Michael Cooney
Senior Editor
Michael Cooney is a Senior Editor with Network World who has written about the IT world for more than 25 years. He can be reached at michael_cooney@idg.com.
Industry groups prep Ethernet for operational, wireless networks
The Ethernet Alliance and Avnu Alliance separately are moving Ethernet technology forward with a standard for twisted-pair Ethernet and a push for time-sensitive networking over wireless.
Arista reinforces multi-cloud edge-networking software
Arista has extended its connectivity software to better support edge networking with on-premise and hybrid cloud resources.
Cisco urges patching flaws in data-center, SD-WAN gear
Cisco has issued a number of critical security advisories for its data center manager and SD-WAN offerings that customers should deal with now.
Juniper adds a service to find and quickly fix WAN glitches
Juniper now features WAN, LAN and wireless management under a central AI-based service called WAN Assurance to better compete with Cisco, VMware, HPE/Aruba, and others.
VMware embraces Google Cloud, Kubernetes with load-balancer upgrades
A new version of VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer distributes workloads uniformly across the network to boost efficiency, reliability.
Counterfeit Cisco switches raise network security alarms
In a disconcerting event for IT security professionals, counterfeit versions of Cisco Catalyst 2960-X Series switches were discovered on an unnamed business network, and the fake gear was found to be designed to circumvent typical...
Options grow for migrating mainframe apps to the cloud
Mainframe software migration vendor LzLabs is setting up shop in North America to help mainframe users move legacy applications into cloud application environments.
HPE makes big SD-WAN play with $925M Silver Peak acquisition
HPE is buying networking vendor Silver Peak for $925 million. Silver Peak's Unity WAN technology will slide into HPE subsidiary Aruba's portfolio and give it an immediate boost in the hot SD-WAN arena where Cisco, VMware and others...
SD-WAN and analytics: A marriage made for the new normal
Reliance on SD-WAN analytics grows as customers move toward cloud, security services
Juniper aligns its security portfolio with the SASE model
Juniper joins VMware, Cisco and many others in chasing edge security customers
IDC: Covid-19 hits SD-WAN, data center gear; enterprise impact varies
While the previously hot market around most SD-WAN technology has slowed and IT budgets overall are under pressure in general, the Covid-19 pandemic has created demand for other network capabilities such as improved network management...
Fannie Mae’s journey to SD-WAN means less reliance on MPLS and VPNs
As mortgage lender Fannie Mae adopts SD-WAN, it’s realizing dramatic improvements in latency and network performance.
Cisco bumps up ISR/ASR router performance and capacity
The networking vendor rolled out a new pluggable switching module (SM-X) for the Integrated Services Router (ISR) 4000 branch and a pluggable Embedded Services Process module (ESP-X) for its Aggregation Services Router (ASR) 1000 that...
VMware offers up a SASE service with SD-WAN built in
VMware SD-WAN Zero Trust Service addresses the need to secure remote access for growing remote workforces.
HPE CEO Neri tests positive for COVID-19, talks hot topics for HPE's Discover event
HPE CEO Antonio Neri advances intelligent edge, AI/ML, and everything-as-a-service by 2022 as important subjects at the company's Discover event next week.
Machine learning in Palo Alto firewalls adds new protection for IoT, containers
With machine learning added to Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS firewall operating system, the firewalls are better equipped to defend IoT devices and containers, whether on-prem or in the cloud.
Cisco bulks-up advanced analytics features in DNA Center
Cisco has added features to is flagship network control platform, DNA Center, that introduce new analytics and problem-solving capabilities for enterprise network customers.
Cisco Live: CEO Robbins reflects on challenges of race, pandemic, technology
Chuck Robbins said at the company's virtual customer conference that 2020 has brought lot of pain, sadness and anger, and detailed some technology upgrades.
Aruba AI platform aims to streamline management of edge networks
Aruba's Edge Services Platform (ESP) uses AI to analyze telemetry data and automatically optimize connectivity, find network problems, and secure edge networking.
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