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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a comprehensive guide to bolster operational security (OPSEC) for election officials. This guide aims to enhance the security of election infrastructure by offering detailed strategies for identifying and mitigating potential risks within the election context. This and more on The Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:34 - Japan Bids Farewell to Floppy Disks 4:15 - NetApp to Focus on AI Integration and Data Resilience 9:04 - Broadcom Launches Omnissa while Streamlining VMware 12:26 - Billions upon Billions of Passwords Published on the Dark Web 16:02 - Douglas Gourlay Takes the Reins at Qumulo 20:27 - Cloudflare Shields Users From Data-Harvesting AI Bots 23:59 - CISA Focuses on Election Security 36:33 - The Weeks Ahead 38:43 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Jack Poller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackpoller/ Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: htt

The US government is worried there might not be enough trained workers to fill the needs of the CHIPS act. President Biden has announced a Workforce Partner Alliance (WFPA) to ensure the gap for skilled workers will be closed as soon as possible. WFPA is designed to reward providers with grants of between $500,000 and $2 million to provide the training for these new chip facilities. Is this something that we can count on? Or will it turn into another boondoggle like ITT Tech? This and more on this week's Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to The Rundown 1:19 - CIQ Offers a CentOS Bridge 6:12 - CyberRatings Gives Cisco's Enterprise Firewall a "Caution" Rating 10:32 - AI Innovation in Oracle HeatWave GenAI 17:35 - OpenSSH A Little TOO Open 21:39 - AI Power Draw Dims Net Zero Promises 29:06 - Nokia to Acquire Infinera 33:27 - CHIPS Act to Train Workers to Avoid Labor Shortages 44:49 - The Weeks Ahead 46:30 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingN

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has launched a private cloud solution leveraging the KVM hypervisor, aiming at customers upset by the Broadcom-VMware merger. This is added to the existing bare-metal and container solutions in HPE's Private Cloud offering. HPE is also the latest major IT vendor to partner with NVIDIA on a suite of private cloud solutions designed to accelerate the deployment of generative AI in enterprise environments. This includes a complete turn-key AI hardware solution, including new servers equipped with the latest NVIDIA H200 accelerators, which are also available on-demand through GreenLake. HPE is also announcing the OpsRamp AI copilot for automated IT operations and HPE Private Cloud AI to accelerate customer AI application deployment. Time Stamps:0:00 - Cold Open0:24 - Welcome to the Rundown1:11 - OpenAI Acquires Rockset to Target the Enterprise4:05 - Hack Takes Down 15,000 Car Dealerships7:17 - SUSE Offers CentOS Customers a Liberty Linux Lite Lifeline11:33 - Broadcom Radicall

Amazon Web Services recently held their re:Inforce conference, as the company attempts to partner with customers to deliver a securre environment. Following the shared responsibility model concept that was the focus last year, it seems that the company is emphasizing that security is a job for everyone in the modern cloud. We also saw product announcements from AWS, including enhancements to Nitro that control access to the underlying infrastructure. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open 0:54 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:47 - Veeam Looks to Cyber-Resiliency 6:21 - Enthusiasm for AI in the Enterprise is Waning 10:44 - Microsoft to Improve Security after Recall Delay 14:16 - Oracle, Microsoft, and OpenAI Join Forces 17:33 - Pure Storage Confirms Unauthorized Access 19:53 - Google Shares the Scope of Enterprise Cloud at Cloud Field Day 25:16 - Announcements from AWS re:Inforce 37:33 - The Weeks Ahead 39:56 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Krista Macomber, Research Director of

The US Justice Department and FCC have announced an agreement that gives them each a role to play in potential antitrust investigations against the biggest players in the AI market. Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI were named in the agreement specifically according to insider reports. This follows reports that antitrust investigators have big concerns about AI and how companies developing it get their data to train the models. This agreement is modeled on a similar one from 2019 that eventually saw lawsuits brought against Meta, Amazon, and Google for antitrust violations. Back in January the US FTC had asked many companies to provide investment information as well as partnerships with generative AI companies. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:57 - Broadcom Axes AWS Elasticity 2:38 - Snowflake's Security Continues to Melt 5:53 - Intel halts $25B fab investment in Israel 7:15 - FCC Plans to Require BGP Security 11:09 - Citrix Follows Broadcom Steps? 13:20 - Fortinet Ties Up Plans for Lacework 17:3

