NAND Research works with technology companies across the enterprise IT infrastructure space, including tier-one OEMs, ISVs, and semiconductor manufacturers to help align product strategy with market needs.
As industry analysts, understanding market dynamics is what NAND Research does best.
NAND Research provides competitive intelligence services to select customers in the enterprise infrastructure space.
The IT infrastructure market is in a state of constant churn. Our analysts are in the midst of it all, advising investors, technology companies and IT organizations alike.
NAND Research works with leading technology companies in designing effective framework for talking about products, services, and innovation.
NAND leverages its multiple messaging channels to amplify your message and drive engagement.
A messaging framework is only as good as its content.
NAND Research works with technology companies across the spectrum to put together the content that best tells your story, whether that’s a webinar, white-paper, podcast, video, or something entirely different
The NAND Research IT Advisory Council delivers benefit to technology companies and IT organizations alike:
We help technology companies better understand the needs of IT organizations across industries, while helping enterprise IT organizations navigate a rapidly shifting technology landscape.
FT is transforming from a specialized, sector-focused systems integrator into a well-capitalized P5G Market Accelerator and Consolidator.
Qualcomm Technologies recently announced two data center inference accelerators, the AI200 and AI250, targeting commercial availability in 2026 and 2027, respectively. The products are Qualcomm’s first strategic push into rack-scale AI inference.
Red Hat released version 3.0 of its AI platform, introducing production-ready features for distributed inference, expanded hardware support, and foundational components for agentic AI systems.
Key additions include the generally available llm-d project for Kubernetes-native distributed inference, support for IBM Spyre accelerators alongside existing NVIDIA and AMD GPU options, and developer preview features for Llama Stack and MCP integration.
Your Network Isn’t Just Infrastructure—It’s Your Biggest Business Risk. RUCKUS Networks Builds the Mitigation Strategy.
Oracle released its Oracle Database 26ai at its recent AI World event in Las Vegas. The update makes the database an integrated platform that embeds artificial intelligence capabilities across data management, development, and analytics operations.
The platform integrates vector search capabilities with traditional database functions, supports agentic AI workflows through in-database tools and MCP servers, and extends analytics capabilities through Iceberg table format support. Oracle also bundles in advanced AI features, including AI Vector Search, at no additional cost.
At its 2025 Partner Summit in San Diego this week, Cisco announced three interconnected infrastructure initiatives to address the operational, connectivity, and edge-computing requirements of AI workloads.
The announcements span network management simplification through AgenticOps workflows, GPU-as-a-Service connectivity via SD-WAN integration with Megaport AI Exchange, and a new converged edge computing platform called Unified Edge.
Wind River Cloud Platform emerges as a compelling enterprise-grade alternative that addresses both immediate VMware challenges and long-term infrastructure modernization needs. Built on proven open-source technologies including StarlingX, Kubernetes, and OpenStack, the platform delivers unified management of both virtual machines and containers under a single, highly automated infrastructure solution.
This Research Report looks at how the Dell AI Data Platform addresses the challenges of AI-at-Scale with a purpose-built, modular approach that integrates file, block, and object storage into a unified system optimized for AI. Key components include data engines that enable aggregation, in-place querying, and searching across both structured and unstructured data sets, as well as storage engines that provide the necessary performance, scale, and security across on-premises, edge, and cloud environments.
Oracle recently announced its Oracle Autonomous AI at its Oracle AI World event in Las Vegas. The new offering combines Oracle’s Autonomous AI Database platform with native Apache Iceberg support. The offering addresses persistent enterprise challenges around data lock-in and platform interoperability by providing standardized access to data across multiple clouds and catalogs.
Oracle announced the general availability of its Globally Distributed Exadata Database on Exascale Infrastructure, a managed cloud service that combines distributed database capabilities with serverless computing architecture. The platform automatically distributes and synchronizes data across multiple Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) regions, maintaining full SQL compatibility and support for Oracle Database features.
Qualcomm’s fiscal Q4 2025 results tell a story that extends far beyond the smartphone chips that built the company. While the guidance-busting earnings numbers, $11.3 billion in revenue and $3.00 EPS, are impressive, it’s not the full story.
At its core, Passpoint replaces the insecure web login with certificate-based, enterprise-grade authentication.
Oracle AI World 2025 in Las Vegas was a clear demonstration of how far the company has come from its roots as a database vendor. This year’s event, as its new name might give away, was all about AI.
Oracle’s announcements centered on its Oracle AI Data Platform, a new Oracle database release, the new Autonomous AI Lakehouse, along with new advances in Oracle’s distributed cloud portfolio, and deepened multi-cloud partnerships with both Google Cloud and AWS. That’s a lot – and we’re just hitting the highlights.
This isn’t just another option coming out of Cisco’s R&D; it’s a blueprint for the future.
Choosing Slingshot instead of buying competitor gear like InfiniBand is a hardcore strategic move centered on performance, predictability, and ownership.
The promise of Private 5G (P5G) is tantalizing for enterprises, particularly in mission-critical industrial and campus environments.
A roll-up of the week’s industry news with analysis and opinion delivered to your inbox every Monday.
Sep 29-Oct 1 Data Center Power, San Antonio
Sep 29-Oct 2 SailPoint Navigate, Austin
Oct 6-9 IBM TechXChange, Orlando
Oct 10-11 Speaking Engagement, Chicago
Oct 13-17 Oracle AI World, Las Vegas
Oct 14-17 Dell Analyst Event, Austin
Oct 15-16 NetApp Insight, Las Vegas
Oct 17-19 Private Client Event, Austin
Oct 20-23 Lenovo Analyst Event, Raleigh
Nov 10-12 Client Analyst Event, San Antonio
Nov 17-19 OpenText World, Nashville
Dec 1-4 AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas
Dec 7-8 Marvell Analyst Event, Santa Clara