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“They spend a premium on acquiring, but they then [implement] ruthless cost cutting and raising prices to pay that debt down quickly,” Bickley said. That’s been apparent since the company’s acquisition of virtualization software vendor VMware, where licensing prices have leapt upwards — although many customers have little choice but to continue to pay the spiralling prices. Broadcom’s statement quoted CEO Hock Tan as arguing that the buyback is from a position of strength. “Today’s…

Specifically, HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises for Government’s new deployment option includes FIPS 140-2 certified server hardware to meet related government security requirements, according to the company. “Organizations are increasingly prioritizing data sovereignty, requiring regional and local presence for mission-critical IT solutions. With these innovations, HPE now uniquely addresses the most pressing enterprise challenges for corporate, nonprofit, and government entities with unprecedented network management deployment flexibility,” said Phil Mottram, EVP and general manager, HPE Aruba Networking, in…

The Big Iron evolution continues. IBM has rolled out the latest iteration of its mainframe, replete with AI technology designed to take data-intensive application support well into the future. At the heart of the new z17 mainframe, available in June, is the 5.5 GHz IBM Telum II processor, which includes a built-in AI accelerator that IBM says will let customers run more than 450 billion inferencing operations in a day with one millisecond response time. The…

Shamus McGillicuddy, research director for the network management practice at Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), explains Riverbed’s Data Store approach as an enabling technology to Riverbed’s overall observability platform that references multiple siloed databases and uses AI to intelligently gather only the data that is relevant to a given operation. “For instance, if someone wants to troubleshoot a problem, Data Store will find all data relevant to that problem across multiple tools. This is a nimble…

“AI-first infrastructure rollouts — particularly those involving GPUs, edge accelerators, and high-efficiency cooling — are directly in the crosshairs,” Gogia noted. “So are quantum computing R&D efforts and high-reliability storage systems where thermal and magnetic materials matter.” China, responsible for 70% of global rare earth mining output and 87% of refined supply, poses a serious threat to enterprise IT hardware supply chains with these restrictions — especially for companies with AI-optimized server lines. AI chip…

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET The Windows 11 Start menu has annoyed many people with its clumsy layout and lack of customization. Instead of enhancing and improving the previous menu designs from Windows 7 and 10, Microsoft opted for a backward redesign that left many of us wondering, “What were they thinking?” Hit by user complaints, Microsoft has taken baby steps to try to improve the menu. One option added in late 2022 lets you create…