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NVIDIA is putting generative AI within reach of more people with a new compact supercomputer that offers increased performance at a lower price. The new NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, which fits in the palm of a hand, provides gains in generative AI capabilities and performance for everyone from commercial AI developers to hobbyists and students, the company said, for US$249 (down from US$499). The kit can be used to run the most popular generative AI models, like vision transformers, large language models, vision-language models, and more, and delivers as much as a 1.7x leap in generative AI inference performance, a 70% increase in performance to 67 INT8 TOPS, and a 50% increase in memory bandwidth to 102 GBps compared with its predecessor. The developer kit consists of a Jetson Orin Nano 8 GB system-on-module (SoM) and a reference carrier board, providing an ideal platform for prototyping edge AI applications. The SoM features an NVIDIA Ampere architecture G...

Verizon has developed a solution with NVIDIA that enables a wide range of AI applications to run over Verizon’s 5G private network with private mobile edge compute (MEC). Verizon’s 5G Private Network with Enterprise AI solution brings together Verizon’s secure, reliable, low-latency 5G private network and private MEC with the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform and NVIDIA NIM microservices to deliver real-time AI services on premises for enterprise customers.  “Generative AI, with its predictive capabilities, is poised to be a critical component of digital transformation and future business growth in almost all industries,” said Srini Kalapala, Senior VP of Technology and Product Development at Verizon.  “We're leveraging our network's unique strengths including private networks and Verizon’s global industry leadership in private MEC, combined with NVIDIA’s AI compute capabilities to enable real-time AI applications that require security, ultra-low latency, and high bandw...

GenWizard , Accenture’s generative AI platform, now incorporates a Qlik data integration solution. GenWizard helps enterprises scale AI across application management, infrastructure optimisation, and software development. Qlik Talend Cloud will underpin GenWizard's event fabric, ensuring seamless data movement across diverse systems. David Zember, Senior VP, WW Channels and Alliances at Qlik said: “By combining Qlik’s real-time data integration capabilities with Accenture’s GenWizard platform, we’re enabling enterprises to scale AI initiatives and realise the full potential of their data. Together, we are reducing complexity, enhancing agility, and paving the way for AI success.” Qlik Talend Cloud is supporting GenWizard through: Real-time data integration Continuous data synchronisation ensures that GenWizard maintains a real-time environment, essential for accurate AI predictions and insights. By reducing latency, the platform allows faster, more reliable decision-mak...

by Nick Harders, APJ SASE Director, HPE Aruba Networking Source: HPE. Harders. Zero Trust has emerged as a prominent term in cybersecurity discussions, yet it risks becoming an overloaded industry buzzword. With countless vendors touting "Zero Trust" solutions, the essence of what Zero Trust truly entails can easily be lost. Comprehensive frameworks like NIST’s Zero Trust Architecture and Singapore’s GovTech Government Zero Trust Architecture (GovZTA) aim to clarify its principles, but confusion persists regarding implementation and practical application. To prevent Zero Trust from becoming just another marketing term, organisations must adopt a pragmatic approach that prioritises its core principles — comprehensive visibility, least-privilege access, and continuous monitoring.  Visibility Achieving comprehensive visibility is the first step toward effective Zero Trust implementation. This starts with capturing telemetry from your deployed network and security solutions. ...

Salesforce has announced Agentforce 2.0 , the newest version of the first digital labour platform for enterprises. Salesforce describes Agentforce as a complete AI system for augmenting teams with trusted, autonomous AI agents in the flow of work.  This release introduces a new library of prebuilt skills and workflow integrations for rapid customisation, the ability to deploy Agentforce in Slack , and advancements in agentic reasoning and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) . The advances will enable companies to scale their workforce with customised agents capable of handling complex, multi-step tasks with even more precision and accuracy, the company said. When teams typically have more work to do than resources available, poorer customer interactions and lengthy backlogs can happen. Organisations are turning to AI to help, but have a low tolerance for inadequate solutions that provide generic responses. According to Salesforce research: Two out of three consumers (67%) are...

Source: Trend Micro. Damian Leach, CIO of Seaco (left), and Winson Lau, Senior Business Development Director of Trend Micro (right), at the signing ceremony. Seaco, an established key player in the shipping container leasing industry, has selected Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity solutions provider, as its strategic security vendor to support its security tooling consolidation strategy. This partnership marks a significant milestone in Seaco’s journey toward a unified and streamlined cybersecurity platform. Operating across an international network of 23 offices, and interfacing with approximately over 500 depot and port locations worldwide, Seaco required a comprehensive security solution that could effectively protect both employee and customer data across all interactions and devices. The company sought to balance cost, complexity, capability, visibility, and control across their cybersecurity platforms. "Trend Micro will enable us to meet our security demands whilst prov...

Karnataka Bank is running all of its critical business applications, including cloud-native external-facing ones used by customers, on Nutanix’s Cloud Platform (NCP) . These applications include mobile and Internet banking, fraud and risk management, and loan management services. The bank is also running a cloud-native digital currency application required by the Reserve Bank of India on NCP . The bank picked Nutanix not only because the company can support and deploy the Kubernetes -based application, but also because the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform solution is integrated with NCP . “Our customers are digitally savvy, so this requires us to quickly rollout and provide cloud-native applications that are easy to use, can be easily updated, and are always available,” said Venkat Krishnan, CIO, Karnataka Bank. “Nutanix’s platform's ability to support Kubernetes, and professional services enable us to deploy the applications required by the marketplace we serve, and regulators.”  N...