Enhancing Day 2 Operations with Cisco Compute and Red Hat Ansible Automation

Enhancing Day 2 Operations with Cisco Compute and Red Hat Ansible Automation

Cisco Live Amsterdam concluded with significant announcements from Cisco, focusing on AI, Application Modernization, and Security. Whether you joined us in person or virtually, I hope you found the event insightful. As part of the Cisco Live program, I had the pleasure of unveiling new integrated solutions developed in collaboration with Red Hat, leveraging their OpenShift Virtualization and Ansible Automation Platform. The partnership between Cisco and Red Hat has been longstanding. Last year we announced…

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The cheapest earbuds Apple sells just got cheaper with this Woot deal

The cheapest earbuds Apple sells just got cheaper with this Woot deal

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Beats Solo Buds are budget earbuds at $80 (and currently on sale for $35 less) Their compact size, fun colors, and 18-hour battery life make them earbuds appealing to Beats devotees Other earbuds offer features these earbuds lack — like active noise cancellation and Bluetooth multipoint — for less money. Woot, an Amazon-owned brand, is taking $35 off the refurbished Beats Solo Buds cutting the price of the earbuds down to…

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Cisco IR8100 Among First Products Certified for Wi-SUN FAN 1.1

Cisco IR8100 Among First Products Certified for Wi-SUN FAN 1.1

Customers can take advantage of new capabilities of Wi-SUN FAN 1.1 With over 100 products certified by the Wi-SUN Alliance, Field Area Network 1.0 is a popular networking option for smart utility and smart city use cases. Electric utility metering, distribution automation, and municipal street lighting applications benefit greatly from FAN’s secure, self-forming, self-healing IPv6 wireless mesh networking which is able to support million scale deployments spanning large geographic areas. Building on the strong foundation…

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Critical vulnerability in AMI MegaRAC BMC allows server takeover

Critical vulnerability in AMI MegaRAC BMC allows server takeover

“In disruptive or destructive attacks, attackers can leverage the often heterogeneous environments in data centers to potentially send malicious commands to every other BMC on the same management segment, forcing all devices to continually reboot in a way that victim operators cannot stop,” the Eclypsium researchers said. “In extreme scenarios, the net impact could be indefinite, unrecoverable downtime until and unless devices are re-provisioned.” BMC vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, including hardcoded credentials, have been of interest…

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What is Nvidia Dynamo and why it matters to enterprises?

What is Nvidia Dynamo and why it matters to enterprises?

It uses disaggregated serving to separate the processing and generation phases of large language models (LLMs) on different GPUs, which allows each phase to be optimized independently for its specific needs and ensures maximum GPU resource utilization, the chipmaker explained.   The efficiency gain is made possible as Dynamo has the ability to map the knowledge that inference systems hold in memory from serving prior requests — known as KV cache — across potentially thousands…

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The 11 Microsoft apps I ditch on every new Windows install – and the 11 I keep

The 11 Microsoft apps I ditch on every new Windows install – and the 11 I keep

Nodar Chernishev/Getty Images Every installation of Windows 11 includes a very long list of preinstalled apps. Some are there because they’re necessary for the operating system to do what it does. Others are there to help Microsoft make more money, because every Windows PC is valuable for its ability to bundle and promote Microsoft’s collection of paid services, including Microsoft 365, OneDrive, Xbox, and Copilot. Also: How to upgrade your ‘incompatible’ Windows 10 PC to Windows…

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The best CRM software of 2025: Expert tested

The best CRM software of 2025: Expert tested

CRM software, also known as customer relationship management software, is a solution that assists businesses in handling the customer side of their operations. It can be used to manage and track customer relationships, trends, marketing efforts, and communication, bringing everything into one centralized platform or system to optimize interactions. Also: The best password managers for businesses: Expert tested Automation is one of the key benefits of CRM software, but depending on the type of solution you opt…

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This battery-powered outdoor camera is my go-to recommendation for darker spaces

This battery-powered outdoor camera is my go-to recommendation for darker spaces

ZDNET’s key takeaways At $130, the Blink Outdoor 4 Floodlight Camera is a practical, battery-powered solution for darker areas around your house that lack wiring and outlets. The AA batteries allow the floodlights to beam at 700 nits of brightness, which is not the most powerful on the market but good enough to see your surroundings. The Blink app is feature-rich, with plenty of camera settings to customize for the best surveillance, but you’ll need…

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I found a rugged smartwatch that won't break the bank – and it's not a Garmin

I found a rugged smartwatch that won't break the bank – and it's not a Garmin

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Kospet Tank M3 Ultra and T3 Ultra 2 are available for just $159.99 each. The watches are have vibrant displays, pass durability standards, and have long battery life. Updates take a long time, and the heart rate sensor measures a bit high. With so many new wearables on the market, most of my time is spent testing watches from the popular brands. But some of the lesser-known brands have some interesting…

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HPE, Nvidia broaden AI infrastructure lineup

HPE, Nvidia broaden AI infrastructure lineup

“Accelerated by 2 NVIDIA H100 NVL, [HPE Private Cloud AI Developer System] includes an integrated control node, end-to-end AI software that includes NVIDIA AI Enterprise and HPE AI Essentials, and 32TB of integrated storage providing everything a developer needs to prove and scale AI workloads,” Corrado wrote. In addition, HPE Private Cloud AI includes support for new Nvidia GPUs and blueprints that deliver proven and functioning AI workloads like data extraction with a single click, Corrado wrote. HPE…

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