Gestalt It Rundown

At NetApp INSIGHT 2025, the company announced several major innovations, including the new AI Data Engine, which pre-processes ONTAP data for use with LLMs and AI agents. This platform features advanced metadata management, data synchronization, data governance, and data curation, along with a built-in vector database to streamline AI workloads. NetApp also introduced AFX, a new architecture that allows independent scaling of storage and compute, built around the AFX 1K storage controller, optional DX50 data compute node, and NX224 NVMe enclosure, with support for a wide range of storage protocols. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke. Time Stamps: 0:00 - Cold Open0:25 - Welcome to the Tech Field Day News Rundown1:15 - SAP Connects to Google BigQuery4:14 - Meta and Oracle Tap NVIDIA Spectrum-X for AI Supercomputers7:51 - Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” Launches with Major Updates and New Apps11:21 - Xsight Labs, Interface Masters Launch Tahoe 3828 EXA Switc