Throughout 2018, the momentum of machine learning advances steadily increased. With NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference for 2019 coming up, this is a good time to review how NetApp and NVIDIA have contributed to advances in machine learning and AI over the past year and what is in store for this year.

Today Western Digital (WD) is releasing their first mid-range NVMe drive. We previously covered the announcement for the second generation of their high-end Black line NVMe SSDs due out in April. The first gen of their high-end NVMe's are available now, so its no surprise WD is transitioning their mid-range Blue line of drives to NVMe. With the industry-wide

Toshiba Memory America, Inc. announced that it released the XD5 Series NVMe SSD in a 2.5-inch, 7mm form factor. The XD5 is a data center and cloud SSD that is optimized for low-latency and performance geared toward read-intensive workloads. Previously available as an M.2, the new form factor keeps the above features with the added

Today Dell EMC announced it was updating and expanding its converged infrastructure (CI) line. The company has enhanced its popular VxBlock 1000 including higher scalability, broader choice of components, and the flexibility to incorporate new technology. The company added in its new portfolio of validated designs for those who seek to build their own infrastructure

Today the open source Linux Foundation, announced a new, neutral, foundation for the development and support of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) software. The Continuous Delivery Foundation will serve as the vendor-neutral home for CI/CD products including Jenkins, Spinnaker, and Tekton. The Linux Foundation has many similar non-profit foundations like this one, so there is every reason to

Today Marvell announced its new Ethernet switch solution portfolio for edge and private data centers utilizing composable infrastructure, Marvell Prestera CX 8500 family. The new switch solutions range from 2 to 12.8Tbps and are designed with intelligence, edge computing and 5G applications in mind. Marvell will be showcasing this new solution as well as other

SwiftStack has unveiled a new edge-to-core-to-cloud solution that supports large-scale Artificial Intelligence/Machine and Deep Learning (AI/ML) workflows. The multi-cloud data company specifies impressive storage parallelism and throughput for use cases such as ingest, training and inferencing; scale-out global namespaces; data services including tagging, search, and metadata management to support AI/ML workflows; and those who need

Today NVIDIA announced that it has reached a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Mellanox. NVIDIA will acquire all outstanding common shares of Mellanox for $125/share in cash, which comes out to $6.9 billion. The two companies have worked together for some time and now will be able to combine leadership, technology, and research. 

This week’s News Bits we look at a number of small announcements, small in terms of the content, not the impact they have. RackTop Systems secures $15 million in Series A funding. Elastifile joins SAP PartnerEdge Program. Hammerspace announces seamless data management for hybrid multi-cloud Kubernetes services. Datrium introduces Datrium Forward Software Subscription Program. N2WS expands cost