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Controversy over AI, from ChatGPT to Bard, have been all over the news, and the impact of Large Language Models is hitting enterprise IT. We're seeing litigation against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI just as the US Congress heard testimony by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. And of course IT pros everywhere are grappling with the various ways their jobs will be affected by AI. Let's take a closer look at AI in the enterprise. This and more on this week's Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:58 - Hammerspace Acquires RozoFS 3:15 - Google I/O 2023 happened 6:49 - VAST Data's Platform Certified as Datastore for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD 10:04 - Microsoft and AMD are Teaming Up 12:42 - Solidigm's D5-P5430 High-Density Data Center SSD 15:47 - AI Controversies Hit Enterprise IT 27:27 - The Weeks Ahead 28:44 - Thanks for Watching Follow our Hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Ned Bellavance: https:/

Aruba Atmosphere was the talk of the town and we're here to cover the exciting announcements from the event. There was a lot of discussion about the integration of Aruba, now known as HPE Aruba Networking, into the wider HPE company portfolio. The wireless fans had lots to cheer about with a new update to Aruba Central that offers better visibility as well as integration with HPE GreenLake. Security experts loved seeing how the acquisition of Axis Security is providing new edge security capabilities. Of course, the Athonet acquisition to extend Private 5G capabilities was also on the tip of everyone's tongue. This and more on the Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:34 - Infoblox Uncovers Decoy Dog 3:19 - Nutanix Disaggregating Nodes? 6:30 - MSI Leaks BootGuard Key 10:09 - Pure Says Hard Drives Done after 2028 14:10 - Cisco vEdge Certificate Expires 17:35 - Aruba Atmosphere Announcements Abound 29:35 - The Weeks Ahead 32:18 - Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts on Social MediaTom

Thanks to Gina Rosenthal for sharing a wonderful article from Wired about the details behind the SolarWinds Orion supply chain hack that we covered back at the end of 2020. You may recall that SolarWinds was compromised by Russian hackers and their software was infected and used to breach the US government as well as Microsoft, Mandiant, and more. In this article we're learning even more interesting information, such as the source of the attacks from the Russian SVR which is their version of the CIA, to the fact that the US DOJ detected signs of the attack just a couple of months after the infiltration and didn't pick up on the possiblity of it being a larger issue. The whole article is a fascinating read but what strikes me is that we're now 2.5 years past this earth shattering situation and we still don't know for certain if we could be impacted by it again. Chris, have we learned any lessons from this? Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:31 - Meteor Lake Ramping Up 3:30 - WANDisco

In the three years since reporting financial metrics Google's cloud business has announced they have turned a profit. Their offerings under this umbrella include Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace. These two products now account for 10 percent of parent company Alphabet's total revenue. Buried in an SEC filing is news that Google will extend the estimated useful life of its servers and networking equipment to 6 years. While this is phrased as financial engineering, it also reflects a change in how Google, and other hyperscalers, will purchase and buy servers. What are the ramifications of this change? Does this mean the cloud business will remain a priority for Google going forward? Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:09 - CrowdStrike's CloudStream aims to Simplify XDR Adoption 2:49 - Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster released by Canonical 7:19 - DHS to create a task for to determine how AI can be used to protect the country 9:52 - BMC Expands Mainframe Business with Model9 13:58 - Cisco

Intel made a couple of big moves this week. The first was the surprise news that they are exiting the server market. No, they aren't giving up on Xeons and they are going to get Sapphire Rapids out the door. Instead, they are selling off their server integration business. The recipient of this windfall is MiTAC, an edge-to-cloud solutions provider and ODM partner of DSG. Intel is giving MiTAC the rights to manufacture existing designs. In addition, they announced the end of their Blockscale ASIC line which was used primarily by Bitcoin miners. Intel said that they are continuing to focus on IDM 2.0 operations. Stephen, we've talked a lot about Intel but the transformation seems to be accelerating! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:46 - Solo.io Gloos a New Fabric 4:16 - Western Digital Hackers Have the Goods 7:32 - Emerson Acquires NI 10:54 - Prosimo Launches Cloud-Native Networking Suite 15:04 - Amazon's Edge Gateway Goes to OCP 18:49 - Intel's Transformation Continues 32:37 - The

