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ANI | Updated: May 29, 2023 11:22 IST

PRNewswireSan Jose (California) [US]/ Taipei [Taiwan], May 29: Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a Total IT Solution Provider for Cloud, AI/ML, Storage, and 5G/Edge, continues to innovate with a broad range of servers to meet IT requirements for modern workloads. Supermicro's Building Block Server methodology enables a first-to-market delivery with the latest technology from Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA. Purpose built servers deliver exceptional performance for a wide range of AI, Cloud, and 5G workloads, from the data center to the edge."As we expand our production capacity to meet the rapidly growing demand of high-performance large-scale AI infrastructure and cloud data centers, Supermicro delivers the industry's most innovative and advanced systems integrated as a turn-key total rack solution," said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. "From the most powerful AI systems available, with up to eight NVIDIA H100 HGX GPUs to compact edge servers that must perform in challenging environmental conditions we provide the broadest portfolio of solutions for today's most demanding workloads, including new liquid cooling solutions that reduce data center power consumption and increase performance."At the COMPUTEX 2023 event, Supermicro will be showcasing a wide range of servers and storage solutions and demonstrate the fully integrated rack with the newest liquid cooling technologies that enable unprecedented energy efficiency and fast deployment.The highlights of the Supermicro lineup at COMPUTEX 2023 include the following:- Rack Scale Liquid Cooling - Supermicro's full rack liquid cooling solution enables organizations to run the highest performing GPU servers and maintain the optimal operating conditions. Supermicro supplies, integrates, and tests complete rack level liquid cooling solutions, including CDUs with redundant power and pumps, Cooling Distribution Manifolds (CDM), leakproof connectors, and optimized hoses. In addition, a Supermicro designed highly efficient cold plate enhances heat removal from both CPUs and GPUs.- GPU-Optimized Systems - Servers with 8 or 4 NVIDIA HGX H100 Tensor Core GPUs and dual 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors or dual 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors. The X13 and H13 GPU systems are open, modular, standards-based servers that provide superior performance and serviceability with a hot-swappable, toolless design. GPU options include the latest PCIe, OAM, and NVIDIA SXM technology. These GPU servers are ideal for workloads with the most demanding AI training performance, HPC, and Big Data Analytics. The new Intel GPU Max series and a new server using the NVIDIA Grace Superchip are also available.- SuperBlade - Supermicro's high-performance, density-optimized, and energy-efficient X13 SuperBlade, built with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, can significantly reduce initial capital and operational expenses for many organizations. SuperBlade utilizes shared, redundant components, including cooling, networking, power, and chassis management, to deliver the compute performance of an entire server rack in a much smaller physical footprint. These systems support GPU-enabled blades and are optimized for AI, Data Analytics, HPC, Cloud, and Enterprise workloads. Compared to industry-standard servers, a cable reduction of up to 95% reduces costs and can lower power usage.- Hyper - With dual 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors or dual 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors - The X13 and H13 Hyper series brings next-generation performance to Supermicro's range of rackmount servers, built to take on the most demanding workloads along with the storage & I/O flexibility that provides a custom fit for a wide range of application needs.- BigTwin (2U4N) - The X13 BigTwin with dual 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors per node to provide superior density, performance, and serviceability with hot-swappable components in a toolless design. These systems are ideal for cloud, storage, and media workloads.