, Cerebras' giant leap into AI Inferencing, Microsoft Azure's MAIA 100 AI Accelerator, IBM's On-Chip DPU, Broadcom's AI Compute ASIC, Intel's Guadi 3, and more. Let's dive in on this episode of The Rundown.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Welcome to The Rundown

0:54 - Kioxa Files for IPO

4:18 - Cisco to Acquire Robust Intelligence

7:46 - NVIDIA Previews Blackwell Datacenter GPUs

11:56 - Apica Ascent adds Multiple Agent Central Telemetry Data Management

13:37 - VMware Reveals VCF9

17:51 - Veeam Overtakes Veritas in Market Share

20:58 - Announcements from Hot Chips

40:57 - The Weeks Ahead

43:29 - Thanks for Watching

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Our big story this week is from AMD. They're opening up their wallet to the tune of nearly $5 billion to buy ZT Systems. The two companies have had a preexisting partnership, with ZT having collaborated on the EPYC processor lines. ZT's biggest customers are AWS and Azure, as ZT specializes in hyperscale AI systems that are bought by the rack. This move follows a very recent acquisition of Silo AI, which we covered on the Rundown, as well as their last big acquisition of Xilinx. There's a lot to unpack here and the Futurum Group has had some amazing coverage of this deal so far. Stephen, let's start with you. What does ZT Systems have that makes them so attractive to AMD.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

1:48 - Morpheus Data Acquired by HPE

5:31 - Launchable Acquired by CloudBees

8:26 - Kioxia Reveals Broadband SSD

12:43 - DigiCert to Acquire Vercara to Expand Security Portfolio

16:25 - Western Digital Races Past NetApp with All-Flash OpenFlex

20:11 - Massive Data Leak From Plaintext Passwords

24:34 - ZT Systems to be Acquired by AMD

40:15 - The Weeks Ahead

42:19 - Thanks for Watching

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Black Hat was last week and Hacker Summer Camp never fails to disappoint. There were some big takeaways from the show, such as Moxie Marlinspike telling DevOps they're the problem with security as well as a whole host of exploits, like the ones we've covered above. However, AI is king in 2024 and we knew everyone was going to be talking about it. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to The Rundown 1:13 - IBM Storage Scale using Blue Vela AI supercomputer 4:46 - AMD Chips Hit with Sinkclose 8:24 - BMC Uses AI For Mainframe Operations 12:38 - NIST Finalizes Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards 17:00 - RedHat's OpenShift Gets GenAI 20:32 - Pliops Kalray Merger Falls Through 23:14 - Announcements and Takeaways from Black Hat 23:48 - HPE Leverages AI for Security 28:18 - Copilot Insecure by Design 33:36 - More from Black Hat 38:20 - The Weeks Ahead 40:00 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltIT LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/Gestalt-IT Tags: #Rundown, #BlackHat2024, #Copilot, #AI, @IBM, @AMD, @BMCSoftware, @RedHat, @OpenShift, @Pliops, @Karlay, @HPE, @Microsoft, @NetworkingNerd, @SFoskett, @GestaltIT, @TheFuturumGroup, @TechstrongTV,

It's not a great day for Intel and some 15,000 workers. In the earning call last week the CPU giant revealed that while they hit their revenue target numbers this past quarter there are storm clouds on the horizon. Challenges from AI companies as well as issues with some of their most recent chip designs has Pat Gelsinger looking to cut costs. The way that was expressed to the industry was through massive layoffs. Intel is shedding 15% of their overall workforce and suspending the payment of dividends through the end of the year. Analysts, including our own Daniel Newman, have said that Intel is facing some headwinds and they have projects on the table that they need to deliver upon. This is a pretty big story so I'm going to let you start, Jon.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

1:16 - Delta Unhappy with Crowdstrike

3:54 - European Commission Approves HPE's Juniper Networks Acquisition

8:04 - Google Loses Antitrust Suit

12:03 - US DoJ Says Crawl to NVIDIA's Run:ai Acquisition

17:32 - Intel's Mass Layoffs 26:41 - The Weeks Ahead

28:42 - Thanks for Watching

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Microsoft has released an accountability notice after the big Crowdstrike outage. According to the release, Microsoft is going to change and innovate in the area of end-to-end resilience. This includes things like VBS enclaves, which require no kernel mode drivers, as well as Azure Attestation, which determines secure boot posture. The messaging indicates that Microsoft sees kernel access is their biggest issue and they are going to try and develop new tools that eliminate the need for it.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

1:24 - SK hynix Considers US IPO for Solidigm

6:37 - Marvell Teralynx Leaps into Production

10:54 - Marvell Structures DDR4 With CXL 2.0

15:08 - Secure Boot Totally Insecure

20:46 - VMware Takes Group Authentication Exploit to New Highs

26:02 - DigiCert Underscores Certificate Revocation Woes

30:40 - Microsoft's Resiliency Notice And Path Forward

44:43 - The Weeks Ahead

46:29 - Thanks for Watching!

