Cisco Systems Inc. today expanded its partnership with Nvidia Corp. to help enterprises accelerate AI projects by making it easier to deploy a combined solution to modernize their data center in preparation for artificial intelligence. The two companies have been partners for the better part of a decade. This five-year expansion is aimed at bringing flexibility to customers to meet the constantly changing demands that AI brings.

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Cisco Systems Inc. managed to put up a strong “beat and raise” in its fiscal second-quarter earnings this week, and investors took the news positively as the stock is trading at an all-time high, excluding the overvaluation during the dot-com bubble.

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Cisco Systems Inc. this week held its first AI Summit, a thought leadership event on the pivotal topics shaping the future of artificial intelligence — this one focused on the security of AI systems. The summit was small and intimate, with about 150 attendees, including executives from about 40 Fortune 100 companies. I understand why the interest from top companies was so high, as the speaker list was impressive

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It’s NRF week in New York, which allows technology vendors to showcase innovation for the retail industry, and at the National Retail Federation show, HPE Aruba Networking rolled out several new products to help retailers tackle industry-specific challenges. They included providing backup connectivity for mission-critical apps, supporting pop-up stores and simplifying information technology infrastructure deployment in retail environments.

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Amazon Web Services Inc. made several announcements at the CES consumer electronics show last week regarding partnerships in the automotive industry that are aimed at furthering the rise of software-defined vehicles. Building and delivering cars is increasingly becoming a software game that requires automotive manufacturers to take an ecosystem approach.

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