- CloudDC - With 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors or 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors - Ultimate flexibility on I/O and storage with 2 or 6 PCIe 5.0 slots and dual AIOM slots (PCIe 5.0; OCP 3.0 compliant) for maximum data throughput. Supermicro X13 and H13 CloudDC systems are designed for convenient serviceability with toolless brackets, hot-swap drive trays, and redundant power supplies that ensure rapid deployment and more efficient maintenance in data centers.- GrandTwin - Using with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor or 4th Gen AMD EPYC processor - The X13 and H13 GrandTwin is purpose-built for single-processor performance. The design maximizes computing performance, memory, and efficiency to deliver maximum density. GrandTwin's flexible modular design can be easily adapted for a wide range of applications, with the ability to add or remove components as required, reducing cost. In addition, the Supermicro GrandTwin features front (cold aisle) hot-swappable nodes, which can be configured with either front or rear I/O for easier serviceability. As a result, the X13 and H13 GrandTwin are ideal for workloads such as CDN, Multi-Access Edge Computing, Cloud Gaming, and High-Availability Cache Clusters.- SuperEdge - Using the 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor Supermicro's X13 SuperEdge is designed to handle increasing compute and I/O density requirements of modern edge applications. With three customizable single-processor nodes, SuperEdge delivers high-class performance in a 2U, short-depth form factor. Each node is hot-swappable and offers front access I/O, making the system ideal for remote IoT, Edge, or Telco deployments. Additionally, with flexible Ethernet or Fiber connectivity options to the BMC, Super Edge makes it easy for customers to choose remote management connections per their deployment environments.- Petascale Storage - The All-Flash NVMe systems powered by a 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor or a 4th Gen AMD EPYC processor offer industry-leading storage density and performance with EDSFF drives, allowing unprecedented capacity and performance in a single 1U chassis. The first in a coming lineup of X13 and H13 storage systems, these latest petascale servers support 9.5mm and 15mm E1.S or 7.5mm E3.S EDSFF (EYPC only) media designed with PCIe 5.0 interface. They are now shipping from all the industry-leading flash vendors.- Liquid Cooled-AI Development Platform - The deskside liquid-cooled AI development platform addresses the thermal design power needs of the four NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs and the two 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs to enable full performance while improving the overall system's efficiency and enabling quiet (approximately 30dB) operation in an office environment. In addition, this system is designed to accommodate high-performing CPUs and GPUs, making it ideal for AI/DL/ML and HPC applications.To learn more about Supermicro and talk to product experts at Computex Taipei 2023, visitwww.supermicro.com/computex.To learn more about Supermicro's wide range of products, visit http://www.supermicro.com.Supermicro (NASDAQ: SMCI) is a global leader in Application-Optimized Total IT Solutions. Founded and operating in San Jose, California, Supermicro is committed to delivering first to market innovation for Enterprise, Cloud, AI, and 5G Telco/Edge IT Infrastructure. We are transforming into a Total IT Solutions provider with server, AI, storage, IoT, and switch systems, software, and services while delivering advanced high-volume motherboard, power, and chassis products. The products are designed and manufactured in-house (in the US, Taiwan, and the Netherlands), leveraging global operations for scale and efficiency and optimized to improve TCO and reduce environmental impact (Green Computing). The award-winning portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions allows customers to optimize for their exact workload and application by selecting from a broad family of systems built from our flexible and reusable building blocks that support a comprehensive set of form factors, processors, memory, GPUs, storage, networking, power and cooling solutions (air-conditioned, free air cooling or liquid cooling).Supermicro, Server Building Block Solutions, and We Keep IT Green are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc.All other brands, names, and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.(Disclaimer: The above press release has been provided by PRNewswire. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of the same)

