Huntsman-Olin: The $300 Million Promise
The CIO role is the one to watch next. Whoever gets that seat inherits both transformation programs, both mid-flight ERP decisions, and a 24-month deadline
Michael McDowell
June 16, 2026
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The CIO role is the one to watch next. Whoever gets that seat inherits both transformation programs, both mid-flight ERP decisions, and a 24-month deadline
Arista Networks recently announced its new 7060XE7 Series, a portfolio of 1.6 Terabit (1.6T) Ethernet switching platforms designed for rack-scale AI infrastructure. The announcement extends
IBM Research recently published a paper on an LLM-guided evolutionary framework for discovering quantum error-correction (QEC) codes, accompanied by the open-source release of OpenEvolve on
The carriers saw it coming and panicked, but even with SpaceX’s massive lead, satellite technology hits a brick wall of pure physics.
Microsoft unveiled Majorana 2 at its recent Build developer conference in San Francisco, introducing its second-generation topological quantum chip and announcing the general availability of
Quantinuum opened trading on the Nasdaq last week (symbol: QNT), raising $1.68 billion in the largest traditional IPO to date for a pure-play quantum computing
The enterprise infrastructure market is faced with disruption across multiple fronts. Traditional virtualization platforms face unprecedented disruption, while emerging AI-first workloads demand architectures that seamlessly span on-prem, cloud, and edge environments.
It’s against this backdrop that Nutanix, Cisco, and Pure Storage have collaborated to reimagine converged infrastructure with Cisco’s FlashStack with Nutanix.
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.
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