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The Echo of Wi-Fi: Why the Optics Industry Feels Like Déjà Vu
As AI breaks the networking playbook and data centers hit the power wall, the optics industry enters a chaotic “2003 moment.” Mark Grodzinsky explores why the lessons of Wi-Fi will define the winners of the AI era.
The Nervous System of AI: Why the “Best Effort” Era is Over
Deterministic wireless is becoming the nervous system of AI. As robots and XR scale, “best effort” turns into business risk—and networks must deliver predictable, identity-driven, secure performance.
2026 Predictions: A Year of Human and Machine Revolution
Allyson Klein predicts inference spreading from cloud to edge, agentic oversight reshaping ops, privacy battles intensifying, scientific computing facing brain drain, and quantum finally breaking through.
Intelligence Everywhere: Defining the Era of Edge and Physical AI
Deploying the future: At CES 2026, the Arm ecosystem is delivering AI from the cloud to the front lines—powering mobility, robotics, and personal computing with fast, efficient, on-device intelligence.
How PEAK:AiO Turns Commodity Servers Into AI Rocket Ships
By delivering AI performance with one-sixth the hardware footprint, PEAK:AiO is redefining software-defined storage to make scalable AI infrastructure more affordable, efficient, and open.
3 AI Cyber Revolutions That Will Reshape 2026
AI-driven offense, autonomous defense, and new insider threats are converging fast. These three cyber revolutions show how machine intelligence will reshape enterprise security strategies in 2026.
Privacy-First AI in Healthcare: Optum’s Dr. Rohith Vangalla
From federated learning and zero-trust to confidential computing, Dr. Rohith Vangalla shares a practitioner’s playbook for explainable, scalable AI that moves healthcare from reactive to proactive.
TechArena’s ‘In the Arena’ Podcast Wins a Stevie® Award
Our flagship podcast earned a Stevie® in the International Business Awards® annual competition; judges called out the show’s high production quality, editorial clarity, and guest caliber.
Permission Debuts a Digital Mini-Me for the Agentic Era
Permission Agent turns user-approved signals into auditable datasets—paying contributors in $ASK—so teams can train and personalize AI with verifiable consent and enforceable revocation.
Ai4 2025: Agents, RAG, and the Enterprise AI Reality Check
From arena keynotes on education and RAG to 50 tracks and 250+ exhibitors, Ai4 2025 leans into agentic systems, governance, and real-world deployments for buyers who need proof, not promises.
Verizon Business’ Nikhil Tyagi on Edge AI Innovation
Nikhil Tyagi of Verizon Business discusses scaling AI at the edge, from small language models and multimodal experiences to infrastructure challenges and adaptive inference.
Storage Is the Catalyst Revolutionizing Enterprise AI
Learn how Solidigm SSDs are delivering 10x-20x performance gains and 40% cost savings for enterprise AI during Supermicro’s Open Storage Summit this August.
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Podcasts
How Hedgehog Brings Hyperscaler Networking to Enterprise AI
Hedgehog CEO Marc Austin joins Data Insights to break down open-source, automated networking for AI clusters—cutting cost, avoiding lock-in, and keeping GPUs fed from training to inference.
Nebius at SC25: Building the Neocloud for Enterprise AI
From SC25 in St. Louis, Nebius shares how its neocloud, Token Factory PaaS, and supercomputer-class infrastructure are reshaping AI workloads, enterprise adoption, and efficiency at hyperscale.
Inside Runpod’s GPU Cloud for Long-Running AI Agents
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
Walmart and Cornelis Expose the Costs of Network Inefficiency
Billions of customer interactions during peak seasons expose critical network bottlenecks, which is why critical infrastructure decisions must happen before you write a single line of code.
Giga Computing on Rack-Scale AI: From Training to Inference
Recorded at #OCPSummit25, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Giga Computing’s Chen Lee to unpack GIGAPOD and GPM, DLC/immersion cooling, regional assembly, and the pivot to inference.
Data Insights at OCP: DataraAI on Edge Robotics
Durgesh Srivastava unpacks a data-loop approach that powers reliable edge inference, captures anomalies, and encodes technician know-how so robots weld, inspect, and recover like seasoned operators.
How Hedgehog Brings Hyperscaler Networking to Enterprise AI
Hedgehog CEO Marc Austin joins Data Insights to break down open-source, automated networking for AI clusters—cutting cost, avoiding lock-in, and keeping GPUs fed from training to inference.
Nebius at SC25: Building the Neocloud for Enterprise AI
From SC25 in St. Louis, Nebius shares how its neocloud, Token Factory PaaS, and supercomputer-class infrastructure are reshaping AI workloads, enterprise adoption, and efficiency at hyperscale.
Inside Runpod’s GPU Cloud for Long-Running AI Agents
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
Walmart and Cornelis Expose the Costs of Network Inefficiency
Billions of customer interactions during peak seasons expose critical network bottlenecks, which is why critical infrastructure decisions must happen before you write a single line of code.
Giga Computing on Rack-Scale AI: From Training to Inference
Recorded at #OCPSummit25, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Giga Computing’s Chen Lee to unpack GIGAPOD and GPM, DLC/immersion cooling, regional assembly, and the pivot to inference.
Data Insights at OCP: DataraAI on Edge Robotics
Durgesh Srivastava unpacks a data-loop approach that powers reliable edge inference, captures anomalies, and encodes technician know-how so robots weld, inspect, and recover like seasoned operators.
