Scaling artificial intelligence is not just a compute problem but increasingly a network issue, a reality that Arista Networks addressed Wednesday by unveiling its latest switch family targeted toward AI data centers. It’s new generation, the R4 Series platform is based on the Broadcom Jericho3 Qumran3D silicon and is designed for AI, cloud data centers and routed backbone deployments.
As artificial intelligence continues to steamroll its way into every part of our lives, Nvidia Corp.’s GPU Technology Conference events have grown in importance, and this week’s fall installment in Washington, D.C. provided the customary showcase of how and what is possible.
Veeam Software Group GmbH today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Securiti Inc. for $1.725 billion, by far the largest purchase made by the company to date. Though Veeam has made many acquisitions under the tenure of Chief Executive Anand Eswaran (pictured), this is the first in the security market. As a data protection company, Veeam can be thought of as “security-adjacent,” but now squarely enters the artificial intelligence cybersecurity race.
At IBM Corp.‘s TechXchange 2025 event last week in Orlando, Florida, artificial intelligence was the primary theme, as it is at every event today. But the messaging and announcements from this conference were about getting customers over the hump and moving AI from vision to adoption.
It seems every day there’s a new announcement regarding an economic event with artificial intelligence. Recently, Nvidia Corp. made an investment in OpenAI and then OpenAI turned around and took a stake in Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Then there was the $6.3 billion deal between CoreWeave Inc. and Nvidia. Why so much activity?