Everywhere we look these days, data-intensive applications are increasing at breakneck speed. One of the companies at the center of this development is Nvidia Corp., which has been riding high of late because of the chips it makes to power artificial intelligence.

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How Nvidia enables accelerated computing

Earlier this month I attended the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Seattle, home of the Mariners. As part of my activities there, I moderated a sports CIO summit hosted by Extreme Networks Inc., MLB’s official Wi-Fi solution provider, at Lumen Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks.

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Top sports CIOs provide lessons for IT operations in all industries

I read an interesting eBook on emerging WAN trends from ThousandEyes, a San Francisco-based network intelligence company acquired by Cisco in 2020. In this article I’ll summarize the takeaways I found most interesting – the book offers insight on the future of networking.

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eBook Review: 5 WAN Trends Shaping NetOps Strategy

This week, cloud communications platform provider 8×8 announced what it has dubbed the 8×8 Technology Partner Ecosystem.

This ecosystem has been developing for some time. When 8×8 CEO Sam Wilson had the “interim” removed from his CEO title in May, one of the key goals was that the company would continue to build its partner ecosystem.

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8×8 Launches New Technology Partner Ecosystem

At the end of last month, Cisco Systems Inc. invited a small group of analysts to tour its facilities in Oslo, Norway, the home of the Cisco team responsible for its device portfolio — aka “Video Valley” — primarily used with Webex software.

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Five thoughts from the Cisco collaboration device tour