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CoreWeave Shares MLPerf Benchmark Results CoreWeave announced landmark results in the MLPerf Inference v6.0 benchmark suite. Participating in the Datacenter Closed division, CoreWeave leveraged NVIDIA’s newest AI infrastructure, the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 and NVIDIA GB300 NVL72.
Akamai Streamlines Public Sector Technology Acquisition Akamai announced that the State of Montana awarded the company a new data communications contract vehicle. The agreement streamlines how state and local agencies, as well as educational institutions, can acquire Akamai’s industry-leading security and cloud computing solutions.
NTT DATA and INSEAD Reveal AI Transformation Insights NTT DATA and INSEAD announced a joint research report on Talent Transformation in the AI Era, a collaborative study examining how artificial intelligence is reshaping the IT services industry.
Oracle Unveils Government AI Data Platform Oracle announced the availability of Oracle AI Data Platform for US federal agencies. Purpose-built to securely connect industry-leading generative AI models with agency data, applications, and workflows, the platform enables civilian and defense agencies to unify critical information so they can move faster, reduce information silos, and make informed, mission-critical decisions at scale.
IBM Expands FedRAMP Portfolio IBM announced that 11 of its artificial intelligence and automation software solutions, including several products from the watsonx portfolio, have received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization. These authorizations were made possible through IBM's strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services, which includes investment to speed the delivery of AI and automation solutions for federal agencies.
Empire Fiber Internet Expands into Pennsylvania Empire Fiber Internet announced its expansion into the Lehigh Valley, bringing ultra-fast, reliable connectivity to more than 35,000 homes and businesses.
Orange Business Reimagines Enterprise Voice Communications Orange Business announced a major transformation of enterprise communications, powered by trust and AI, to address the growing challenges businesses face as digital interactions increase.
Wilson Connectivity Partners With Autonomous Systems Wilson Connectivity announced a significant expansion of its market offering with the introduction of a full network lifecycle management solution. Through a joint development partnership with Autonomous Systems, Wilson is bringing automated, digitally transformed capabilities to every phase of in-building wireless infrastructure, from initial deployment through ongoing optimization.
EPB Joins Southeastern Quantum Collaborative EPB announced that it has joined the Southeastern Quantum Collaborative as an inaugural member. SQC is an association of universities, technology companies and research institutions working together to accelerate the advancement and real-world application of quantum technologies across the Southeast.
Oracle and NetSuite Deliver New AI-Powered Solution Oracle and Oracle NetSuite announced Oracle NetSuite Restaurant Operations. Powered by NetSuite’s AI-powered business system, Restaurant Operations is designed to help restaurants increase operational efficiency and profitability by unifying and simplifying critical back-office functions.
IBM and ETH Zurich Join Forces IBM and ETH Zurich announced a 10-year collaboration to advance the next generation of algorithms at the intersection of AI and quantum computing. This initiative represents the latest milestone in the long-standing collaboration between the two institutions, further strengthening a scientific exchange that has helped create the future of information technology.
Marvell Joins Forces Through NVIDIA NVLink Fusion NVIDIA and Marvell announced a strategic partnership to connect Marvell to the NVIDIA AI factory and AI-RAN ecosystem through NVIDIA NVLink Fusion, offering customers building on NVIDIA architectures greater choice and flexibility in developing next-generation infrastructure. The companies will also collaborate on silicon photonics technology.
Vodafone Idea Deploys Ciena WaveLogic 6 Extreme Ciena announced that Vodafone Idea Limited is modernizing its transport network with Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent optical technology running on the 6500 platform. The network upgrade strengthens Vi’s ability to support growing bandwidth demands in India and pursue new business opportunities with hyperscalers, neoscalers, and enterprise customers.
CrowdStrike and HCLTech Expand Strategic Partnership CrowdStrike and HCLTech announced an expansion of their strategic partnership with the launch of Continuous Threat Exposure Management services. This joint offering enables continuous, intelligence-led identification, prioritization, and remediation of exposure across endpoints, cloud, identity, applications, and data, helping enterprises maintain an always-on view of exposure and address risk in a more structured and timely manner.
Ericsson To Power Majority of Virgin Media O2 UK RAN Network Ericsson announced that it will become Virgin Media O2’s primary radio access network partner in a five-year partnership extension that will see Ericsson power the majority of the UK service provider’s nationwide UK radio network. Through securing the majority of the radio network-focused element of Virgin Media O2’s latest Mobile Transformation Plan, the partnership extension will earn Ericsson several hundred million Euros across the five years.
Nokia Wins 5G RAN Deal With Virgin Media O2 Nokia announced that it has been selected by Virgin Media O2 for a major new multi year 5G Radio Access Network deployment and modernization program across the UK.
DOCOMO and SK Telecom Publish White Paper NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom announced the release of a white paper on the key enabling features for vRAN evolution and the path to AI-RAN (the white paper), as the latest outcome of their ongoing technical cooperation.
NEC Supports Ooredoo Algeria NEC announced the deployment of high-performance next-generation firewalls for Ooredoo Algeria, one of Algeria’s largest mobile operators. The modernization enhances enterprise network security while improving operational efficiency, scalability, and energy conscious performance.
ZTE and Kcell Sign Strategic MoU ZTE announced the signing of a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding with Kcell JSC, a prominent telecommunications operator in Kazakhstan.
Zapier AI Guardrails Provide Inline Safety Checks Zapier announced AI Guardrails by Zapier, a set of builder-added safety checks that run directly inside automated workflows. AI Guardrails lets teams detect personally identifiable information, identify prompt injection attempts, and flag toxic or harmful content before AI outputs ever touch a CRM, database, or customer inbox.
3E Launches AI Platform 3E announced the launch of its AI platform and comprehensive AI solution suite, delivering an unparalleled combination of intelligent software with embedded AI, agentic-ready data solutions, and standalone AI agents all purpose-built for product compliance.
Spire Launches Ten Satellites Spire announced that it has successful launched ten satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 16. The satellites were integrated by Germany’s launch integrator Exolaunch.
Rakuten Extends Partnership with Netcracker Netcracker announced that Rakuten Mobile has extended its large-scale partnership for the AI-enabled, cloud-native Netcracker Digital BSS platform and professional and managed services to support its nationwide 4G and 5G network in Japan.
Keysight Introduces Hands-On Semiconductor Teaching Labs Keysight announced three new semiconductor teaching lab solutions designed to help universities prepare students for careers in the global semiconductor industry.
NVIDIA and Emerald AI Join Leading Energy Companies NVIDIA and Emerald AI announced that they are working with AES, Constellation, Invenergy, NextEra Energy, Nscale Energy & Power and Vistra to power and advance a new class of AI factories that connect to the grid faster, generate valuable AI tokens and intelligence, and operate as flexible energy assets that can support the grid.
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CoreWeave Shares MLPerf Benchmark Results
CoreWeave announced landmark results in the MLPerf Inference v6.0 benchmark suite. Participating in the Datacenter Closed division, CoreWeave leveraged NVIDIA’s newest AI infrastructure, the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 and NVIDIA GB300 NVL72.