China is reportedly blocking multiple mergers and is now investigating Micron for an unspecified cybersecurity concern. Delays include Intel’s acquisition of Tower Semiconductor, Maxlinear’s purchase of Silicon Motion, Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, and Microsoft’s bid for Activision Blizzard, as well as the long-delay in Cisco’s acquisition of Acacia and the called-off purchase of NXP by Qualcomm which we reported on previously. The latest move against Micron seems designed to antagonize rather than investigate any real cybersecurity flaws at the memory provider. What’s going on here? Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 1:00 - Cisco Pulls Out of Russia 2:38 - Sony Invests in Raspberry Pi 4:10 - Always Greener on the Google AI Side 6:28 - Jacob Ziv Dies at 91 8:03 - MinIO Fires Back at Weka 13:48 - China Plays Hardball with Western Companies 21:44 - The Weeks Ahead 22:25 - Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts on Social MediaTom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerdStephen Foskett: ht

If you're ready to start building out IoT networks and you want access to the largest one around Amazon is ready for you. Amazon Sidewalk is now open for developers to start testing. Sidewalk is Amazon's IoT-focused solution for edge devices that utilizes both Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and 900 MHz wireless networks to provide coverage. Sidewalk is generated from Amazon's Ring cameras and Echo speakers and has 90% coverage across the US according to reports. Tom, what's Amazon hoping to accomplish with this rollout? This and more on this week's Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 1:05 | Quantum Announces Myriad Storage 3:55 | Cisco Picks up Lightspin for Cloud Security 6:50 | VAST Data Partners with HPE for GreenLake 10:16 | WD Breach Locks Out Users 13:35 | SIOS Adds Multitarget Replication with LifeKeeper 16:51 | Amazon Opens Sidewalk to Developers 25:31 | vFunction Launches Continuous Modernization Manager 28:17 | The Weeks Ahead 30:16 | Thanks for Watching Follow our

Computing pioneer and Intel co-founder Gordon Moore has died. His name is commonly used in reference to Moore's Law, which stated that processors would be exponentially more complex, but he was much more than this. Moore was a visionary, who guided Intel through the DRAM market in the early years and then lead the transition of the company to lay the foundation for modern microcomputers. He quiet and polite, unlike Robert Noyce and Andy Grove, but everyone trusted Moore's thoughtful and considered decisions. Moore learned from his mistakes, notably a foray into the digital watch market, and was able to lead while allowing others to have their own autonomy. In a way, Moore created Silicon Valley but was entirely unlike what it has become. We could surely use more leaders in the mold of Gordon Moore! Time Stamps: 0:00 - Welcome to the Rundown 0:34 - Toshiba Takeover Talks 3:10 - Biden Outlaws Feds Commercial Spyware 6:03 - MinIO and Weka Divided on Licensing Changes 14:09 - OVHcloud Owes for Data Damag

Nvidia GTC is happening this week and there's lots of new hardware coming out. From the H100 card optimized for large language models to screaming fast GPUs for laptops and workstations Nvidia has something for everyone. We've already referenced the announcements around Bluefield 3 but Nvidia has also announced a new supercompute cluster with DGX cloud that you can totally rent for $37,000 a month. 0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 0:42 | SSE Revenues Growing per Dell'Oro 4:09 | Nutanix CIO Out Amid Operational Oddities 8:42 | Nvidia Bring Bluefield 3 to Oracle Cloud 12:23 | They Don't Make HDDs Like They Used To 18:53 | Nvidia GTC Looms Large 28:02 | The Weeks Ahead 29:36 | Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts on Social MediaTom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerdStephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett Chris Grundemann: https://www.twitter.com/ChrisGrundemann Follow Gestalt ITWebsite: https://www.GestaltIT.com/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/GestaltITLinkedIn: https

Unless you've been living under a rock, you heard about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank last weekend. But what does this mean for enterprise IT? The FDIC is covering all depositors, even beyond the traditional $250,000 limit, but are they able to access their money? And what ripple effects will this failure have on ventur capital, startups, the enterprise IT ecosystem, and most importantly tech workers? Time Stamps: 0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 0:37 | CelerData Launches StarRocks Version 3 3:19 | Rubrik Attackers Exploited File Transfer System 6:50 |  Microsoft Reveals Nvidia Powers Big AI Bets 10:33 | Qualcomm Tries to Dodge Fine for Dodgy Behavior 14:19 | Analyzing What SVB's Failure Means for Enterprises 29:22 | The Weeks Ahead 30:44 | Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts on Social Media 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/Gest

