In addition to the limp market for InfiniBand, Paceline was rocked by IBM Corp.'s (NYSE: IBM) decision in December to discontinue its InfiniBand chip development. "IBM forced our hand, and we needed to do a retrofit on our first-gen product," Kallendar says. Paceline is now shooting to deliver its first switch, based on Mellanox Technologies Ltd. silicon, in early February (see IBM Kills InfiniBand Chip and Paceline to Use Mellanox IB Chips
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