Akamai Streamlines Public Sector Technology Acquisition
Akamai announced that the State of Montana awarded the company a new data communications contract vehicle. The agreement streamlines how state and local agencies, as well as educational institutions, can acquire Akamai’s industry-leading security and cloud computing solutions.

NTT DATA and INSEAD Reveal AI Transformation Insights
NTT DATA and INSEAD announced a joint research report on Talent Transformation in the AI Era, a collaborative study examining how artificial intelligence is reshaping the IT services industry.

Oracle Unveils Government AI Data Platform
Oracle announced the availability of Oracle AI Data Platform for US federal agencies. Purpose-built to securely connect industry-leading generative AI models with agency data, applications, and workflows, the platform enables civilian and defense agencies to unify critical information so they can move faster, reduce information silos, and make informed, mission-critical decisions at scale.

IBM Expands FedRAMP Portfolio
IBM announced that 11 of its artificial intelligence and automation software solutions, including several products from the watsonx portfolio, have received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization. These authorizations were made possible through IBM's strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services, which includes investment to speed the delivery of AI and automation solutions for federal agencies.

Empire Fiber Internet Expands into Pennsylvania
Empire Fiber Internet announced its expansion into the Lehigh Valley, bringing ultra-fast, reliable connectivity to more than 35,000 homes and businesses.

Orange Business Reimagines Enterprise Voice Communications
Orange Business announced a major transformation of enterprise communications, powered by trust and AI, to address the growing challenges businesses face as digital interactions increase.

Wilson Connectivity Partners With Autonomous Systems
Wilson Connectivity announced a significant expansion of its market offering with the introduction of a full network lifecycle management solution. Through a joint development partnership with Autonomous Systems, Wilson is bringing automated, digitally transformed capabilities to every phase of in-building wireless infrastructure, from initial deployment through ongoing optimization.

EPB Joins Southeastern Quantum Collaborative
EPB announced that it has joined the Southeastern Quantum Collaborative as an inaugural member. SQC is an association of universities, technology companies and research institutions working together to accelerate the advancement and real-world application of quantum technologies across the Southeast.

