NAND Insider Newsletter: April 6 2025

Each week NAND Research puts out a newsletter for our industry customers taking a look at what’s driving the week, and what happened last week that caught our attention. Below is a excerpt from this week’s, April 6, 2025.
Research Note: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SASE for 5G

Earlier this month at MWC 2025, Palo Alto Networks announced the general availability of Prisma SASE 5G, its new cloud-delivered cybersecurity solution for enterprises leveraging 5G connectivity.
The offering expands the company’s SASE portfolio to provide integrated Zero Trust security for 5G-enabled infrastructure, including mobile users, IoT/OT devices, and SD-WAN endpoints.
NAND Insider Newsletter: March 24, 2025

Every week NAND Research puts out a newsletter for our industry customers taking a look at what’s driving the week, and what happened last week that caught our attention. Below is a excerpt from this week’s, March 24, 2025.
Liquid Cooling is Front & Center at GTC 2025

One thing was clear at the just-wrapped NVIDIA GTC event: the race to cool the next generation of HPC and AI systems is intensifying.
Let’s take a quick look at some of our favorite announcements.
March Survey Round-Up: AI is Booming, But Data Quality & Security Haunt Leaders

Who doesn’t love a good survey? We’ve combed through a bumper crop of new surveys on AI and tech trends for 2025 to find the bottom line: Executives can’t pump the brakes on AI spending — but lousy data, security holes, and an alarming skills gap could cause serious headaches.
Let’s look at what we’ve learned from February’s batch of surveys tell us about the state of enterprise IT.
March Cyber Tracker: AI, Partnerships, and the Future of Cyber Resilience

Cyber threats are evolving, and the industry is fighting back with AI-powered defenses, strategic alliances, and enhanced resilience measures. Here’s what we’ve seen over the past month that’s captured our attention:
Quick Take: NTT DATA & Palo Alto Networks Partner on Private 5G Security

NTT DATA recently announced a new managed security service powered by Palo Alto Networks. The service enhances security for industrial and operational technology (OT) environments by integrating Palo Alto Networks’ cybersecurity solutions with NTT DATA’s Private 5G architecture.
Quick Take: NTT Data Acquires Niveus Solutions

NTT Data, a global IT services leader, announced its acquisition of Niveus Solutions, a cloud engineering firm specializing in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services. The deal brings a strategic addition to NTT Data’s arsenal, enhancing its position in the cloud services ecosystem and advancing its partnership with Google Cloud.
Quick Take: NTT DATA and Google Cloud Expand Strategic Partnership in APAC

NTT DATA recently announced an expanded partnership with Google Cloud to advance the adoption of cloud-based data analytics and generative AI solutions for enterprises in the Asia Pacific region.
The expanded relationship combines NTT DATA’s industry-specific expertise with Google Cloud’s AI and analytics infrastructure to drive sector-specific innovation and efficiency improvements across healthcare, financial services, retail, manufacturing, and public sector verticals.
Research Note: NTT Data’s New AI Edge Platform

NTT Data unveiled its new Edge AI platform, which aims to accelerate IT/OT convergence by bringing AI processing to the edge. The fully managed solution enables real-time decisions, enhances operational efficiencies, and deploys secure AI applications across various industries, driving the adoption of advanced Industry 4.0 technologies.