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Cisco aims to relieve beleaguered network and security teams with its AI-driven, platform-based approach to enterprise security.
HCI innovator Nutanix develops hybrid cloud management platform, inks key partnerships with Dell, Cisco and HPE.
SASE rolls networking and security into a cloud service, making it easier for enterprises to provide simple, secure access to corporate resources. Many vendors offer SASE services, but what they actually provide and how they provide it varies widely.
Despite recent rough patch, Cisco has growth opportunities on multiple fronts.
Six key tips for upgrading to the latest version of the Wi-Fi Protected Access standard.
Operational complexity, integration challenges, governance blind spots, and skills gaps are just a few of the issues that can hamper multicloud network management.
Digital twins are virtual replicas of physical devices that IT pros and data scientists can use to run simulations before actual devices are built and deployed. Digital twins can also take real-time IoT data and apply AI and data analytics to optimiz
Three key differentiators of IBM’s AI and cloud offerings are cross-platform automation, integration with multiple clouds, and tie-ins to IBM professional services.
The enhanced version of Wi-Fi 6 uses 6GHz frequency band for dense, high-traffic applications.
In an achievement claimed to usher in a new era of quantum computing, Microsoft and Quantinuum showcase logical qubits with error rates up to 800 times lower than physical qubits.
The combined company will target Cisco with a focus on AI, but HPE must address concerns about product overlap, talent retention and channel partner conflicts.
Multi-protocol label switching is reliable but expensive, leading enterprises to supplement it with cheaper and more flexible SD-WAN.
AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing are creating cooling challenges for data center owners and operators. As rack densities increase and temperatures rise, more data centers are finding ways to add liquid cooling to their facilities.
Today's network environments are too complex to track by purely manual efforts. With digital twin technology, IT teams can build a virtual model of the production network and use it to validate configurations, simulate changes, and streamline managem
Enterprises are seeking new ways to extend security across distributed environments that include IoT networks, mobile workforces, and multicloud deployments.
Three startups have announced error-correction breakthroughs that could accelerate enterprise adoption of quantum computing.
Securing Wi-Fi networks means protecting against Wi-Jacking, evil twin attacks and bad KARMA.
The next-gen technology is still years away, but 6G wireless could enable futuristic high-bandwidth, low-latency applications.
The GPU is the mainstay of AI processing, but several companies think they have a better option.
Sustainability efforts and high-density AI-based applications are sparking new and revamped approaches to data center cooling.
Wi-Fi 7 has arrived. But can it really help your enterprise?
Rising workloads, tougher sustainability regulations, and cost pressures will increasingly squeeze data center operators in 2024 and force tradeoffs between business expansion and infrastructure reliability.
Enterprises are moving to a distributed data center model for real-time processing at the edge.
There’s no rush to the exits yet, but VMware customers are investigating alternatives as the Broadcom era begins.
Skills shortages remain the biggest barrier to infrastructure modernization initiatives. In-demand areas include AI, automation, infrastructure management, and network security.
Arista’s core EOS and CloudVision software, along with its 400G and 800G switches, are its mainstays in the competitive networking equipment market, which stands to gain as Ethernet adoption in AI networks picks up pace.
What makes these 10 vendors of network gear the biggest power players? They’re stalwarts of LAN and WAN infrastructure, delivering network-centric security technologies and shaping the future of AI networking.
Oxide set out to build a private cloud rack system that retains the advantages of public cloud and doesn't sacrifice on infrastructure control, efficiency, and flexibility.
Hearing aid manufacturer achieves performance boost, increased reliability and cost savings after a shift from MPLS to managed SD-WAN services from Aryaka.
Regulatory pressure is driving IT teams to invest in more efficient servers and storage and improve their data-center reporting capabilities.
As AI workloads strain traditional facilities, these 10 startups are working to reduce resource consumption through liquid cooling, digital boiler technology, and net zero data center initiatives.
Liquid cooling started as a fringe technology but is becoming more common. Proponents hope the same holds true for immersion cooling.
Manufacturing, transportation and logistics lead the way among the top industry verticals for private 5G deployments.
Airgap Networks has developed a ransomware kill switch that blocks all lateral device-to-device communications and disables network-level communications among workstations and applications.
Flexibility and willingness to learn are prized over specialization. SASE, SD-WAN and ZTNA skills are in demand.
Security and cloud connectivity requirements are driving today’s SD-WAN buying decisions, according to Gartner, while AI networking support and full-stack SASE capabilities will differentiate vendor offerings down the road.
Global regulations aimed at sustainability are increasing pressure on IT teams to create more efficient data centers.
GPU juggernaut Nvidia has staked out a dominant position in data center AI with a portfolio that spans chips, software and services and a strategically assembled partner ecosystem.
Enterprises are turning to IoT-focused startups to address new security challenges.
IDC and Gartner have identified a broad range of vendors that provide converged security services. Here's what to ask before choosing a platform.
Scaled-down version of 5G could trigger a surge in wearables, industrial IoT, surveillance and security
How is your network really doing? A network assurance tool will let you know
Network outages can often be traced to four error-prone activities: fault analysis and response, configuration changes, scaling and failover, and security policies.
Different types of firewalls, including hardware, virtual, cloud-native, and firewall as a service, can be deployed and managed from a central interface with a hybrid mesh firewall platform.
Demand for cloud connects/interconnects is rising as enterprises commit to multicloud and SaaS application environments, and that’s driving greater interest in IaaS cloud networking services, says IDC.
NVIDIA's supercomputer in the cloud delivers full-stack AI development platform
Demand for generative AI is soaring, putting pressure on data center infrastructure.
Outages are down, but challenges remain, says Uptime Institute. Data center operators are dealing with stricter energy regulations, persistent staffing problems and ongoing supply chain issues.
Smart memory node device from UniFabriX is designed to accelerate memory performance and optimize data-center capacity for AI workloads.