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Customers may experience identity theft, financial fraud, or money transfer scams as a result of a cyberattack. This causes big headaches for institutions since it results in heavy fines and weakens customer confidence.

FREMONT, CA:Providently, there are many technologies available that can assist the banking sector in defending against threats. Nowadays it is a standard practice to use biometrics, such as facial and voice recognition, to authenticate consumers and prevent fraud. Anomaly detection systems in writing patterns or consumption patternsmany of which are based on machine learning technology and Big Data analyticscan also be used to identify suspicious behaviour patterns and fraudulent actions.

The most recent improvements in security measures for online banking are intended to improve consumer satisfaction and security. Entities must continue to invest more in apps as their use for completing transactions has grown.

Technological Trends in the Banking Industry

API Implementation

This software offers a more effective and safe data transfer method between banks and external systems. In the B2B banking sector, APIs are increasingly important as a growth engine. They enable smooth connection with outside solutions while keeping the entity's visual identity. Additionally, the danger of security breaches is decreased by only disclosing the information that is necessary to authorise third parties. Users can submit a specific token to access the system using token-based authentication. Tokens are produced by financial systems and have a set lifespan in order to further restrict the possibility of unauthorised access.

Monitoring Online Account Opening Procedures

The remote opening of bank accounts has increased as a result of the pandemic. To safeguard sensitive client data while the procedure is underway, two-factor authentication (2FA), in addition to biometric technology, has been more widely used. Before being able to use online banking, the user must submit a second form of authentication (such as a code created by an application and transmitted to their cell phone). To encourage customers to open accounts online rather than in person, banks use end-to-end encryption in these account opening procedures.

Cloud Computing

While more companies move their data and systems to the cloud, it is essential to protect against external dangers like malware and hackers. Solutions for ongoing monitoring guarantee that data is protected from unauthorised access or data breaches. Encryption also becomes crucial in these situations. In addition, physical security measures are put in place to safeguard data storage facilities and servers.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) that uses multiple authentication processes to confirm the user's identity before giving access to information is frequently used. Multiple tools facilitate the use of a second factor for authentication, minimising unauthorised access, which is the main worry in cloud services, typically through the use of dynamic codes sent through SMS. Customers are more likely to trust platforms that offer cloud hosting if they also have security certifications and high-level service agreements.

Large-scale Bank Data Encryption Systems

Different encryption techniques are used by banks to protect their systems. They have AES, which is used to encrypt data while it is in transit and at rest. Solutions for whole disc encryption are also frequently employed to safeguard data that organisations store. Asymmetric cryptography, sometimes known as public and private key approaches, offers an additional choice. These methods encrypt and decrypt data using a key pair. Homomorphic encryption is gaining popularity, enabling programs to operate on encrypted data without having to decrypt it. This might be a significant improvement in the safety of financial information.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Defect Fraud

The integration of AI and machine learning in the banking sector's backend enables real-time detection of irregularities and fraudulent transactions. These tools have the essential capabilities to distinguish between real and fake consumers, as well as to ensure the legitimacy of payment methods, the accuracy of transfer orders, or access to services, owing to the analysis of enormous amounts of information at a fast speed. Since it captures abnormalities in a highly effective manner, this technology's agility and efficacy have made it a guarantee for the detection of computer fraud.

Secure Connection to a Website Certifications

Even though individuals are accustomed to using the internet and are well aware of the risks, the police nevertheless receive reports of phishing incidents. It is crucial to avoid clicking on links from suspicious sources that take users to false websites that appear to be online banking. Individual keys are in danger in that way.

To assist customers in avoiding these scams, banks include certification tools on their systems. This is the situation with secure sockets layer digital certificates, which ensure the legitimacy of websites and provide user protection (SSL and the latter TLS). Many mail service providers, for instance, are currently starting to forbid the use of TLS versions older than 1.2, obliging customers to update their apps and increase security.

The Future of Security in the Banking Sector

Banks are constantly enhancing and updating their security measures, such as firewalls and anti-malware software. For all of their efforts to be successful, users must be made aware of the significance of confirming the legitimacy of the communications they receive. Additionally, educate youngsters about online criminality. Authorities, organisations, and institutions all have a responsibility to defend citizens against danger. A safe encounter leaves one with a sense of dependability and enhances the customer journey. Subsequently, it is envisioned that organisations will take a more cooperative stance in the battle against cybercrime, cooperating with other financial institutions, regulators, and governmental organisations to share knowledge about security threats and strengthen defences. Technology expenditure will keep rising to ensure citizens' active protection. And to improve systems, advanced data analysis will continue to be quite significant.

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Changed economic conditions means IT leaders are under pressure to do more with less, and the dream of moving all workloads into the public cloud have not been realised, says Gigamon CEO Shane Buckley. For cost, performance and scalability reasons hybrid cloud is the reality in 2023.

But IT organisations still need to meet governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements, so the observability market is changing.

"Cloud is simple when it is; if it isn't, then it's really complicated" and hybrid cloud is complicated, he says.

Cloud-first observability vendors need to find ways of looking inside hybrid environments (eg, containers) in order to capitalise on what they already have.

Conversely, traditional approaches to observability combine log and network data analysis, but that network data is not available in public clouds. Furthermore, attackers are known to penetrate systems and then lay dormant for several months to "fool the enterprise into thinking everything's fine" before turning off logging and exfiltrating data.

The company has some 15 years experience in on-premises and private cloud observability, and has brought that to public cloud and containers.

Gigamon's approach is able to obtain data from inside every cloud platform, capturing and aggregating traffic, and then transforming and enriching it to deliver actionable intelligence that can be connected to an organisation's observability and security stack, including detection and response systems, extended detection and response systems, and data lakes.

That way, he explains, customers can keep all their existing tools, and when a workload is moved (eg, from an in-premises container to a container in the public cloud), Gigamon moves the telemetry with it.

Furthermore, organisations need consistent telemetry across hybrid clouds, whether they are doing 'lift and shift' migrations or modernising their applications to run in the cloud.

Things can become particularly complicated where microservices are involved. Applications might work well when all the parts are in the same place, but performance can suffer greatly if they become split between the data centre and the cloud. Without deep observability, it can be hard to determine what has gone wrong, because application performance monitoring tools do not work in the cloud. Buckley is aware of an application where the response time soared from around three seconds to three minutes in these circumstances.

With Gigamon, IT organisations are able to see what is happening, and reallocate applications appropriately to improve performance.

It typically takes two to three years to modernise an application, and some have to be completely rewritten. This is rarely feasible, especially when IT is under pressure to do more with less and the benefit of such projects are unclear. So the likely choice is to keep using the old application, but in a container located on-premises or in the cloud.

Fewer workloads than originally expected have been moved to the cloud, Buckley says, and 'Cloud 2.0' reflects a realisation that some applications do not run well in the cloud (especially those that involve sending data back to the data centre), therefore they should not be moved into the cloud. From Gigamon's perspective, "it's whatever's best for the customer."

Gigamon ANZ country manager Jonathan Hatchuel points out that one large bank's "everything in the cloud" policy is now read as if it were "everything in the hybrid cloud," reflecting Cloud 2.0 thinking.

Whether an application is being kept on-premises or moved to the cloud, Gigamon can help. Organisations can choose Tanzu, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc whichever works best for them and Gigamon can provide the telemetry needed to ensure applications are working right, says Buckley.

Public cloud "is important, but not a panacea," so some 90 percent of organisations are adopting hybrid cloud. That is often a hybrid multi-cloud strategy, especially when SaaS applications such as Salesforce and Workday are part of the picture.

That hybrid strategy, especially for larger organisations, includes a program of consolidating and renovating data centres in the right locations (power and cooling capacity are among the criteria), using modern virtualisation and container technology.

A particular use of public cloud that makes financial and operational sense is to provide burst capacity to deal with peak loads. This is another situation where Gigamon's technology can be used to provide the telemetry to feed the organisation's management and security tools.

Zero trust architectures are becoming a required element of hybrid cloud security, he says, in part due to US Executive Order 14028 which requires, among other things, all agencies to develop a plan to implement zero trust. This idea is spreading to other nations, including Australia.

Hatchuel pointed out that all of Gigamon's Australian customers are seeing pressure as Federal Government regulations change. Australia is regarded as a pioneer in critical infrastructure security (as shown by the appointment of a Minister for Cyber Security and the promulgation of the Essential Eight), but there have been several large, high-profile security breaches.

"Government has set some policy for the regulatory environment around critical infrastructure," he notes, and organisations need to comply. But as one local Gigamon customer observed, "you can't regulate what you can't see," so visibility is a key to security.

Gigamon is already part of most government infrastructure, says Buckley, as well as that of most service providers, and most enterprises that aren't already customers are looking at it. "Gigamon has the Who' Who of Australian business" and government.

While security models vary, they all say you cannot have blind spots in a network, especially for east-west traffic between servers in a data centre. Nothing should be implicitly trusted: zero trust means everything has to prove it can be trusted. Making sure that happens requires continuous visibility, and Gigamon's approach includes monitoring east-west traffic by not only extracting metadata from the headers, but also by acting as a man in the middle that can break and inspect encrypted data on behalf of security tools.

"Our strategy is to completely empower IT to move workloads wherever they want."

"Over time, tools will change," but Gigamon is committed to remaining the Switzerland of observability, connecting any source system with any management or security tool. "We're giving optionality to the business."

Buckley was in Australia as part of Gigamon's GigaTour of 26 locations in 16 countries across three continents. The remaining dates on the tour can be found here.

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