At Qlik Connect in Orlando, significant announcements affecting the industry were examined. Key highlights included the integration of Talend Cloud to enhance data pipeline capabilities and the introduction of Qlik Answers, an AI-powered knowledge assistant tailored to enterprise data. The partnership with the United Nations to support climate change initiatives by leveraging data analytics was also discussed. Additionally, Qlik announced the formation of an AI Council composed of experts to guide their AI strategy. The discussions on data quality and seamless integration were particularly impressive and insightful. This and more on The Rundown. Thanks to Gina Rosenthal for cohosting. Time Stamps: 0:00 Welcome to the Rundown 1:39 - Ticketmaster Hacked in Data Breach 4:42 - NVIDIA Reveals Next-Gen AI Chips "Rubin" 7:29 - Google Cloud Customer Account Wiped 10:59 - Infinidat Announces G4 Storage Platform 14:35 - Cisco's AI Innovations and Investments 18:04 - A Closer Look1 8:16 - Qlik Answers 23

The world’s leading internet firms are actively collaborating with regulators in the European Union to ensure compliance with the bloc’s stringent data protection rules. According to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), which serves as the lead EU regulator for major tech companies including Alphabet’s Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok, and OpenAI, these firms are taking extensive measures to ensure that their artificial intelligence (AI) products do not violate data privacy regulations. Arjan, is EU governmental involvement a good or a bad thing, and what other EU regulations are impacted by this? Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:09 - OpsMill Releases InfraHub 4:37 - EU probes Telegram, because size matters for regulators 8:19 - FBI Seizes Stolen Data Bazaar BreachForums 12:17 - VPN Provider Sanctioned for Crime Traffic 15:51 - T-Mobile Picks Up US Cellular 21:45 - Top EU data regulator says tech giants working closely on AI compliance 33:37 - The Weeks Ahead 36:07 - Thanks for Watching Ho

Pat Moorhead and Daniel Newman sat down with Sam Burd to discuss AI PCs at Dell Tech World. These new PCs include significant new AI integrations, and Dell expects these to initiate a "super cycle" of PC upgrades. We discussed the importance of Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite earlier in the program, but what should we make of the market for AI PCs? This and more announcements from Dell Tech World on The Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to The Rundown 1:00 - Dell Writes a HYCU in their PowerProtect DataDomain 3:36 - GitHub Patches Massive Security Hole in Enterprise Servers 6:45 - Palo Alto Networks Acquires IBM QRadar 10:35 - Exabeam and LogRhythm to Merge to Strengthen AI-Driven Security Future 14:00 - PC Makers Debut AI PCs with Microsoft CoPilot+ 19:36 - CoPilot+ Totally Recalls Everything 23:09 - Announcements from Dell Tech World 23:55 - Dell AI Factory Using NVIDIA for AI Adoption 26:55 - Dell collaborates with NVIDIA, Microsoft, and ServiceNow on Dell NativeEdge 32:50 - Dell PowerStore usin

The June 2024 Top500 supercomputer list was released at ISC 2024, and there is a lot to unpack. The latest Top 500 Supercomputers list highlights significant trends in the supercomputing landscape, as NVIDIA takes 7 spots with Grace-based systems, including 3 of the top 20. Although the balance between Intel and AMD remains static, there is a shift towards co-packaged CPUs and accelerators just as Intel announces they will sunset Ponte Vecchio, their entry in this space, and skip the next generation. Interestingly, HPE was a big winner here, leading in new systems and enabling 8 of the 10 Grace and MI300A entrants. And we see Arm well-represented here, with 8 new servers on the list. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 3:03 - Zscaler Reportedly Breached by Profit-Minded Criminals 5:06 - Adam Selipsky Steps Down from AWS 7:45 - F5 BIG-IP Suffers a Big Breach 9:53 - VMware Makes Workstation Pro and Fusion Free for Personal Use 12:41 - GPT-4o Launched by OpenAI 15:05 - NetApp Announces New All-Flash Stor

The annual security party known as RSA kicked off this week and one of the things you can count on is big announcements from companies at the event and we've collected a few of them. Red Hat Summit 2024 is also happening this week. The big news from the event is all about AI. The first big announcement is InstructLab, an open-source project aimed at improving LLM outputs. The other big news is Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI, a platform designed to run IBM Granite LLMs. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:55 - Intel, Qualcomm Export Licenses Revoked to Sell to Huawei 3:47 - StarTree Grows New Features 8:39 - Healthcare Giant Pays Ransom over Recent Attack 11:48 - IBM to Enhance Deployment with AWS 14:22 - Zerto's Cyber Resilience Vault Integrated with HPE Allerta Storage MP 17:15 - RSA Runneth Over with Product Announcements 21:26 - Red Hat Summit Brings AI 26:49 - The Weeks Ahead 28:40 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https

