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Time of India
30-04-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Verizon Business sees AI as ‘critical' part of managed network services portfolio: Jophy Varghese
NEW DELHI: US telecom carrier Verizon 's enterprise unit said artificial intelligence (AI) will become a key differentiator in its network portfolio, enabling end customers to benefit from cost efficiencies. 'Over the years, we have expanded our network portfolio to include network-as-a-service (NaaS), SD-WAN, and others. Now AI will act as a critical part of how we roll out networks for large global enterprises,' Jophy Varghese , APAC head (SI) & country manager (India), Verizon Business , told ETTelecom in an interview. He said AI will allow enterprise customers to gain visibility on end-to-end governance, offer flexibility on cost structures, and will also enable them to leverage cost-effective connectivity models. Lately, AI adoption has boomed across industries. In telecom, the technology is currently being utilised by various companies for functions ranging from customer-facing chatbots to radio performance and energy efficiency optimisation. New York-headquartered Verizon, this January, launched the ' Verizon AI Connect ' integrated suite of solutions and products designed to enable businesses to deploy AI workloads at scale. The telco already has tie-ups with hyperscalers and technology companies, including Google, Meta, Vultur, and Nvidia. Meanwhile, the monetisation of the fifth-generation (5G) networks has not picked up at an anticipated pace. The executive, however, said that investments would continue to pour in the 5G space, with expansion into the 6G technology eventually. Varghese further said that Verizon Business is currently prioritising its work in three areas: global network managed services, secured hybrid networks, and cybersecurity. 'All these elements come together as part of the core network. Apart from that, we have unified communications, or contact center solutions,' he said. 'I think we would continue to expand our investment globally. We are here to stay,' he added. According to the executive, the company would explore opportunities in various areas, such as modernising enterprises, scaling up new network roll-outs, and orchestrating global network with multiple partners while ensuring security at the same time. Watch the full video interview below: ETTelecom Interviews: Verizon Business' Jophy Varghese on 5G monetisation, investment roadmap
TECHx
05-03-2025
- Business
- TECHx
Cisco, NVIDIA Partner to Boost AI Adoption in Enterprises - TECHx Media Cisco, NVIDIA Partner to Boost AI Adoption in Enterprises
Cisco, NVIDIA Partner to Boost AI Adoption in Enterprises Cisco [NASDAQ: CSCO] has announced an expanded partnership with NVIDIA to provide AI technology solutions tailored for enterprises. As AI becomes essential for growth, many organizations are still in the early stages of adoption, navigating the unique technical complexity and security challenges of AI-ready data centers. This partnership aims to provide flexibility and choice, addressing the demand for high-performance, low-latency, and highly power-efficient connectivity within data centers, clouds, and between users. Building a Robust AI Ecosystem Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon, highlighted the significance of a scalable AI ecosystem, saying, 'This expanded partnership between Cisco and NVIDIA, just like our Verizon AI Connect strategy and solutions, builds towards accelerating and enabling resource-intensive AI workloads at the Edge of the network.' The collaboration will leverage the NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform, built on both Cisco and NVIDIA's silicon, to form the backbone for enterprise AI workloads. This partnership aims to simplify networking architectures, prioritizing full-stack solutions that allow customers to optimize their AI infrastructure investments across front and back-end networks. Optimizing AI Infrastructure Investments Chuck Robbins, Chair and CEO of Cisco, emphasized the urgency for enterprises to deploy AI quickly and effectively, acknowledging the challenges organizations face in justifying such investments. He noted, 'Together, Cisco and NVIDIA are partnering to remove barriers for customers and ensure they can optimize their infrastructure investments to unlock the power of AI.' NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang added, 'Advancing at lightspeed, AI will revolutionize every industry. Together with Cisco's enterprise platforms and global reach, we can help companies worldwide build state-of-the-art NVIDIA infrastructure as they race to transform with AI.' Comprehensive Security and Technological Advancements The partnership promises to simplify integration and standardization, providing customers with access to current and future technological advancements, such as adaptive routing, telemetry, congestion control, and low latency from the NVIDIA Spectrum-X platform. Cisco's broader networking, security, and digital resilience portfolio, including the Splunk data platform, will further enhance the solutions. As enterprises develop AI capabilities, security becomes critical. Jim Kavanaugh, Co-Founder and CEO of World Wide Technology, emphasized the value of Cisco and NVIDIA's collaboration, stating, 'We are poised to deliver unparalleled value to our customers and help them navigate the complexities of AI adoption with confidence.' A Stronger Commitment to AI Adoption The expanded Cisco-NVIDIA partnership aims to simplify deployment and operations, enhancing workload performance and visibility. The companies will focus on delivering the highest-performance Ethernet solutions for AI workloads, with Cisco Silicon One integrated into the NVIDIA Spectrum-X architecture, making Cisco the only partner silicon supported in these Ethernet solutions. The collaboration is set to help move AI projects in enterprise data centers from prototype to full deployment, traditionally limited to public cloud or SaaS services. Developing Joint Solutions for AI Workloads Cisco and NVIDIA are also planning joint solutions for customers, including: Cisco's development of data center switches with the NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet platform, offering an open ecosystem for greater flexibility and choice. Creation of NVIDIA Enterprise Reference Architectures (ERA) and NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) Reference Architectures based on NVIDIA Spectrum-X with Cisco Silicon One, Hyperfabric, Cisco Nexus, UCS Compute, Optics, and other Cisco technologies. Joint development to tackle critical challenges like congestion management and load balancing to enable scalable and secure AI deployments. This collaboration between Cisco and NVIDIA is set to accelerate the adoption of AI in enterprises, offering cutting-edge solutions designed to simplify AI infrastructure and maximize performance.