Brainchip is back again with the latest generation of their Akida AI engine. This second-generation offering provides performance increases while simultaneously offering more energy efficiency. That includes a new low-power mode that can be run on edge computing devices for specific workloads. Akida v2 is focused on providing enhancements for time series data processing and vision processing. This and more on this week's Rundown.    Time Stamps: 0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 0:27 | Pure Storage Announces FlashBlade//E 3:30 | HPE Acquires Axis Security For SASE and SSE 7:28 | Akamai Acquires Ondat 11:21 | HPE Acquires Athonet to deliver private cellular 14:43 | Brainchip Readies Generation 2 Akida AI 18:46 | The Weeks Ahead 20:13 | Thanks for Watching! Follow our hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett  Chris Reed: https://www.twitter.com/TheCMReed Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com

SNIA is announcing a new way for memory to be utilized in devices. The Smart Data Accelerator Interface or SDXI, is designed to help optimize memory-to-memory data movers. If this sounds like next-gen Direct Memory Access to you then you'd be right! The goal is to help SNIA members build more integrations with CXL as well as building on the disaggregated computing research that has been going on. This and more on the Rundown.    Time Stamps:   0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 0:40 | IBM Storage to Drop Spectrum Branding 3:36 | HPE Acquires Athonet for Private 5G 7:38 | Scale Computing Introduces Zero Touch Provisioning at Edge Field Day 10:38 | Hackers Breached T-Mobile 100 Times in 2022 15:02 | SNIA Gets Smart with New Smart Accelerator Interface 18:32 | US Levels the CHIPS Act Funding Field 31:20 | The Weeks Ahead 32:45 | Thanks for Watching! Follow our hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett 

The US Supreme Court took up a case this week that could have some far-reaching impacts on the future of content on the Internet. The case, Gonzalez vs. Google, covers whether or not Google is liable for content that was uploaded to YouTube that later led to deaths in a terrorist attack. The case has garnered a significant amount of media attention as it applies to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. This rule is the one that allows you to post a comment on a video or blog post and not have the hosting compnay be held liable for the content. Section 230 has been the target of groups that say that Internet sites are both somehow siliencing commentors and that they should be held responsible for the content of their non-paid contributors. Max, what do you think the impacts of this case could be on global Internet usage and content creation? This and more on the Rundown. Thanks Max Mortillaro for filling in.   Time Stamps: 0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 0:36 | SpectraLogic Adding On-Prem Archivin

Looks like it's time to update your iPhones, Macs, and iPads again. Apple has released security fixes for all affected devices and they've acknowledged that it maybe have been actively exploited. Jon, is this a huge concern and should we be updating our devices immediately? Why is this happening more and more? This and more on the Rundown.    Time Stamps:   0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 0:36 | AWS Modular Data Center for U.S. Department of Defense 3:19 | EDB Adds Encryption for PostgreSQL 7:21 | Breaking Up with Internet Explorer on Valentines Day 10:30 | SuSE Launches ATIP for Modernizing Comms Networks 15:04 | MinIO and Veeam Team Up for Backup 18:53 | Apple Says Zero Day Vulnerability for iPhones and Macs May have been Exploited 28:00 | The Weeks Ahead 30:07 | Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett  Jon Myer: https://www.twitter.com/_JonMyer Follow Gestalt IT Website

Cisco is looking to embrace the growing field of IoT with some new announcements around rugged switches and access points as well as a new dashboard designed to address the needs of operations teams. The new Cisco IoT dashboard allows existing IT teams to manage Cisco IoT offerings, such as the IE3100 Rugged Series Switch and the IW9165 Series Access Point. The goal is to provide more integration between these teams to help create synergy as well as provide enhanced security monitoring through the new Cyber Vision IoT security platform.   Cisco has also announced several new initiatives aimed at providing sustainability in enterprise IT. Leveraging platforms such as Webex to reduce the carbon footprint of in-person meetings is just the start. Partner companies like Pure Storage are working to reduce power consumption in devices as well as providing upgrade paths to reduce the amount of e-waste for end-of-life hardware. The goal is helping IT departments adopt sustainable methods and integrate those into

