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| IBM Acquires HRL Labs to Accelerate Quantum Computing Future IBM has finalized its acquisition of HRL Laboratories, a prominent research and development institution specializing in quantum computing, sensing, and advanced materials. This strategic move aims to integrate HRL's silicon-spin qubit expertise with IBM's superconducting quantum computing leadership, enhancing IBM's quantum hardware roadmap and fostering innovation across the entire quantum technology stack. |
| Africa Gains Powerful AI Cloud ECOBLOX, Stratos Lab, and Digital Parks Africa partnered to launch Africa's most powerful AI Cloud. This collaboration delivers Exascale-performance Sovereign AI, powered by NVIDIA B300 HGX GPU servers. The partnership sets a new benchmark for AI Clouds in Africa, de-risking infrastructure investments and addressing critical scaling bottlenecks for high-performance computing and enterprise AI workloads. |
| Sanas Real-Time Speech AI added to MAVcore Voice Mavenir and Sanas announced a strategic partnership, integrating Sanas real-time Speech AI into Mavenir’s MAVcore Voice AI portfolio. This enables telecom operators to deliver advanced voice enhancements, including real-time translation, deepfake detection, and fraud signal capabilities, directly from their mobile core networks, transforming voice into a secure, monetizable, AI-powered service. |
| Microsoft and HUMAIN Partner for Saudi AI Transformation Microsoft and HUMAIN launched a strategic collaboration to accelerate AI transformation in Saudi Arabia. This partnership will integrate HUMAIN’s ALLAM Arabic language models into Microsoft’s AI ecosystem via Microsoft Foundry and M365 Copilot. Joint teams of AI experts and Forward Deployed Engineers will offer direct support for developing and deploying high-value AI solutions. |
| Medical Guardian Upgrades Health Wearable for Aging Adults Medical Guardian launched Guardian Flex, a new health and safety wearable for older adults. This device is 30% smaller than previous models, offering 24/7 emergency monitoring, nationwide 4G LTE connectivity, and integrated GPS. It includes two-way voice communication and advanced fall detection technology and a mobile app. |
| Edge AI Robotics gets Upgrade with Jetson Orin Nano 2 NVIDIA launched Jetson Orin Nano 2, a new robotics computer for entry-level edge AI. This system doubles inference performance while consuming 40% less power than its predecessor. It features 78 trillion operations per second of AI compute and 8GB of memory. Jetson Orin Nano 2 enables developers to build advanced robots, drones, and vision AI systems by running large language and vision models optimized for edge inference. |
| SCX.ai and DDN Power Australia's Largest AI Cloud SCX.ai, Australia's first ASX-listed sovereign AI inference infrastructure company, announced a strategic partnership with global AI data intelligence leader DDN. This alliance significantly expands Australia's largest sovereign AI inferencing cloud, combining SCX's ASIC-accelerated infrastructure with DDN's Infinia data intelligence platform. The solution provides a secure, high-performance AI factory, ensuring models and data remain within Australia. |
| CSP Survey: AI Services to Drive Revenue and Networks Need Upgrades A recent Ciena survey reveals that 90% of service providers anticipate high-capacity AI network services will be a primary driver of revenue growth in the next three to five years. However, 88% of respondents also expressed a strong sense of urgency for optical network upgrades to meet the demands of premium enterprise AI-driven connectivity. The research highlights both the significant opportunities and the critical infrastructure challenges facing the telecom industry in the AI era. |
| Cisco Delivers Sovereign Critical Infrastructure for Canada Cisco has introduced its Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio in Canada, providing government, financial institutions, and healthcare organizations with enhanced control and choice over their technology operations. This configurable solution supports on-premises and air-gapped deployments, ensuring mission-critical systems run independently without relying on constant cloud connectivity. |
| UK Gets Commercial 5G Network Slicing via Ericsson and EE Ericsson's technology is central to EE's launch of Fast Lane, the UK's first commercial 5G network slicing service for consumers and small businesses. This groundbreaking service, powered by EE's 5G Standalone network and Ericsson's cloud-native 5G Core, moves network slicing from trials to reality, offering predictable, reliable connectivity during peak demand. It represents a significant milestone in monetizing 5G SA and paving the way for future innovation. |
| ElektraFi Delivers Dual Broadband to Grand County ElektraFi, a rural broadband provider, announces expanded service in Grand County, Colorado. They offer both fixed wireless and fiber-to-the-home solutions to address chronic connectivity gaps and improve economic development. This dual-technology approach caters to Grand County's unique geography and population. Speeds range from 50 Mbps to 2 Gbps, providing reliable, high-speed internet. |
| Agentic Commerce Transactions to Hit 120 Billion by 2031 Juniper Research projects agentic commerce transactions will soar to 120 billion annually by 2031, a massive 19,000% increase from 2026. This growth is fueled by AI agents autonomously making B2B and B2C purchase decisions, with B2B showing strong potential for structured purchases, emphasizing auditability and explainability. |