You don't need an algorithm to know that AI is the hottest invements right now outside of frozen concentrated orange juice. Investors are seeing the mountain of money that Nvdia is making and giving startups all the funding they could hope for. While massive funding for startups in Silicon Valley is old news this recent wave has seen the huge investments coming in the very early stages instead of later rounds after a product has been developed and is ready to be put on the market. 2023 saw almost $22 billion in AI startup funding, with an average deal of $55 million per company, which is well above the $8 million startup average. Investors are starting to ask questions about revenue and startups are having a hard time answering. This and more on the Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:06 - NVIDIA Finally Acquires Run:ai 4:58 - Net Neutrality Restored by FCC 9:39 - Amazon to Build Data Centers in Indiana 12:44 - Hackers Spying on Governments says Cisco 16:39 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numb

In a landmark ruling from the US Federal Trade Commission, non-compete clauses in employment agreements are no longer valid and all existing non-compete clauses are null and void starting in 120 days. The government argues that non-competes stifle wages and reduce the talent pool for companies to draw from. Businesses counter that argument with the need to protect intellectual property. The ruling came after nearly 26,000 public comments. After the ruling was issued, the US Chamber of Commerce immediately filed suit, challenging the ruling and the standing of the FTC to decide it. Simliar action was expected from the National Labor Relations Board in the near future, with some saying the FTC action may have been a race to see who could get the news out the fastest. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:00 - Supermicro Shows New X14 Servers at Intel Vision 4:46 - PuTTY SSH Security Vulnerability 7:37 - Micron to Recieve $6 Billion in Chip Funding 12:05 - BMC Set to Acquire Netreo 15:04 - IBM Closes In

Our eyes were on Google Cloud Next last week, as the hyperscaler announced new ARM chips, lots of partnerships, and of course wall-to-wall AI. Google's Vertex AI Agent Builder allows no-code deployment of agents, Google Vids targets video editing, and the search giant is leaning into Retrieval-Augmented Generation or RAG. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:40 - BREAKING: The Futurum Group Acquires Techstrong Group 2:23 - Commvault Acquires Appranix 4:53 - IBM Invests in $150 Million Fundin Round for Cohesity 7:20 - Meta Introduces New Chips for AI Hyperscalers 10:08 - Zscaler Acquiring Airgap 12:51 - SK hynix Gets Packaging and Samsung Gets Their Share 17:13 - VMware's Perpetual License Support Extended 21:32 - Google Cloud Next 33:25 - The Weeks Ahead 35:38 - Thanks for Watching Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Gestal

In a historic move, key federal lawmakers, including Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers unveiled a sweeping proposal aimed at granting consumers extensive rights to manage the use of their personal data by tech giants like Google, Meta, and TikTok. The proposed legislation, titled the American Privacy Rights Act, establishes a national baseline for data collection, usage, and transfer on the internet, allowing users to opt out of certain practices such as targeted advertising. The bipartisan agreement also addresses long-standing issues surrounding federal versus state laws and outlines enforcement mechanisms through civil lawsuits for violations. However, its prospects in Congress remain uncertain amidst looming deadlines and complex negotiations. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 2:47 - Amazon kills Just Walk Out Tech 4:56 - StorMagic and Acronis 7:01 - New CX Research from Contentsquare, Zendesk, and LivePerson 10:21

The US and the UK have allied to make sure AI is developed safely. A new memorandum of understanding has laid out proposals for testing and information sharing to ensure that AI is being safely written and maintained to prevent harm to anyone using it. The ultimate goal, as stated by representatives from both governments, is harnessing the potential of AI while ensuring the risks are understood and mitigated. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:04 - Intel Reveals Foundry Operating Model 5:04 - Backdoor Found in Popular Linux Utility 9:36 - Testcontainers Cloud from Red Hat and Docker 12:41 - Keysight Acquires Spirent for $1.5 Billion 15:54 - AI to Drive Microsoft's Stargate 21:05 - Redis to use Dual Source-Available Licensing 25:33 - US and UK Join Forces for AI Safety 37:00 - The Weeks Ahead 39:26 - Thanks for Watching Follow our Hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stephen Foskett: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.co