Pat Gelsinger isn't done cutting just yet. This week brought news of two big changes for Intel. The first was news that Intel will no longer be developing networking switches. You may recall that Intel picked up startup Barefoot Networks back in 2019 and was integrating the Tofino ASIC in a number of products. Intel's offerings had been facing stiff competition from Nvidia, Broadcom, and others and the move comes as Intel is trying to restructure after a massive loss in Q4 of 2022. Intel has said that the IPUs are going to be a focus area now. Also announced was the end of the Pathfinder for RISC-V program. The announcement came as a surprise to those in the program, only having been disclosed by a notice on the project's webpage. Intel had been extending an olive branch to the RISC-V community to try and encourage development on the platform that Intel could leverage in their own offerings, such as allowing the code to run on FPGAs. The program was started back in August of 2022 and was supported by most of

The US Department of Justice has joined with 8 US states to take on Google's ad platform. In a filing this week they announced the suit claiming that Google's dominant position in the market affords them the ability to monopolize and eliminate their competition. Per Merick Garland, US Attorney General, Google controls the tech used to display ads, the tools used to buy that ad space, and the ad exchange that matches advertisers to publishers. The government wants Google to divest their ad management business from the rest of the company. This could be an issue for the tech giant as a reported 80% of their revenue comes from digital ads. The enterprise angle here invovles what Google might be forced to do if they have to sell off the cash cow and how that could affect their service offerings, especially those that are free or insanely cheap thanks to being ad-supported.   Time Stamps:   0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 0:33 | Intel Cools on Immersion Cooling Lab 2:16 | GoTo Hack Goes from Bad to Worse

Supermicro, Dell, HPE, Cisco, and others have introduced the first server lines based on Intel's recently-announced 4th generation Xeon processors. And of course Nvidia is also supporting these new processors with their H100 DGX platform. Let's take a look under the hood and see how Sapphire Rapids brings new capabilities to these devices! Time Stamps: 0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 1:42 | Amazon CEO Andy Jassy Touts AWS Innovation 3:47 | Global IT Spending 1% Below Expectations in 2022 5:35 | Norton LifeLock Compromised Password Manager Accounts 7:26 | Pure Storage Introduces Energy Efficiency SLA 10:14 | ChatGPT is the hottest topic since sliced bread 12:26 | Sapphire Rapids Servers are Launched 23:47 | The Weeks Ahead 25:01 | Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett  Jon Myer: https://www.twitter.com/_JonMyer Follow Gestalt IT Website: https://www.GestaltIT.com/ Twitter: https://

If you were curious as to when Intel would launch their fourth generation Xeon processors you can satisfy that curiosity. Intel's long-rumored Sapphire Rapids architecture is now official as of this week. The biggest takeaways from the official coverage are the inclusion of accelerators on the CPU die to help increase performance for specific workloads such as SSL, 5G, and networking built around DPDK. This features comes alongside Intel On Demand, a service that allows you to purchase a CPU now and unlock accelerators in the future for a fee. There's even discussion of support for Optane and CXL! This and more on this week's Rundown. Time Stamps: 0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 0:38 | WD and Kioxia Restart Merger Talks 4:05 | AWS Encrypts S3 By Default 7:23 | Microsoft Officially Has A Fungible Asset 10:19 | FAA Orders Airlines to Fix Altimeters for 5G 13:39 | Intel 4th Gen Xeon Rides the Rapids 33:17 | The Weeks Ahead 34:25 | Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: https://ww

Just in time for the holidays, Okta got a lump of coal in the form of a breach of their GitHub repository for souce code. The intrusion appears to have been targeted at the Workforce Identity Cloud solution and an automated tool was able to access and dump the code. GitHub declined to offer details on how the code was accessed but assured users that customer data was not impacted and Auth0 products were not affected. This attack comes on the heels of Okta being breached by Lapsus earlier in 2022. Tom, what do you think about this latest SNAFU for Okta? Time Stamps:   0:00 | Welcome to the Rundown 0:41 | Guardian Offices Offline Thanks to Ransomware 3:12 | Okta Source Code Nabbed from GitHub 6:36 | HPs "Enterprise" Earbuds have a touchscreen on the case 9:26 | HPE Interest in Nutanix is Nil Now 14:44 | The Weeks Ahead 16:19 | Thanks for Watching Follow our hosts on Social Media Tom Hollingsworth: https://www.twitter.com/NetworkingNerd Stephen Foskett: https://www.twitter.com/SFoskett  Chris Ree