At this year’s IBM Think, Chief Executive Arvind Krishna’s keynote focused on artificial intelligence’s impact on the modern enterprise. Instead of the usual tour through features and roadmaps, his talk challenged information technology leaders. The real divide in the next decade won’t be between those who do and don’t use AI, but between those who rebuild their operating models around AI and those who stay stuck in pilots and proofs of concept.
Nvidia Corp.‘s latest networking innovations meet the needs of a new kind of network that supports the unique demands of artificial intelligence factories. Ethernet is no longer a generic plumbing choice but an enabler of high-performance AI. With today’s unveiling of Multipath Reliable Connection, or MRC, on Spectrum-X Ethernet, Nvidia is pushing Ethernet even deeper into AI-native territory — and doing so in partnership with OpenAI Group PBC and Microsoft Corp.
Extreme Networks Inc. used its Extreme Connect 2026 user conference this week to make a strong case that artificial intelligence-driven networking has finally arrived. Building on Platform ONE, the company rolled out a full-stack vision spanning new Wi-Fi 7 access points, enhanced fabric-ready switching and a second-generation artificial intelligence layer called Agent ONE, designed to act less like a chatbot and more like an operational co-worker for NetOps teams.
Customer experience used to be something tuned at the edges. Better call center scripts, nicer portals, lower prices or a new survey could make incremental improvements in consumers’ perceptions of a brand. Today, it starts much earlier because every interaction across the channels customers use every day matters. Text, voice and messaging are no longer just “pipes” for getting a message from point A to point B. They’re now the primary mechanism through which trust is built or eroded in seconds.
Major League Baseball opened the 2026 season with a technological first: the Automated Ball-Strike or ABS Challenge System, powered by T-Mobile’s private 5G network, is now deployed across all 29 U.S. ballparks. While headlines focus on umpire challenges and strike zones, the real story for information technology professionals lies beneath the surface — in the network infrastructure that enables split-second decisions in environments where failure simply isn’t an option.