At Dell Technologies World, Dell announced an expanded partnership with Samsung Electronics to support AI-driven semiconductor manufacturing, with Dell AI infrastructure deployed across Samsung’s research, chip design, and production-critical environments. The collaboration aims to help Samsung apply AI more broadly across fab operations as semiconductor production becomes increasingly dependent on real-time analytics, digital twins, and

At VeeamON 2026 in New York City, Veeam Software announced Veeam Intelligent ResOps, a new resilience capability designed to unify data context with recovery operations. The offering targets environments where AI-driven activity and automation are accelerating change across enterprise data, requiring more precise visibility and response than traditional backup workflows provide. Intelligent ResOps is the

Last week, we had the opportunity to attend NerdioCon, held May 4–6, 2026, at the La Quinta Resort & Club in Palm Springs. The conference focused on Nerdio’s products and other cloud technologies, specifically Microsoft Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), and Intune. It had keynotes, technical labs, and networking for IT leaders and MSPs. The

NetApp announced a set of data management updates for Red Hat OpenShift to improve backup predictability, disaster recovery, and operational scalability across on-premises and cloud-based virtualized environments. The release focuses on OpenShift Virtualization deployments, where growing VM counts and larger datasets can make traditional full-disk backup approaches increasingly inefficient. The announcement addresses a practical challenge

At VeeamON 2026 in New York City, Veeam Software introduced a set of coordinated announcements that extend its data resilience strategy into the emerging operational realities of AI. The company unveiled the Veeam DataAI Command Platform, previewed Veeam Data Platform v13.1 alongside a new DataAI Resilience Module, and launched a Data and AI Trust Maturity

HPE announced a broad set of updates across its GreenLake platform, targeting enterprises that are modernizing private cloud environments and preparing data infrastructure for AI-driven workloads. The updates span next-generation private cloud systems, unified data services, and integrated data protection, with a focus on reducing operational fragmentation and simplifying hybrid and multi-cloud adoption. Fourth-Generation Private

MinIO has announced MemKV, a context memory store designed to address a growing bottleneck in large-scale AI inference environments. Positioned as the second core component of the company’s portfolio alongside AIStor, MemKV extends MinIO’s data infrastructure into the memory tier, targeting persistent, shared context for agentic AI workloads operating across GPU clusters. As AI systems

Scality has announced Scality Autonomous Data Infrastructure (ADI), a platform aimed at enterprises facing increasing pressure to support diverse AI workloads, strengthen cyber resilience, and maintain sovereign control over data. The offering combines Scality’s distributed object storage foundation with a new autonomous operations layer designed to reduce operational complexity while maintaining human oversight. The release

Rackspace Technology and AMD have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a framework for a multi-year strategic partnership focused on enterprise AI infrastructure for regulated organizations and sovereign workloads. The agreement centers on a proposed Enterprise AI Cloud designed for mission-critical AI deployments in which security, governance, compliance, and operational accountability are core requirements. The