NVIDIA GTC event was the big story last week, both on the Rundown and in the tech industry generally. NVIDIA is clearly the company to beat in AI and HPC and this has the entire industry on its toes. Every company in tech is emphasizing their partnership and joint offerings with NVIDIA. But there's a reaction from their competitors, too, with Google, Qualcomm, and Intel announcing their intent to undermine NVIDIA's dominance. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:08 - New RISC-V Devices Revealed at KubeCon by Scaleway 4:21 - FCC Increases Broadband Benchmark 5:59 - Edge and Rancher Portfolio Updates by SUSE 11:10 - SIOS Lifekeeper for HA 14:28 - A Cautious Outlook on SoftIron's HyperCloud 18:57 - AMD and Intel Chips Blocked by China 22:25 - Revisiting the Impact of NVIDIA GTC 40:26 - The Weeks Ahead 43:43 - Thanks for Watching Follow our Hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stephen Foskett: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.

This week is NVIDIA GTC, or as Futurum Group CEO Daniel Newman called it "the Woodstock of AI". There's been a lot of discussion about the ascendant NVIDIA and how they plan on capitalizing on a hot market. NVIDIA unveiled Blackwell, their newest architecture. The chip was named after American mathematician David Blackwell and math is most definitely the strong suit of this product line. It has 208 billion transistors to power a second-generation transformer engine for accelerating inferencing. There is also support for fifth-generation NVLink and NVLink Switch connectivity for GPU clusters with speeds of up to 1.8 terabytes per second of bidirectional throughput, which means Blackwell could process the entire bandwidth of the Internet in just 11 units. Blackwell is being integrated into The GB100 and GB200 superchip systems which focus on Tensor core performance and can be combined into new clusters of water-cooled units of up to 72 Blackwell GPUs. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:

Yesterday VAST Data announced what they are calling the AI Factory, and we got a detailed look at this during a Tech Field Day Showcase. VAST is collaborating with NVIDIA, Supermicro, and Run:ai to demonstrate their ability to operationalize AI at scale. Highlighting their rapid growth and partnerships, VAST Data's architecture supports new capabilities like VAST DataBase and VAST DataEngine. Discussions cover integrating VAST Data with NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs, optimizing for Supermicro hyperscale servers, and running full-stack AI operations with Run:ai. The showcase emphasized the benefits of DPUs, power savings, and strategic partnerships. It also explored the complexities of deploying AI at scale, emphasizing the integration of data processes and the role of Run:ai in managing GPU resources. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:04 - $1 Billion Invested by SK Hynix into AI Chip Tech 4:27 - Kubernetes Distributed Cloud Firewall Revealed by Aviatrix 8:24 - Azure Native Qumulo Cold Announced 11:2

NetApp is updaing their ransomware protection solutions. They've made some new additions to their Automated Ransomware Protection (ARP) platform to address new attack vectors and improve logic for attack detection, including new methods like partial file encryption. NetApp is claiming a 99% precision in detection of ransomware attacks. They have also announced the availability of their Ransomware Recovery Guarantee for Keystone, their storage-as-a-service offering. These announcements come as part of a larger package including updates to SnapCenter and BlueXP Disaster Recovery. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:10 - Huawei Developing Magneto Electric Drives 5:25 - Ransomware Still Spreads after Lockbit Server Shutdown 8:29 - AWS Announces Unrestricted Free Data Transfers 12:06 - Viavi Acquiring Spirent 15:33 - Nutanix to Acquire D2iQ 18:33 - IBM's AI-Powered Storage Security 23:10 - NetApp Improves their Cybersecurity 36:20 - The Weeks Ahead 38:21 - Thanks for Watching Follow our Hosts on

In a series of bold moves, Broadcom has restructured VMware shifting to subscription-only licenses across all offerings. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan wants VMware to focus on resiliency, developer efficiency, and infrastructure efficiency. Tan outlines three key strategies: radical simplification, substantial R&D investment for on-premises to private cloud solutions, and enhancing the ecosystem. The discontinuation of products, including Aria SaaS and Carbon Black, and divesture of EUC is part of a plan to streamline VMware's portfolio into bundled suites. Reactions are decidedly mixed, but we are starting to see the strategy come together. Time Stamps: 0:00 Welcome to the Rundown 2:09 - Google Announces Gemini Features at MWC 3:49 Anticipation is Building as Intel Previews Clearwater Forest 7:55 - NVIDIA's AI Data Center Boom 10:55 - Hammerspace AI Training File System is Fast, but How Fast? 15:14 - Juniper Networks Gets Sued over Buyout 18:41 - Mobile World Congress is All About AI and 5G 24:57 - The C