#vastdata updates to its #AI OS platform this week reflect a broader enterprise infrastructure trend toward tightly integrated software stacks for #AIworkloads, and potentially moves it into closer competition with the likes of Snowflake and Databricks (along with multi-cloud platforms such as Nutanix and #AzureStacks with the launch of Polaris).

My colleague Alexander Gillis has the details in his writeup: https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/news/366639519/Vast-Data-services-speed-up-AI-workloads-add-intelligence

Vast Data services speed up AI workloads, add intelligence

New services and features from Vast aim to tackle AI workload bottlenecks by embedding more intelligence at the data storage layer.

TechTarget

HyperDrive Next USB4 V2 SSD enclosure delivers extreme performance in an elegant package

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/12/hyperdrive-next-usb4-v2-m2-enclosure/

Cisco warns that aging, end‑of‑life hardware can expose AI workloads to serious security gaps. Out‑of‑date firmware and missing patches leave legacy gear vulnerable to insecure configurations. Find out what this means for your network and how to protect it. #Cisco #EndOfLife #AIWorkloads #LegacyGear

🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/cisco-warns-security-risks-aging-hardware-nearing-endoflife-customers

Lenovo launches GPU Advanced Services, promising up to 30 percent faster AI performance

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/09/lenovo-gpu-ai/

Macs are becoming the go-to choice for enterprise AI workloads

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/09/macs-enterprise-ai-survey/

Inside the world’s most powerful AI datacenter - The Official Microsoft Blog

This week we have introduced a wave of purpose-built datacenters and infrastructure investments we are making around the world to support the global adoption of cutting-edge AI workloads and cloud services. Today in Wisconsin we introduced Fairwater, our newest US AI datacenter, the largest and most sophisticated AI factory we’ve built yet. In addition to...

The Official Microsoft Blog

☁️🤖 Cloud & AI Security 2025 report: @tenablesecurity
🔹 82% hybrid cloud
🔹 63% multi-cloud
🔹 34% of orgs with/ AI workloads have already hit by breaches
🔹 Identity risks remain under-managed
Is AI security the next weak point—or the next defense frontier?

Follow @technadu for more.

#Tenable #CloudSecurity #AIWorkloads #HybridCloud #IdentitySecurity

n8n vs node-red - Daniel Payne - Medium

n8n if you are using public cloud services for your data. But you will need to use something else if you want to visualize your information, e.g. ObservableHQ. node-red if you are using private…

Medium
Batch Mode in the Gemini API: Process more for less- Google Developers Blog

Discover how Batch Mode in Gemini API allows developers to submit large jobs, offload processing, and get results in 24 hours, offering simplicity, convenience, and cost-savings.

Transformers Aren't Always Slow - Dylan Patel

#clouddata #transformers #aiworkloads #latency