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Selector brings Git-based workflows and incident replay to network AI agents

New Selector Foundry runtime environment lets network operations teams build, test, version, and govern their own AI agents inside the company's NetOps platform.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Sep 23, 20265 mins

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80% of network pros are OK with giving AI an autonomous role in NetOps

By Paul Desmond

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Lenovo expands virtualization portfolio for AI

By Andy Patrizio

Sep 22, 20263 mins

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2026 network outage report and internet health check

By Denise Dubie

Sep 22, 202695 mins

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Riverbed bolsters network performance monitoring with agentic AI

By Denise Dubie

Sep 16, 20264 mins

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Cisco brings Splunk AI on premises and expands agent observability

By Denise Dubie

Sep 15, 20265 mins

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Highlights from Splunk .conf26 and what the news means to network engineers

By Zeus Kerravala

Sep 15, 20269 mins

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Five takeaways from Cisco’s Q4 and what they mean for IT pros

By Zeus Kerravala

Aug 13, 20267 mins

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Groundcover raises $100M as observability pivots from monitoring to AI infrastructure

By Sean Michael Kerner

Jul 31, 20265 mins

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Cloudflare Internal DNS puts public and private DNS on one policy engine

Cloudflare Internal DNS consolidates public DNS and private DNS onto one control plane, one API, and one audit trail. There’s a single policy engine for every DNS query, whether it is for a public website or an internal application.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Jul 24, 2026 5 mins

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IPv4 address exhaustion drives NetworkManager 1.58 release

Updates to the open-source Linux network configuration tool suite are aimed at advancing IPv6-only support, Wi‑Fi management, and security.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Jul 23, 2026 5 mins

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AI workloads shake up observability market

Observability vendors are racing to build AI-powered operations hubs. Gartner’s new Magic Quadrant for observability platforms highlights the need for AI visibility, telemetry, and cost-management capabilities.

By Denise Dubie

Jul 17, 2026 5 mins

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Infoblox acquires Kentik, adding network observability to its DNS and DDI platform

Infoblox acquires Kentik to pair DNS authority with real-time traffic visibility.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Jul 8, 2026 5 mins

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Welcome to the Era of the Intelligent Edge

This year, IT teams must lead the transformational journey to the Intelligent Edge and start to create the necessary infrastructure.

Jan 5, 2021 4 mins

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Netgear brings AI-driven network management to SMEs and MSPs

Netgear’s Insight 10.0 offers AI-powered network management, AIOps capabilities, automation, and cloud-based visibility

By Denise Dubie

Jun 30, 2026 4 mins

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Rami Rahim’s message for network pros: Legacy networks can’t withstand rigors of AI

Five takeaways for network professionals from Rami Rahim, former CEO of Juniper Networks and current head of HPE Networking.

By Zeus Kerravala

Jun 23, 2026 10 mins

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HPE CTO drills into data, orchestration, and observability for the agentic enterprise

At HPE Discover, CTO Fidelma Russo details Data Fabric 8.2, Morpheus 9, and GreenLake Intelligence.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Jun 17, 2026 5 mins

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NetBox at 10: Network inventory tool now a full infrastructure intelligence platform

NetBox Labs designed its newly launched platform to span the full infrastructure lifecycle, from initial procurement through decommission.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Jun 12, 2026 5 mins

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How Jeetu Patel made Cisco unrecognizable

Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel is turning Cisco from a sprawling holding company of dashboards into a unified, AI-native infrastructure platform.

By Zeus Kerravala

Jun 12, 2026 10 mins

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IBM, ServiceNow team to bring AI to legacy enterprise systems

The goal is to open decades of interconnected legacy systems to AI technology.

By Michael Cooney

Jun 11, 2026 2 mins

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A quick look at Cisco’s strategy to become a software monster

Cisco is increasingly aiming its software power at network fabrics, integrated security and observability and more

By Andy Patrizio

Jun 10, 2026 3 mins

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Enterprise network teams are falling behind as AI raises the stakes

Talent shortages, tool sprawl, and cloud complexity vex NetOps teams as AI workloads arrive on the network, EMA research finds.

By Denise Dubie

Jun 8, 2026 8 mins

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F5 fixes actively exploited zero-day flaw in BIG-IP APM

By Lucian Constantin

Sep 23, 20263 mins

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Converged network at new Buffalo Bills stadium carries broadcast, security, and AI traffic

By Zeus Kerravala

Sep 23, 20266 mins

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9 career-boosting Wi-Fi certifications

By Denise Dubie and Eric Geier

Sep 22, 202612 mins

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Has the hype around ‘Internet of Things’ paid off? | Ep. 145

Apr 18, 202436 mins

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Episode 1: Understanding Cisco’s Converged SDN Transport

Sep 24, 202120 mins

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Episode 2: Pluggable Optics and the Internet for the Future

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Master Linux Math with the bc Command | Easy CLI Calculations Explained!

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Master Linux Math in Seconds: How to Use the expr Command Like a Pro

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How to Do Math in the Command Line Using Double Parentheses

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