Intel is ready to ramp up the market for add-on cards. Their roadmap for Infrastructure Processing Units, which is what Intel calls a DPU, are focusing on a combination of ASICs and FPGAs. The ASIC model is a high-performance unit with very specific uses. The FPGA model is more programmable at the cost of peak output. The road map also lays out the future of Intel's plans for the next three years, maxing out at a unit capable of 800 Gbps by 2025. One of the keys to getting this kind of performance is writing software for the unit. Intel has launched the Infastructure Programmer Development Kit, or IPDK, which parallels their development of the similar DPDK for networks. All this and more on this week's Rundown. Head to GestaltIT.com/ for show notes.   

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Dell Technologies World happened last week and while the response online was somewhat muted compared to years past, there was one thing that stood out to several analysts in the audience. Per an article from Chris Mellor, some of the spotlight fell on Chuck Whitten, the current COO of Dell and the person that many have tapped as the heir-apparent to Michael Dell. Dell is in much better shape today than it was when it acquired EMC and spent a truckload of cash and stock to do it. Rumors are swirling that Michael Dell is set to depart sometime in the next 12-18 months. This and more on this week's Rundown. Head to GestaltIT.com for show notes.   

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Although Dell skipped inviting influencers to Dell Tech World this year, the company announced that they are expanding their APEX on-premises and public cloud cyber resilience services with a partnership with Snowflake. They also upgraded their PowerMax, PowerStore, and PowerScale storage offerings and PowerFlex HCI solution. Dell is also ramping up Project Alpine, which would follow competitors like NetApp and Pure Storage into the major public cloud providers. Head over to http://www.GestaltIT.com for show notes.  

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Vice got their hands on a leaked memo from Facebook that sheds light on some troubling privacy issues on the platform. Per the memo, Facebook is worried about the growing number of user privacy regulations around the world because the company cannot say where the user data they collect goes exactly or what the companies that collect it are doing with it. Facebook admits the problem is that the systems have open borders and very little regulation. It's like pouring ink into a lake and trying to get the ink back into the bottle. The memo comes from the Facebook Ad and Business Product team privacy group. They say they don't have adequate control and can't say that they can't confidently say that no one can use specific data for specific purposes, which runs counter to explicit regulations like GDPR and CCPA. This sounds like a nightmare scenario for privacy advocates. All this and more on this week's Rundown. For show notes, head to http://www.gestaltit.com/ 

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It appears just when you think you’re muted you’re really not!? Some individuals found that a ton of popular video conferencing apps fail to disable device microphones & these apps have the ability to access audio data. So Stephen how do you feel knowing that Skynet could be listening to what were saying!? All this and more on this week's Rundown. For show notes, head over to http://www.gestaltit.com/.

It's been a very busy week for companies getting acquired! We thought it would be best to collect them all together so we could give you a quick overview of what this means for the companies involved. This and more on this week's Rundown. For show notes and more, head to http://www.gestaltit.com/

Fresh off an appearance on stage during Aruba Atmosphere, Pensando is now off the market thanks to AMD. The other big chipmaker in the space is picking up the DPU maker for $1.9 billion. The move is designed to compete directly against NVIDIA's Bluefield DPU offerings as well as Intel's nacent IPU solution. In addition, this allows them to broaden their horizons as a maker of more than just CPUs according to our own Stephen Foskett. All this and more on this week's Rundown. For show notes please visit: https://gestaltit.com/

Aruba introduced location-aware Wi-Fi access points for precise indoor location and is partnering with third parties like Tile to create a new OpenLocate service. We discuss these stories and more on this week’s Rundown. For show notes please visit https://gestaltit.com/

Jensen Huang is back with another NVIDIA GTC keynote, launching the next-generation Hopper GPU architecture and a raft of new products for cloud, HPC, datacenter, automotive, and beyond. We discuss this story and more on this week's Rundown.

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In a new directive from the US Congress, companies that are critical to the national interest will face new rules about whether or not they have been hacked or paid to remove ransomware. We discuss this story and more on this week's Rundown. 

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