7 articles that week
Techstrong.IT, December 12,2025
The Cisco Catalyst brand has been making its mark on the world of networking for many years. I can think back to when the first switches were sent out in road cases for trials. As the product itself has evolved, so has all the technologies around it. The demands are higher, the speeds are faster, and we can build an entire building with Power-over-Ethernet.
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Techstrong.IT, December 12,2025
In AI's first great phase of lightning-quick adoption and development, the most common approach has been to use services based in the cloud. But many organizations have recognized the limitations of cloud-based AI: while ideal for rapid implementations and quick results, data management and security concerns have naturally led to investment in on-premises, data center-based AI as well.
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Managing hybrid infrastructure-which in the modern IT shop includes public clouds; private clouds; on-premises and co-located systems and data centers; cross-platform virtualized Linux, other operating systems (OS), and container platforms; as well as numerous other resource automation platforms-has become a potentially massive task.
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When people imagine data centers, they often think of the massive cloud facilities run by companies like FAANG. Yet across the country, a different kind of data center plays a crucial role in powering hospitals, universities, government offices, and small businesses.
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AMD has released a new EPYC Embedded 2005 Series, a line of chips that presents a significant escalation in the competition for networking, storage and industrial sectors that are increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence.
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Worldwide IT spending will surge 14% in 2025 to $4.25 trillion, its strongest annual performance in nearly three decades as massive artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investments drive a worldwide tech super cycle, according to market researcher IDC.
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There are moments in this industry when someone with real authority stands up, clears their throat, and says the quiet part out loud. Last week, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna did exactly that.
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