Oracle and NetSuite Deliver New AI-Powered Solution
Oracle and Oracle NetSuite announced Oracle NetSuite Restaurant Operations. Powered by NetSuite’s AI-powered business system, Restaurant Operations is designed to help restaurants increase operational efficiency and profitability by unifying and simplifying critical back-office functions.

IBM and ETH Zurich Join Forces
IBM and ETH Zurich announced a 10-year collaboration to advance the next generation of algorithms at the intersection of AI and quantum computing. This initiative represents the latest milestone in the long-standing collaboration between the two institutions, further strengthening a scientific exchange that has helped create the future of information technology.

Marvell Joins Forces Through NVIDIA NVLink Fusion
NVIDIA and Marvell announced a strategic partnership to connect Marvell to the NVIDIA AI factory and AI-RAN ecosystem through NVIDIA NVLink Fusion, offering customers building on NVIDIA architectures greater choice and flexibility in developing next-generation infrastructure. The companies will also collaborate on silicon photonics technology.

Vodafone Idea Deploys Ciena WaveLogic 6 Extreme
Ciena announced that Vodafone Idea Limited is modernizing its transport network with Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme coherent optical technology running on the 6500 platform. The network upgrade strengthens Vi’s ability to support growing bandwidth demands in India and pursue new business opportunities with hyperscalers, neoscalers, and enterprise customers.

CrowdStrike and HCLTech Expand Strategic Partnership
CrowdStrike and HCLTech announced an expansion of their strategic partnership with the launch of Continuous Threat Exposure Management services. This joint offering enables continuous, intelligence-led identification, prioritization, and remediation of exposure across endpoints, cloud, identity, applications, and data, helping enterprises maintain an always-on view of exposure and address risk in a more structured and timely manner.

Ericsson To Power Majority of Virgin Media O2 UK RAN Network
Ericsson announced that it will become Virgin Media O2’s primary radio access network partner in a five-year partnership extension that will see Ericsson power the majority of the UK service provider’s nationwide UK radio network. Through securing the majority of the radio network-focused element of Virgin Media O2’s latest Mobile Transformation Plan, the partnership extension will earn Ericsson several hundred million Euros across the five years.

Nokia Wins 5G RAN Deal With Virgin Media O2
Nokia announced that it has been selected by Virgin Media O2 for a major new multi year 5G Radio Access Network deployment and modernization program across the UK.

DOCOMO and SK Telecom Publish White Paper
NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom announced the release of a white paper on the key enabling features for vRAN evolution and the path to AI-RAN (the white paper), as the latest outcome of their ongoing technical cooperation.

NEC Supports Ooredoo Algeria
NEC announced the deployment of high-performance next-generation firewalls for Ooredoo Algeria, one of Algeria’s largest mobile operators. The modernization enhances enterprise network security while improving operational efficiency, scalability, and energy conscious performance.

ZTE and Kcell Sign Strategic MoU
ZTE announced the signing of a strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding with Kcell JSC, a prominent telecommunications operator in Kazakhstan.

Zapier AI Guardrails Provide Inline Safety Checks
Zapier announced AI Guardrails by Zapier, a set of builder-added safety checks that run directly inside automated workflows. AI Guardrails lets teams detect personally identifiable information, identify prompt injection attempts, and flag toxic or harmful content before AI outputs ever touch a CRM, database, or customer inbox.

3E Launches AI Platform
3E announced the launch of its AI platform and comprehensive AI solution suite, delivering an unparalleled combination of intelligent software with embedded AI, agentic-ready data solutions, and standalone AI agents all purpose-built for product compliance.

Spire Launches Ten Satellites
Spire announced that it has successful launched ten satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 16. The satellites were integrated by Germany’s launch integrator Exolaunch.

Rakuten Extends Partnership with Netcracker
Netcracker announced that Rakuten Mobile has extended its large-scale partnership for the AI-enabled, cloud-native Netcracker Digital BSS platform and professional and managed services to support its nationwide 4G and 5G network in Japan.

Keysight Introduces Hands-On Semiconductor Teaching Labs
Keysight announced three new semiconductor teaching lab solutions designed to help universities prepare students for careers in the global semiconductor industry.

NVIDIA and Emerald AI Join Leading Energy Companies
NVIDIA and Emerald AI announced that they are working with AES, Constellation, Invenergy, NextEra Energy, Nscale Energy & Power and Vistra to power and advance a new class of AI factories that connect to the grid faster, generate valuable AI tokens and intelligence, and operate as flexible energy assets that can support the grid.

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