Trade Arabia
03-03-2025
- Business
- Trade Arabia
Cisco partners with Nvidia to boost AI adoption in enterprises
Cisco has announced plans for an expanded partnership with Nvidia to provide AI technology solutions to enterprises. Enterprises recognize that AI is essential to growth but remain early in their adoption as they navigate the unique technical complexity and security demands of operating AI-ready data centers. The expanded partnership aims to give organizations flexibility and choice as they look to meet the demand of AI workloads for high-performance, low-latency, highly power-efficient connectivity within – and between – data centers, clouds, and users. "A robust and scalable AI ecosystem is key to driving the transformative power of AI," remarked Hans Vestberg, the Chairman and CEO of Verizon. "This expanded partnership between Cisco and Nvidia, just like our Verizon AI Connect strategy and solutions, builds towards accelerating and enabling resource-intensive AI workloads at the Edge of the network," stated Vestberg. The Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform based on Cisco and Nvidia silicon will form the foundation for many enterprise AI workloads. Cisco said by enabling interoperability between both companies' networking architectures, the two companies are prioritizing customers' needs for simplified, full-stack solutions. The goal of the expanded partnership is to allow customers to optimize their AI infrastructure investments with a common architecture, using their existing management tools and processes, spanning front and back-end networks, it stated. "Enterprises are under immense pressure to deploy AI quickly and effectively, and many leaders struggle to justify the investment while balancing the risks," remarked Chuck Robbins, Chair and CEO, Cisco. "Together, Cisco and NVIDIA are partnering to remove barriers for customers and ensure they can optimize their infrastructure investments to unlock the power of AI," he added. "Advancing at lightspeed, AI will revolutionise every industry," stated Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia. "Nvidia Spectrum-X is Ethernet enhanced and supercharged for AI. Together with Cisco's enterprise platforms and global reach, we can help companies worldwide build state-of-the-art NVIDIA infrastructure as they race to transform with AI," he noted. Jim Kavanaugh, Co-Founder and CEO, World Wide Technology, pointed out that its long-standing partnerships with Cisco and Nvidia has already resulted in cutting-edge AI solutions that drive innovation and business transformation.
Channel Post MEA
26-02-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
Cisco Expands Partnership With NVIDIA
Cisco has announced plans for an expanded partnership with NVIDIA to provide AI technology solutions to enterprises. Enterprises recognize that AI is essential to growth but remain early in their adoption as they navigate the unique technical complexity and security demands of operating AI-ready data centers. The expanded partnership aims to give organizations flexibility and choice as they look to meet the demand of AI workloads for high-performance, low-latency, highly power-efficient connectivity within – and between – data centers, clouds, and users. 'A robust and scalable AI ecosystem is key to driving the transformative power of AI,' said Hans Vestberg, Chairman and CEO of Verizon. 'This expanded partnership between Cisco and NVIDIA, just like our Verizon AI Connect strategy and solutions, builds towards accelerating and enabling resource-intensive AI workloads at the Edge of the network.' The NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform based on Cisco and NVIDIA silicon will form the foundation for many enterprise AI workloads. By enabling interoperability between both companies' networking architectures, the two companies are prioritizing customers' needs for simplified, full-stack solutions. The goal of the expanded partnership is to allow customers to optimize their AI infrastructure investments with a common architecture, using their existing management tools and processes, spanning front and back-end networks. 'Enterprises are under immense pressure to deploy AI quickly and effectively, and many leaders struggle to justify the investment while balancing the risks,' said Chuck Robbins, Chair and CEO, Cisco. 'Together, Cisco and NVIDIA are partnering to remove barriers for customers and ensure they can optimize their infrastructure investments to unlock the power of AI.' 'Advancing at lightspeed, AI will revolutionize every industry,' said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO, NVIDIA. 'NVIDIA Spectrum-X is Ethernet enhanced and supercharged for AI. Together with Cisco's enterprise platforms and global reach, we can help companies worldwide build state-of-the-art NVIDIA infrastructure as they race to transform with AI.' By making it easier to integrate and standardize on both Cisco and NVIDIA technology, customers will benefit from current and future technology advancements in the NVIDIA Spectrum-X platform such as adaptive routing, telemetry, congestion control and low latency, as well as Cisco's broader networking, security, and digital resilience portfolio, including the Splunk data platform. As businesses develop AI capabilities and train models on their own data, having a comprehensive security strategy becomes crucial. 'World Wide Technology's long-standing partnerships with Cisco and NVIDIA has already resulted in cutting-edge AI solutions that drive innovation and business transformation,' said Jim Kavanaugh, Co-Founder and CEO, World Wide Technology. 