Tom Hollingsworth

About the Author:

Tom Hollingsworth is a networking professional, blogger, and speaker on advanced technology topics. He is also an organizer for networking and wireless for Tech Field Day.  His blog can be found at https://networkingnerd.net/

Articles by Tom Hollingsworth

Enterprises Need Security Specialists to Succeed with Fortinet

March 28, 2023

In this episode, brought to you by Fortinet, Melissa Palmer, Chris Grundemann, and Karin Shopen of Fortinet dive into the state of the modern enterprise and cybersecurity skills, and the solutions that can help security teams combat the talent shortage in the short and long term.

Enabling Hybrid Cloud Desktops with Leostream

March 27, 2023

If you’re considering moving your users to remote desktops in the cloud you need a platform to make it seamless and easy to administer. Tom Hollingsworth sat down with Leostream to hear about how their enhancing Amazon Workspaces to drive hybrid cloud desktop adoption.

Nvidia GTC Looms Large | Gestalt IT Rundown: March 22, 2023

March 22, 2023

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. This and more on the Rundown.

Analyzing What SVB’s Failure Means for Enterprises | Gestalt IT Rundown: March 15, 2023

March 15, 2023

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you heard about the failure of Silicon Valley Bank last weekend. But what does this mean for enterprise IT? The FDIC is covering all depositors, even beyond the traditional $250,000 limit, but are they able to access their money? And what ripple effects will this failure have on venture capital, startups, the enterprise IT ecosystem, and most importantly tech workers? This and more on the Rundown.

Brainchip Readies Generation 2 Akida AI | Gestalt IT Rundown: March 8, 2023

March 8, 2023

Brainchip is back again with the latest generation of their Akida AI engine. This second-generation offering provides performance increases while simultaneously offering more energy efficiency. That includes a new low-power mode that can be run on edge computing devices for specific workloads. Akida v2 is focused on providing enhancements for time series data processing and vision processing. This and more on this week’s Rundown.

Making Time Travel Possible with Spyderbat

March 2, 2023

Time travel isn’t real, right? It is if you have the right tools to see the past, present, and future. Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at Spyderbat and how they’re right on time to meet your runtime security needs.

SNIA Gets Smart with New Smart Accelerator Interface | Gestalt IT Rundown: March 1, 2023

March 1, 2023

SNIA is announcing a new way for memory to be utilized in devices. The Smart Data Accelerator Interface or SDXI, is designed to help optimize memory-to-memory data movers. If this sounds like next-gen Direct Memory Access to you then you’d be right! The goal is to help SNIA members build more integrations with CXL as well as building on the disaggregated computing research that has been going on. This and more on the Rundown.

Is Encrypted Traffic Monitoring Worth It?

February 28, 2023

In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth, Jasper Bongertz, and Dominik Pickhardt discussed whether or not encrypted traffic monitoring is really worth it.

US Supreme Court Takes on Section 230 | Gestalt IT Rundown: February 22, 2023

February 22, 2023

The US Supreme Court took up a case this week that could have some far-reaching impacts on the future of content on the Internet. The case, Gonzalez vs. Google, covers whether or not Google is liable for content that was uploaded to YouTube that later led to deaths in a terrorist attack. The case has garnered a significant amount of media attention as it applies to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. This rule is the one that allows you to post a comment on a video or blog post and not have the hosting compnay be held liable for the content. Section 230 has been the target of groups that say that Internet sites are both somehow siliencing commentors and that they should be held responsible for the content of their non-paid contributors. Max, what do you think the impacts of this case could be on global Internet usage and content creation? This and more on the Rundown. Thanks Max Mortillaro for filling in.

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