Network World First Look
April 22, 2025
AI workloads set to transform enterprise networks
The explosive growth of AI applications is reshaping data center, edge and cloud networks.
IBM X-Force: Stealthy attacks on the rise, toolkits targeting AI emerge
The 2025 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index tracks new and existing trends and attack patterns, including a spike in lower-profile credential theft and overall decline in ransomware attacks on enterprises.
Broadcom (quietly) brings back free VMware ESXi hypervisor
A free version of the ESXi hypervisor is available, but Broadcom notes the entry-level VMware hypervisor is for non-production use.
Kyndryl launches private cloud services for enterprise AI deployments
Kyndrylâs AI Private Cloud includes managed services and consulting options aimed at streamlining the design, deployment and management of production-ready AI workloadsâ¯.
Intel sells off majority stake in its FPGA business
In deal with Silver Lake, Altera will continue offering field-programmable gate array products
Dell data center modernization gear targets AI, HPC workloads
Dell Technology has introduced a raft of new products aimed at advancing customersâ data center modernization projects capable of supporting  a variety of workloads, from virtualization and database management to AI inferencing and high-performance computing (HPC).
CoreWeave offers cloud-based Grace Blackwell GPUs for AI training
CoreWeave is among the first cloud providers to bring GB200 NVL72 systems online at scale.
