Nvidia GTC is happening this week and there’s lots of new hardware coming out. From the H100 card optimized for large language models to screaming fast GPUs for laptops and workstations Nvidia has something for everyone. We’ve already referenced the announcements around Bluefield 3 but Nvidia has also announced a new supercompute cluster with DGX cloud that you can totally rent for $37,000 a month.
0:42 | SSE Revenues Growing per Dell’Oro
A new report from Dell’Oro group says that SSE revenues grew 38% in in 2022. The report mentioned the rise in remote work brought on by the pandemic as well as the shift of applications moving into the cloud for both office and remote workers. Firewall revenue continued to grow and exceeded $12 billion for the first time. Chris, is SSE going to be the new buzzword for secure connectivity? Or do traditional enterprise offerings still have a place?
Read More: Enterprises Can’t Get Enough SSE as Revenue Rockets 38 Percent in 2022, According to Dell’Oro Group
4:09 | Nutanix CIO Out Amid Operational Oddities
Nutanix CIO Wendy Pfeiffer has announced she is leaving. The news comes as Nutanix is wrapping up an internal probe around improper software use. The SEC notified the company that they were deficient in filing a new 10-Q as required by law, which is apparently being held up by this investigation. Per reports, the software being misused was only supposed to carry an evaluation license but was instead used for interoperability testing and proof-of-concept deployments. That extra incurred expense is the reason for the delayed 10-Q. Tom, what could happen here if things don’t get resolved?
Read More: Nutanix CIO Exits Amid Software Misuse Probe
8:42 | Nvidia Bring Bluefield 3 to Oracle Cloud
Oracle announced this week that they are deploying Nvidia Bluefield technology to their cloud to increase performance. Bluefield 3 is the latest generation of DPU that Nvida has developed from the Mellanox acquisition. Nvidia revealed the news during the GTC keynote where they pointed out the reduction in power costs for servers using Bluefield 3 as well as the increased performance of using DPUs or SmartNICs for workloads. This comes on the heels of news from industry analysts that the DPU and SmartNIC market is expected to grow by at least 30% this year. Chris, is this good news for Oracle Cloud customers?
Read More: Oracle predicts: BlueField-3 is coming
Read More: SmartNIC, DPU Revenue Forecast To Grow 30% In 2023
12:23 | They Don’t Make HDDs Like They Used To
If it feels like your hard disk drive doesn’t last as long as it used to, you’re not alone. According to a report from Secure Data Recovery, modern hard drives aren’t lasting nearly as long as the ones made just 8 years ago. The test covered all the failed drives they received in 2022. 80% of those drives came from Western Digital and Seagate and lasted, on average, 34 months before failure. The biggest issue according to Secure Data Recovery is the use of Shingled Magnetic Recording, or SMR. Tom, how can drives made in the last couple of years be less reliable?
Read More: HDD average life span misses 3-year mark in study of 2,007 defective drives
18:53 | Nvidia GTC Looms Large
Nvidia GTC is happening this week and there’s lots of new hardware coming out. From the H100 card optimized for large language models to screaming fast GPUs for laptops and workstations Nvidia has something for everyone. We’ve already referenced the announcements around Bluefield 3 but Nvidia has also announced a new supercompute cluster with DGX cloud that you can totally rent for $37,000 a month.
Read More: The NVIDIA GTC Spring 2023 Keynote Live Blog (8:00am PT/15:00 UTC)
28:02 | The Weeks Ahead
Storage Field Day 25 – March 22-23, 2023
Networking Field Day 31 – April 12-14, 2023
Networking Field Day Experience at Aruba Atmosphere 2023 – April 25-26
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