| Factor and Google Cloud Partner for Legal AI with Gemini Enterprise Factor announced its partnership with Google Cloud to accelerate legal AI transformation with Gemini Enterprise for Legal. This collaboration guides Gemini Enterprise adoption for legal clients, redesigning workflows and scaling AI solutions for complex legal work. Factor combines legal domain expertise and AI activation with Gemini Enterprise, enabling agentic systems for autonomous reasoning and multi-step execution. |
| 1Finity Powers New Mexico Middle-Mile Fiber Network 1Finity, a Fujitsu company, has delivered high-capacity optical transport and networking solutions for the New Mexico Fiber Network (NMFN). This deployment provides an IPoDWDM infrastructure to interconnect disparate networks into a resilient middle-mile architecture, supporting scalable transport services from 1G to 400G today, with a path to 800G as demand grows for communities across New Mexico. |
| SpaceXAI Taps NVIDIA CPU to Accelerate Agentic AI Ambitions NVIDIA announced that SpaceXAI will deploy NVIDIA Vera CPUs to support ambitious agentic AI growth. Click for this and more AI infrastructure news. |
| US Military Awards Accrete's Argus for Cognitive Advantage Platform Accrete, the cognitive infrastructure company, secured a sole-source contract with the U.S. Marine Corps for its Argus for Cognitive Advantage platform. This system deploys Expert AI Agents to empower better decision-making by analyzing narrative development across open-source data. Argus's video vision capability reduces video content analysis from hours to minutes, including transcription and translation across 243 languages. |
| Video Surveillance to Hit $15.55B by 2031 MarketsandMarkets reports the global video surveillance storage market is projected to reach $15.55 billion by 2031, growing from $10.93 billion in 2026 with a CAGR of 7.3%. This growth is fueled by increasing deployment of high-resolution IP cameras, smart city initiatives, and stricter data retention mandates. Hard disk drives are expected to maintain the largest market share, while HCI-based surveillance storage and solid state drives show the highest growth rates. |
| BL Networks Boosts Global Infrastructure, Announces Upgrades BL Networks is expanding its global infrastructure with major upgrades across new data center regions in Singapore, Amsterdam, Bucharest, and Dallas. This multi-year project enhances its privacy-VPS provider, BitLaunch, by delivering high-performance and low-latency networking. The upgraded infrastructure features Dell servers, Intel Gold CPUs, Samsung Enterprise SSDs, and 20 Gbps speeds. |
| Vietnam's Viettel Expands to Dominican Republic Viettel Group expands its international footprint by entering the Dominican Republic, establishing its 11th overseas market. Viettel Global secured significant spectrum for 20 years, enabling the deployment of modern 4G and 5G networks. The company plans substantial infrastructure investments to provide extensive coverage, especially in underserved areas. |
| Cloverleaf NVIDIA Unite to Speed AI Data Center Development Cloverleaf Infrastructure and NVIDIA have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate digital infrastructure development across the United States. NVIDIA made a minority investment in Cloverleaf to support the build-out of AI factories. This collaboration will help customers and utility partners meet the increasing demand for accelerated computing, leveraging Cloverleaf's expertise in power and site development. |
| BigHand Moves Legal BI Solution to Microsoft Fabric BigHand is moving its Business Intelligence solution to Microsoft Fabric, migrating existing BI 4.0 Cloud customers in September. This new architecture brings BigHand's legal-specific data model and over 600 pre-built financial and operational measures into the Microsoft environment. It provides law firms a ready-made foundation for analyzing profitability, WIP, utilization, and performance without building logic from scratch. |
| MTN MoMo Platform Modernized by Ericsson for Ambition 2030 Ericsson has completed the Mobile Money Evolved Migration for MTN Group Fintech across key African markets, including Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda, and Uganda. This transition to a cloud-native architecture significantly improves platform performance and operational efficiency, laying a scalable foundation to support MTN's Ambition 2030 strategy and expand digital financial services across Africa. |
| TIER IV Partners OIN 2.0 for Autonomous Driving TIER IV, a leader in open-source autonomous driving software, has joined Open Invention Network (OIN) 2.0. This partnership aims to protect open-source software, particularly Autoware, from patent risks. By participating in OIN's expanded patent non-aggression framework, TIER IV ensures that automakers, suppliers, and semiconductor manufacturers can confidently use open-source technologies. |
| SageMaker AI Studio Simplifies Generative AI Inference Optimization Amazon SageMaker AI Studio now integrates Generative AI Inference Recommendations, offering a guided, low-code, no-code solution for customers to efficiently identify the best inference configurations for their workloads. This new capability streamlines the complex process of deploying generative AI models by benchmarking various setups on real GPU infrastructure with NVIDIA AIPerf, delivering ranked, production-ready recommendations. |
| Tech Mahindra ServiceNow Partnership Delivers Enterprise AI Tech Mahindra and ServiceNow expanded their multi-year partnership to accelerate enterprise AI deployment. Their collaboration combines ServiceNow's AI Platform with Tech Mahindra's industry expertise. The focus is on moving global organizations from AI pilots to production-scale, outcome-led programs. The 'Client Zero' approach validates solutions within Tech Mahindra before wider deployment. |
