nothing A dangerous combo looms, as threats to your enterprise’s security morph and intensify while you extend your applications and open corporate databases to outsiders. That places security at center stage in any new data center plan. Here we spotlight your security challenges, from managing multitudes of user identities to stomping out vulnerabilities. Protected by the network gear Some switches and routers now can identify, prevent or at least lessen the effect of security threats, but interoperability, performance and management are sticking points.This means warThe IT security community arms for battle with sophisticated new strategies and technologies for eradicating worms.Our Federated ID future An analyst clarifies identity management standards and explains how all things lead to federation. Autonomic authority Six vendor execs tell us why autonomic computing is one of the new data center’s most powerful technologies. An application framework for the future From application services to management hardware, semiconductor reseller Smith & Associates strengthens its just-in-time business with new data center technologies. Security research center The latest news, alerts, reviews and more.Network World on Security Newsletter Best practices, advice, recommendations and more.Network World’s Security and Bug Patch Alert newsletter Get the latest information on security and bug alert announcements from major vendors delivered to you each week.Free RSS feeds Get the latest Network World headlines in more than 50 topics, including security, viruses, intrusion-detection and more. Watch for the third installment of this six-part New Data Center series, coming May 24 with a spotlight on storage. Prior issue: The New Data Center: An owner’s handbook Related content news Dell provides $150M to develop an AI compute cluster for Imbue Helping the startup build an independent system to create foundation models may help solidify Dell’s spot alongside cloud computing giants in the race to power AI. By Elizabeth Montalbano Nov 29, 2023 4 mins Generative AI news DRAM prices slide as the semiconductor industry starts to decline TSMC is reported to be cutting production runs on its mature process nodes as a glut of older chips in the market is putting downward pricing pressure on DDR4. By Sam Reynolds Nov 29, 2023 3 mins Flash Storage Flash Storage Technology Industry news analysis Cisco, AWS strengthen ties between cloud-management products Combining insights from Cisco ThousandEyes and AWS into a single view can dramatically reduce problem identification and resolution time, the vendors say. By Michael Cooney Nov 28, 2023 4 mins Network Management Software Cloud Computing opinion Is anything useful happening in network management? Enterprises see the potential for AI to benefit network management, but progress so far is limited by AI’s ability to work with company-specific network data and the range of devices that AI can see. By Tom Nolle Nov 28, 2023 7 mins Generative AI Network Management Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe