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The technology has matured considerably since then. Over the last five years, Singh said that most of Keysight’s NPB customers are global Fortune 500 organizations that have large network visibility practices. Meaning they deploy a lot of packet brokers with capabilities ranging anywhere from one gigabit networking at the edge, all the way to 100 gigabit. Keysight Technologies Today’s environments are even more demanding, and Keysight recently introduced 400 gigabit packet brokers to accommodate the…

There is also the fact that many people working with AI are not IT professionals, such as professors, biochemists, scientists, doctors, clinicians, and they don’t have a traditional enterprise department or a data center. “It’s run by people that wouldn’t really know, nor want to know, what storage is,” he said. While the new AI Data Server is a Dell design, PEAK:AIO has worked with Lenovo, Supermicro, and HPE as well as Dell over the…

$ sudo groupadd -g 1111 techs In this case, a specific group ID (1111) is being assigned. Omit the -g option to use the next available group ID (e.g., sudo groupadd techs). Once a group is added, you will find it in the /etc/group file. $ grep techs /etc/grouptechs:x:1111: Adding or removing users from groups To add a member to a secondary group file, use a command like this that adds jdeo to the techs…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Sony Ult Field 1 is a portable speaker available for $130 (but it’s currently $98 on Amazon) The speaker prioritizes crystal-clear sound and pronounced bass, with vibrant audio that sounds like it’s coming from a much more expensive device It doesn’t boast as long a battery life as its predecessor, but what it lacks in battery, it makes up for in stellar sound more buying choices Amazon is discounting this Sony…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET After introducing satellite texting last fall, Verizon is expanding the service again. In an announcement this week, Verizon says its customers will be the first in the US to send text messages to any other Verizon customer’s device using satellite texting — starting with the Samsung Galaxy S25 and Google Pixel 9 series smartphones.  Also: I thought the budget phone market was in shambles – then I held Google’s latest Pixel Satellite texting is…

Spring is on the way, and the warmer weather might invite you to get out and get healthy after a cold winter inside. Whether you’re dialing into your fitness routine or interested in learning more about your activity patterns, a health tracker can uncover the details of your activity throughout the day, week, and month. I use my fitness tracker to record my workouts and keep track of my daily step counts, and it’s been…

Artur Debat/Getty Images Developing, deploying, and supporting artificial intelligence can be a daunting venture that calls for an often-confusing array of new skills and technologies. Yet, ostensibly, it’s supposed to reduce complexity. Can we have it both ways? Magical or a lot of work? AI can’t just be dropped into an organization to start churning out insights — among many other things, it requires budgeting, rollout, and performance measurement, Chris Howard, global chief of research,…

SoftBank’s announcement suggests Ampere will collaborate with other SBG companies, potentially creating a powerful ecosystem of Arm-based computing solutions. This collaboration could extend to SoftBank’s numerous portfolio companies, including Korean/Japanese web giant LY Corp, ByteDance (TikTok’s parent company), and various AI startups. If SoftBank successfully steers its portfolio companies toward Ampere processors, it could accelerate the shift away from x86 architecture in data centers worldwide. Questions remain about Arm’s server strategy The acquisition, however, raises…