Enterprise Technology Signals

OpenVPN and Carahsoft partnered to make Access Server and CloudConnexa VPN and ZTNA offerings available via SEWP V, NASPO ValuePoint and OMNIA.

Applied Materials and TSMC announced a partnership at Applied’s EPIC Center in Silicon Valley to co-innovate on materials engineering, equipment innovation, and process integration for next-generation AI chipmaking. The initiative targets logic scaling challenges, including 3D transistors, interconnect formation, yield and reliability improvements, and earlier transfer to high-volume manufacturing.

ASUS and ROG will host booth showcases at Computex 2026 in Taipei, with ASUS featuring “Ubiquitous AI” and ROG marking 20 years.

SailPoint launched Agentic Fabric to extend Identity Security Cloud to AI agents, adding discovery, governance and real-time authorization controls.

Aviz Network Copilot blog says AI agents can automate compliance, troubleshooting, monitoring, and documentation with background monitoring and tool integrations.

A local privilege escalation flaw in Linux kernel versions 4.17+ can let an unprivileged user gain root access. The issue, CVE-2026-31431 (“Copy Fail”), involves algif_aead/AF_ALG page-cache writes and targets in-memory setuid binaries.

NVIDIA named Suzanne Nora Johnson to its board effective July 13, 2026, and expects her to join the Audit Committee.

DirtyFrag is a Linux local privilege escalation using CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500, with module-blocking mitigation recommended.

AI networking may top $200B by decade’s end, with software estimated at $40–50B, driven by Ethernet fabrics, observability, automation, and open networking.

The blog describes how AI pilots get stuck in security reviews and outlines Netskope tools for risk scoring, semantic DLP, agent controls, and lower latency.

NVIDIA and IREN plan DSX AI factory deployments, including up to 5 gigawatts across IREN’s pipeline and a Sweetwater focus.

AMD will hold its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 13, 2026 at 9 a.m. PT as a virtual meeting. The notice includes links for live access and replay, and points to AMD’s 2026 Proxy Statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K for matters to be voted on.

Snyk integrated Anthropic’s Claude into its AI Security Platform to automate vulnerability discovery, prioritization, and fixes.

Solo.io added support for NVIDIA’s NemoClaw inside kagent, a Kubernetes-native agentic runtime with security, observability, and governance controls.

ASUS made the ExpertBook Ultra (B9406CAA) available for U.S. purchase at $3,599.99, with NPU up to 50 TOPS and NIST-aligned security.

Rackspace Technology and AMD signed an MOU outlining a multiyear partnership to build a governed Enterprise AI Cloud for regulated and sovereign workloads. The proposal integrates AMD Instinct GPUs and EPYC CPUs into a fully managed stack, covering private/hybrid deployment, inference runtime, and managed inference services with defined SLAs.

The blog says enterprises should prepare networking foundations for AI by using software-defined platforms like SONiC before adopting AI tools.

In her latest insight, Sameh Boujelbene examines how OpenAI’s MRC protocol reinforces Ethernet’s growing role in large-scale AI networking infrastructure. Read more>> The post OpenAI’s MRC Initiative Reinforces Ethernet’s Expanding Role in AI Back-end Networks appeared first on Dell'Oro Group.

Datadog reported it achieved FedRAMP High certification for cloud security and compliance requirements tied to CUI protection.

WIA reelected its board of directors and extended officer terms after its quarterly meeting in Fort Lauderdale.