Cloud & data centers

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1. Networking · Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence

   Cisco links AI environments to SD-WAN networks

   Cisco AI Transit extends existing SD-WAN fabric to reach specialized AI cloud environments. The goal is to help network teams maintain a consistent policy model as AI workloads spread.

   Full story at blogs.cisco.com ↗
2. Artificial intelligence · Cloud & data centers

   OpenAI launches the Grid Protectors Program

   The program works with utilities. It aims to help future compute campuses support grid reliability and protect consumer electricity costs.

   Full story at openai.com ↗
3. Networking · Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies

   Lumen and Microsoft expand joint selling of AI networks

   Lumen Technologies and Microsoft announced an expanded co-selling collaboration. It aims to help enterprises connect the data, applications and infrastructure behind AI workloads.

   Full story at news.microsoft.com ↗
4. Networking · Cloud & data centers · DevOps & containers

   Cloudflare speeds up DNS builds and cuts memory

   Cloudflare describes halving DNS build delay and cutting memory use by 85%. Its Zone Builder now gets about 700 record changes per second, and some zones hold over 20 million records.

   Full story at blog.cloudflare.com ↗
5. Cloud & data centers · Networking · IT industry & companies

   Broadcom introduces VMware Cloud Foundation Telco

   VMware Cloud Foundation Telco is a platform for telco infrastructure. Broadcom points to pressure to modernize networks and cut costs, rising hardware costs and AI-driven memory supply issues.

   Full story at blogs.vmware.com ↗
6. Cloud & data centers · Data & databases

   Amazon RDS now bills each snapshot separately

   Amazon RDS now supports per snapshot billing. Before, charges were aggregated at the database instance level; with cost allocation tags, readers can see what each individual snapshot costs.

   Full story at aws.amazon.com ↗
7. DevOps & containers · Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence

   VMware releases vSphere Kubernetes Service 3.8

   VKS 3.8 aims to cut operational overhead and harden the security baseline for Kubernetes on private cloud. It includes automated multi-version upgrades, granular workload placement, secrets integration and Kubernetes-native CI/CD tooling.

   Full story at blogs.vmware.com ↗
8. Programming & dev tools · Cloud & data centers

   Vercel Sandbox with Drives starts faster

   Vercel Sandbox with Drives now starts up to 2.4x faster, according to the headline. No further details are given.

   Full story at Vercel ↗

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