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1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Broadcom injected new generative artificial intelligence (AI) (generative artificial intelligence (genAI)) capabilities into its VMware Tanzu Platform, highlighting ongoing support from Broadcom for some of VMware’s legacy platforms. The big update has Tanzu now supporting Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementation to connect enterprise data and systems. This supports Tanzu customers in building AI and agentic applications as part of agentic workflows.

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Ericsson reported somewhat positive first-quarter operating results bolstered by continued growth in North America, but management also warned of potential uncertainty for the rest of the year tied to the ongoing tariff turmoil and the potential for more internal cost cutting. Ericsson’s overall results showed a modest year-over-year increase in revenues, which CFO Lars Sandström said was backed by continued growth in North America.

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Despite a temporary reprieve, the growing tumult over technology tariffs has executives and industry observers flummoxed over the impact those changes might have on operations, finances, and demand, with the timing and extent of any change causing many to throw up their hands. Vendor executives have been particularly peppered with questions over the impact tariffs might have on their operations, with many responses highlighting overall uncertainty underpinned by a dogged level of confidence.

1 week ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

Artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are having a real impact on data center network traffic, which analyst firms predict will drive significant technology decisions and investments around the use of InfiniBand or Ethernet to support that traffic. InfiniBand has been seen as the most performant backend networking technology, which has aligned it with AI demand. However, Ethernet is more widely understood, with both playing a role in AI system networking needs.

2 weeks ago | sdxcentral.com | Dan Meyer

A handful of large European telecommunication operators and vendors penned a letter to a cadre of European governments, regulators, and defense agencies stressing the need to secure increasingly vital subsea network links that have seen an increase in sabotage attacks. The letter was signed by Orange, Telefónica, Vodafone, Telenor, GlobalConnect, NKT, Proximus Global, Sparkle, and Alcatel Submarine Networks, and targeted at the European Union (EU), United Kingdom, and NATO.