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Network World First Look
January 09, 2025
Cisco in 2025: Lots of hard work ahead
Cisco needs to complete its corporate restructuring goals, strengthen its platform approach to networking and security, and capitalize on AI-driven data center opportunities.
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Nvidia launches blueprints to help jump start AI projects
How adding capacity to a network could reduce IT costs
Application trends, component costs and AI plans are driving enterprises to rethink their approach to LAN and data-center network capacity.
Point2 aims to cut data center power consumption through smart cabling
The company says its Smart Retimer SoC can maintain signal strength through thin wiring and reduced power.
Microsoft will invest $80B in AI data centers in fiscal 2025
More than half of these data centers are expected to be built in the US, Microsoft President Brad Smith said.
Linux filesystems: Ext4, Btrfs, XFS, ZFS and more
Almost every bit of data needed to boot and run a Linux system is stored in a filesystem. Learn more about some commonly used Linux filesystem types.
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