'By leveraging the strengths of Cisco's deep expertise in the data center and NVIDIA's advanced AI technologies, we are poised to deliver unparalleled value to our customers and help them navigate the complexities of AI adoption with confidence.' Cisco and NVIDIA: Accelerating AI workload adoption in the enterprise Together, the two companies are committed to bringing new levels of innovation to accelerate the adoption of AI within enterprises. Focusing on simplifying deployment and operations, while improving workload performance and visibility, the objective of this deeper partnership is to deliver the highest performance Ethernet solutions available for AI workloads and extend NVIDIA's Spectrum-X architecture to include Cisco Silicon One, making Cisco the only partner silicon supported in Spectrum-X Ethernet solutions. In addition, the expanded partnership will help move enterprise data center Ethernet AI projects from prototype to full deployment, which would otherwise be limited to public cloud or SaaS services. Today, Cisco and NVIDIA are planning to develop joint solutions for customers. Cisco will develop data center switches with the NVIDIA Spectrum Ethernet platform. The open ecosystem approach will provide customers with more choices and flexibility. Organizations can standardize on the NVIDIA Spectrum-X networking platform with both Cisco and NVIDIA switch silicon-based architectures, bringing the industry-leading technologies from both companies under a single management fabric. The open ecosystem approach will provide customers with more choices and flexibility. Organizations can standardize on the NVIDIA Spectrum-X networking platform with both Cisco and NVIDIA switch silicon-based architectures, bringing the industry-leading technologies from both companies under a single management fabric. Cisco will collaborate with NVIDIA to create and validate NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) and Enterprise Reference Architectures based on NVIDIA Spectrum-X with Cisco Silicon One, Hyperfabric, Nexus, UCS Compute, Optics, and other Cisco technologies. with Cisco Silicon One, Hyperfabric, Nexus, UCS Compute, Optics, and other Cisco technologies. Cisco and NVIDIA are committed to collaboration and joint development, aiming to deliver the highest-performing Ethernet solutions for customers. The companies plan for continued collaboration to address significant challenges like congestion management and load balancing so that customers can scale and secure AI deployments. Cisco plans to enhance its Silicon switches to be compatible with Spectrum-X and NVIDIA's reference architectures. These updates will be available in the middle of calendar year 2025, including existing and upcoming Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric, and Cisco UCS products. The timeline for new Cisco Spectrum switches will be announced at a later date. 0 0
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Cloud AI Today - Verizon Boosts AI Capacity With Key Strategic Partnerships
Verizon has unveiled Verizon AI Connect, an integrated suite of solutions aimed at enabling businesses to manage AI workloads at scale, addressing the growing demand for network capacity and computational power. This initiative is particularly designed for hyperscalers, cloud providers, and global enterprises, with an emphasis on facilitating real-time decision-making or inferencing, a trend expected to significantly rise by 2030. Verizon has collaborated with companies like Google Cloud, Meta, NVIDIA, and Vultr to expand its AI ecosystem, highlighting its network's capacity to support demanding AI workloads. These partnerships aim to enhance network infrastructure, providing low-latency connectivity and robust computing power necessary for AI advancements. last closed at $191.81 down 4.2%. In other market news, was a notable mover up 4.4% and finishing the session at $758.43, hovering around its 52-week high. In the meantime, lagged, down 37.4% to end the day at $26.08. Alphabet's strategic AI integration is key to boosting engagement and diversifying revenue. Click here to explore the full narrative on Alphabet's innovative growth strategies. For a deeper understanding of the ongoing investment in Cloud AI infrastructure and the implications for stocks in this space, be sure to check out our previous Market Insights article titled "The AI Capex Cycle Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down," where we explored the relentless capital spending in AI and its potential opportunities and challenges for investors. closed at $229.86 up 3.2%. closed at $434.56 down 2.1%. Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire TikTok, as stated by U.S. President Trump yesterday. settled at $29.07 down 12.6%. Navigate through the entire inventory of 154 Cloud AI Stocks including Adobe, Yonyou Network TechnologyLtd and Keysight Technologies here. Already own these companies? Bring clarity to your investment decisions by linking up your portfolio with Simply Wall St, where you can monitor all the vital signs of your stocks effortlessly. Take control of your financial future using Simply Wall St, offering free, in-depth knowledge of international markets to every investor. This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned. Sources: Simply Wall St "Verizon unveils AI strategy to power next-gen AI demands" from Verizon Communications, Inc. on GlobeNewswire (published 24 January 2025) Companies discussed in this article include NYSE:HUBS NasdaqGS:AAPL NasdaqGS:MSFT NasdaqGS:GOOGL NasdaqGS:SMCI and NasdaqGS:NBIS. Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team@ Sign in to access your portfolio
