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WEKA and Backblaze Combine Performance and Capacity Storage for AI Data Pipelines

Steve McDowell
September 21, 2026

WEKA and Backblaze recently announced a validated two-tier storage architecture for AI workloads. The solution pairs WEKA NeuralMesh, a high-performance parallel file system designed for GPU-fed workloads, with Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, an object storage service for large-scale data retention.

Splunk .conf26: Building the Trust Layer for Agentic AI

Steve McDowell
September 21, 2026

Splunk .conf26 recap: Cisco debuts agentic SOC, AI observability, and a unified data fabric to govern autonomous AI agents at scale.

Does the Cellular Market Need a Merger?

Michael McDowell
September 21, 2026

A combined Nokia+Ericsson entity would instantly become the largest non‑Chinese RAN vendor in the world.

Qualcomm & AWS Ink Multi-Generation Deal for Custom AI Silicon & Optical Connectivity

Steve McDowell
September 9, 2026

Qualcomm and Amazon Web Services announced a multi-generation agreement covering custom AI inference silicon and 1.6T optical connectivity for AWS data centers. The deal is structured around a warrant for up to 25 million Qualcomm shares at $161.26 per share, vesting as AWS meets purchase milestones, with a $60 billion

IBM Quantum Nighthawk r2 Arrives on the IBM Quantum Platform

Steve McDowell
September 2, 2026

IBM announced that the second revision of its Nighthawk quantum processor is now available on the IBM Quantum Platform. The chip retains the 120-qubit square lattice introduced in the first Nighthawk revision and adds an independent, high-speed qubit reset (which reduces the default repetition delay from 250 microseconds to 1

VMware AI Factory: Broadcom’s Push to Operationalize Private AI

Steve McDowell
September 2, 2026

Broadcom introduced its new VMware AI Factory at VMware Explore 2026. The offering bundles software services built on VCF to take an enterprise from bare-metal infrastructure to a running production AI model. It combines infrastructure provisioning, GPU pooling, multi-tenant model sharing, and governance tooling into a single operational layer for

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