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IBM & Arm: Together Extending Arm Architecture into Enterprise Computing

Steve McDowell April 2, 2026

IBM and Arm announced a strategic partnership to support the Arm architecture on IBM’s enterprise computing platforms, IBM Z and LinuxONE. The collaboration aims to address two key enterprise needs: greater workload flexibility and infrastructure capable of handling AI- and data-heavy applications at a mission-critical level.

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WEKA: NeuralMesh AIDP & STX Integration (GTC 2026)

Steve McDowell March 31, 2026

At the recent GTC 2026, WEKA announced two major updates that enhance its position at the crossroads of AI storage and inference infrastructure. The company revealed the general availability of NeuralMesh AI Data Platform (AIDP), a ready-to-use appliance-style system based on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design

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Nutanix: Full-Stack Agentic AI Platform for Enterprise AI Factories (GTC 2026)

Steve McDowell March 31, 2026

At the recent NVIDIA GTC 2026 event, Nutanix announced Nutanix Agentic AI, a full-stack software solution designed to help enterprises build, operate, and govern AI factories at scale.

The announcement enhances Nutanix’s existing hybrid cloud platform — including its AHV hypervisor, Flow Virtual Networking, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, and Nutanix Enterprise AI — with features specifically designed for the operational needs of production agentic AI workloads.

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HPE: AI Factory & Storage Advancements (GTC 2026)

Steve McDowell March 31, 2026

At NVIDIA GTC 2026, HPE announced a broad expansion of its portfolio, including AI factory infrastructure, supercomputing platforms, and enterprise storage. These announcements collectively strengthen HPE’s role as a comprehensive NVIDIA-aligned infrastructure provider, extending the NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE portfolio with hardware based on the Vera Rubin and Blackwell GPU architectures, new CPU compute options, updated networking, and various software and services integrations.

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NetApp: Next-Generation EF-Series Arrays for AI & HPC (GTC 2026)

Steve McDowell March 31, 2026

NetApp announced the new EF50 and EF80 all-flash block storage arrays, the latest generation of its EF-Series, at the recent NVIDIA GTC 2026. The systems replace the previous EF-Series generation with a purpose-built design aimed at AI model training, high-performance computing simulations, and high-throughput transactional databases.

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