AI Infrastructure

Campbell, Calif. – October 07, 2026 -- WEKA Federal, the wholly-owned subsidiary of WEKA, has been designated an "Awardable" vendor in the U.S. Department of War's Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, clearing the way for defense acquisition teams to procure and deploy its NeuralMesh software without repeat technical evaluations.

Designation lets DoW program offices skip competitive re-evaluation

Tradewinds, housed within the DoW's Chief Digital Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), is a digital repository of post-competition, pre-vetted pitch videos addressing the department's AI/ML, data and analytics challenges. The Awardable status means mission owners can now award NeuralMesh contracts directly, bypassing a lengthy procurement cycle.

Dallas – – October 06, 2026 -- Global technology solutions provider GDT has been named NetApp North America Growth Partner of the Year for fiscal year 2026, marking the company's third consecutive annual NetApp partner award.

GDT secures third NetApp partner award in three years

The FY26 Growth Partner title follows GDT's recognition as NetApp Growth Partner of the Year for FY24 and Flash Partner of the Year for FY25. NetApp's North America Partner Awards recognize partners that generate significant year-over-year revenue growth across its cloud, flash and NetApp Keystone portfolios.

Partnership spans two decades with deep certification base

GDT has worked with NetApp since 2004, holds more than 60 NetApp certifications, and serves over 150 NetApp customers across its portfolio.

San Jose, Calif. – – October 06, 2026 -- AEWIN Technologies, a unit of Qisda Group, will unveil a modular DC-MHS server lineup capable of supporting rack densities above 200kW using two-phase direct liquid cooling (2P DLC) technology from subsidiary Arivor at the OCP Global Summit 2026, running October 12–15 at Booth #D9.

New servers run AMD EPYC 9006 CPUs with PCIe Gen6 connectivity

The portfolio is built on AMD EPYC 9006 series server processors paired with PCIe Gen6 connectivity to address rising compute-density requirements in AI data centers. AEWIN positions the lineup to reduce power usage effectiveness (PUE) while extending hardware lifespan under sustained high-load conditions.

Delray Beach, Fla. – October 05, 2026 -- Vehere Inc has been recognized as a Progressive Player in the Network Detection and Response (NDR) market by MarketsandMarkets' 360Quadrants platform, a ranking derived from techno-commercial evaluation of more than 25 market players and start-ups.

Vehere combines defense-grade intelligence tools with enterprise cyber defense

Vehere Technologies built its NDR portfolio on expertise from defense and intelligence environments, extending it into enterprise cybersecurity through offerings for network detection and response, network forensics, national cyber defense, and lawful interception. The platform merges AI/ML-based behavioral analysis, continuous packet capture, threat intelligence, and network forensics to detect and investigate threats across high-throughput, large-scale networks.

Teaneck, N.J. – October 05, 2026 -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) has launched Cognizant Activate, a new business unit targeting enterprises generating $1 billion to $5 billion in annual revenue with a dedicated AI transformation model.

Cognizant builds a right-sized operating model for fast-growing mid-market firms

The business unit pairs Cognizant's AI Builder capability, already deployed with the world's largest companies, with an operating model designed for the speed and decision-making pace of emerging enterprises building toward Global 2000 scale. Cognizant Activate will deliver platform-aligned, pre-configured solution kits covering data and AI, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, cloud modernization and managed services.

Hsinchu – October 05, 2026 -- MediaTek and Airoha Technology, together operating as the MediaTek Group, will showcase next-generation Wi-Fi, 5G CPE and PON platforms at Network X 2026, running October 13-15 at Messe Wien in Vienna, Austria. The companies will present their combined connectivity portfolio at Booth K35, targeting telecom operators seeking to upgrade network infrastructure for AI-driven bandwidth and latency demands.

MediaTek Group combines PON, 5G CPE and Wi-Fi under one supplier

By merging MediaTek's and Airoha's technology stacks, the group now offers operators a single partner spanning network access, customer-premises equipment, and in-home and enterprise connectivity. This consolidation is designed to reduce system integration complexity for operators managing multiple connectivity layers simultaneously.

San Francisco – October 01, 2026 -- Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) has released the initial session lineup for ONE Summit Japan 2026, set for Dec. 10-11 in Tokyo alongside Open Source Summit Japan.

Tokyo event gathers global networking community to address agentic AI shift

The summit will bring together technologists, operators, researchers and open source contributors to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping network architecture and how networks must evolve to support next-generation AI infrastructure. LFN frames this as one of networking's most significant architectural shifts in decades, with AI functioning simultaneously as a major network workload and as a tool for automating network operations.

Redwood City, Calif. – October 01, 2026 -- Dell'Oro Group has appointed Frank Yang, a 25-year veteran of networking and data center technologies, to build out its coverage of the Data Center Optical Connectivity market.

Yang will build forecasting models spanning 800G to 3.2T optics

Yang's mandate centers on quantitative forecasting models covering 800G, 1.6T, and 3.2T pluggable modules, coherent optics, near-packaged optics (NPO), and co-packaged optics (CPO). He will also track the evolution of server Ethernet adapters and smart NICs as AI cluster scaling strains traditional interconnect capacity.

Singapore – – September 30, 2026 -- Querit has launched a dedicated Code Search capability for its Querit Search API, letting developers switch from general web search to programming-focused retrieval by setting a single parameter, Vertical=Code.

Internal tests show 81% of returned results are directly adoptable by coding agents

In internal, programming-focused evaluations covering tasks such as function generation, autocomplete, and debugging, 81% of results returned by the Querit Search API were directly adoptable by coding agents, as scored by an LLM-as-a-judge under identical token budgets for intent and constraint satisfaction.

Pittsburgh – September 30, 2026 -- Daimon Robotics demonstrated its full tactile intelligence infrastructure at IROS 2026, running the first in-person public showcase of its Daimon-TWM world model since its August 2026 launch.

Daimon-TWM performs two live autonomous manipulation tasks under real-time tactile feedback

In one demo, a robot strung engraved beads onto a flexible cord for a friendship bracelet, a task requiring small-scale precision and continuous adjustment to changing contact conditions. In a second, a robot autonomously executed canvas tote heat-transfer printing, sequencing sticker placement, film removal, hot stamping and curing while adapting each step to the physical state of the task.