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Time Stamps:

• 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown
• 1:03 - NVIDIA's B20 AI Chip
• 5:35 - Wiz Denies Google's $23 Billion
• 9:15 - AMD Acquires Silo AI
• 14:07 - BMC Announces Mainframe AI Integration
• 18:04 - Einstein Service Agent Released by Salesforce
• 22:18 - Swiss Government Mandates Open Source
• 26:58 - Crowdstrike Update Strikes Microsoft's Cloud Services
• 43:46 - The Weeks Ahead
• 46:11 - Thanks for Watching

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Google is looking to make their biggest acquisition ever. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Alphabet will be making a bid to purchase Wiz for $23 billion. Wiz has spent the past four years developing a cloud security platform that has detected some big problems in a number of providers, including one in Microsoft Bing. Google is finding itself increasingly under fire from a varity of attackers. The move comes as Google is facing antitrust charges from the Department of Justice and could have even called off a potential purchase of HubSpot.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

1:18 - Cerabyte's Laser Etched Petabyte-Scale Storage

7:02 - Veeam a Target in Malware Attack

9:00 - Mirantis Updates its Kubernetes Platform

12:27 - Snowflake Says Yay to MFA

15:29 - RAG Optimized by Qdrant BM42 Vector Search Algorithm

18:56 - Google Looking to Make Magic with Wiz

26:18 - The Weeks Ahead

28:12 - Thanks for Watching

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a comprehensive guide to bolster operational security (OPSEC) for election officials. This guide aims to enhance the security of election infrastructure by offering detailed strategies for identifying and mitigating potential risks within the election context. This and more on The Rundown.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown

1:34 - Japan Bids Farewell to Floppy Disks

4:15 - NetApp to Focus on AI Integration and Data Resilience

9:04 - Broadcom Launches Omnissa while Streamlining VMware

12:26 - Billions upon Billions of Passwords Published on the Dark Web

16:02 - Douglas Gourlay Takes the Reins at Qumulo

20:27 - Cloudflare Shields Users From Data-Harvesting AI Bots

23:59 - CISA Focuses on Election Security

36:33 - The Weeks Ahead

38:43 - Thanks for Watching

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The US government is worried there might not be enough trained workers to fill the needs of the CHIPS act. President Biden has announced a Workforce Partner Alliance (WFPA) to ensure the gap for skilled workers will be closed as soon as possible. WFPA is designed to reward providers with grants of between $500,000 and $2 million to provide the training for these new chip facilities. Is this something that we can count on? Or will it turn into another boondoggle like ITT Tech? This and more on this week's Rundown.

Time Stamps:

0:00 - Welcome to The Rundown

1:19 - CIQ Offers a CentOS Bridge

6:12 - CyberRatings Gives Cisco's Enterprise Firewall a "Caution" Rating

10:32 - AI Innovation in Oracle HeatWave GenAI

17:35 - OpenSSH A Little TOO Open

21:39 - AI Power Draw Dims Net Zero Promises

29:06 - Nokia to Acquire Infinera

33:27 - CHIPS Act to Train Workers to Avoid Labor Shortages

44:49 - The Weeks Ahead

46:30 - Thanks for Watching

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has launched a private cloud solution leveraging the KVM hypervisor, aiming at customers upset by the Broadcom-VMware merger. This is added to the existing bare-metal and container solutions in HPE's Private Cloud offering. HPE is also the latest major IT vendor to partner with NVIDIA on a suite of private cloud solutions designed to accelerate the deployment of generative AI in enterprise environments. This includes a complete turn-key AI hardware solution, including new servers equipped with the latest NVIDIA H200 accelerators, which are also available on-demand through GreenLake. HPE is also announcing the OpsRamp AI copilot for automated IT operations and HPE Private Cloud AI to accelerate customer AI application deployment.

Time Stamps:
0:00 - Cold Open
0:24 - Welcome to the Rundown
1:11 - OpenAI Acquires Rockset to Target the Enterprise
4:05 - Hack Takes Down 15,000 Car Dealerships
7:17 - SUSE Offers CentOS Customers a Liberty Linux Lite Lifeline
11:33 - Broadcom Radically Simplifies VMware Offerings
15:57 - Announcements from Pure Accelerate 24
20:33 - Discovering the Latest News from HPE, Including Aruba Networking
35:11 - The Weeks Ahead
37:05 - Thanks for Watching