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NetApp, the intelligent data infrastructure company, has strengthened its enterprise-grade data platform for AI innovation. As the era of AI shifts from initial pilots to mission-critical agentic applications, AI-ready data on modern enterprise-grade data infrastructure delivers the results needed for AI-driven businesses, NetApp said. To accelerate modern AI workloads, new capabilities include: - NetApp AFX, an enterprise-grade disaggregated all-flash storage system built for demanding AI workloads. NetApp has poistioned the system as a foundation for AI factories. It is certified storage for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD supercomputing and powered by NetApp ONTAP , NetApp's storage operating system.  AFX delivers the same robust data management and built-in cyber resilience that NetApp is known for, along with secure multitenancy and seamless integration across on-premises and cloud environments. AFX is designed for linear performance, scaling up to 128 nodes with TBps of bandwidth, e...

Native Google Workspace documents such as Google Docs and Google Sheets  and Google’s ChromeOS are not impacted by ransomware, but it can be a persistent threat for other file formats like PDF documents or Microsoft Office documents, Google said.  Source: Google Cloud. Users see this notification in Google Drive for Desktop when ransomware has been detected on their device, automatically pausing file syncing to the cloud. Google Cloud is thus enhancing Google Drive for Desktop with AI-powered ransomware detection and intervention to automatically stop file syncing, and allow users to easily restore files with a few clicks. Google Cloud explained that ransomware has largely been treated as an antivirus issue: solutions typically seek out potentially malicious code before it is activated, and block it from entering an IT system. But if novel ransomware bypasses traditional antivirus protection, organisation can be compromised without any fallback mitigations.  This is part...