Ransomware remains an ongoing threat for organizations and is the largest single cause of IT outages and downtime, as 41% of data is compromised during a cyberattack, according to the latest Veeam® 2024 Ransomware Trends Report.

VMware has announced VMware Workstation 17 Pro and VMware Fusion 13 Pro would be free for personal use! The news, delivered by Michael Roy, Product Line Manager for VMware’s Desktop Hypervisor products, is huge for the tens of thousands of students, hobbyists, and casual users of these two incredible products.

Veeam Software introduced Veeam Data Cloud Vault, a cloud-based storage service that enables users to securely store backup data off-site in an immutable and encrypted format. This service provides an additional layer of protection for critical information, ensuring data security and integrity.

NVIDIA has announced that leading Taiwanese electronics manufacturers are leveraging its technology to transform their factories into more autonomous facilities using a new reference workflow. This innovative workflow integrates NVIDIA Metropolis vision AI, NVIDIA Omniverse for physically based rendering and simulation, and NVIDIA Isaac AI for robot development and deployment.

Arista Networks has announced a groundbreaking technology demonstration to create AI Data Centers that align compute and network domains into a single, managed AI entity.

Object First announced a significant enhancement to their Ootbi storage solution, increasing the storage capacity to 192TB on a single node. This new capability unlocks up to 768TB of usable immutable backup storage per cluster, allowing customers to manage storage capacity more efficiently and secure data backups without compromising performance.

During her Computex keynote address, AMD’s Chair and CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, unveiled significant advancements in the AMD Instinct accelerator family. The company announced an expanded multiyear roadmap for the accelerators, promising annual improvements in AI performance and memory capabilities. This marks a new era of innovation for AI and data center workloads.

NVIDIA has announced the availability of NVIDIA NIM, inference microservices that provide models as optimized containers. These microservices enable the world’s 28 million developers to build generative AI applications easily. These applications can be deployed on clouds, data centers, or workstations, significantly reducing development time from weeks to minutes.

NVIDIA, alongside top global computer manufacturers, has introduced a range of systems featuring the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture. These systems, equipped with Grace CPUs and NVIDIA networking, are designed to drive the next wave of generative AI advancements in AI factories and data centers.