Networking

2026 network outage report and internet health check

Cisco's ThousandEyes division tracks global internet and cloud traffic and provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers.

By Denise Dubie

Oct 8, 2026100 mins

Cloud ComputingNetwork Management SoftwareNetwork Monitoring

IBM expands mainframe networking options as AI reshapes enterprise infrastructure

By Michael Cooney

Oct 5, 202610 mins

High-Performance ComputingMainframesSecurity Infrastructure

From automated response to reasoning: Building confidence in AI-driven NetOps

By Richard Phillips

Oct 5, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceNetwork MonitoringNetworking

Startup doxx.net hands the network controls to AI

By Sean Michael Kerner

Oct 2, 20265 mins

Artificial IntelligenceNetworking

HPE's Rahim: Pace of change in the data center is 'extraordinary'

By Michael Cooney

Oct 1, 20266 mins

Enterprise RoutersNetworking DevicesSD-Branch

Cisco SD-WAN Manager hit by zero-day admin access attack

By Shweta Sharma

Oct 1, 20264 mins

Network SecuritySD-WANZero-Day Vulnerabilities

Articles

Network digital twin: Why it's critical for AI-era operations

As AI agents begin making network changes, ‘test in production’ becomes a serious liability. A network digital twin lets teams verify every change before it goes live.

By Zeus Kerravala

Sep 28, 2026 8 mins

Network Management SoftwareNetworking

NetScaler admins told to patch critical zero-days in ADC and Gateway now

Citrix published patches for two critical flaws and six lesser ones on Sunday; “Monday will be too late” to patch, said one expert.

By Shweta Sharma

Sep 28, 2026 4 mins

Network AppliancesNetwork SecurityRemote Access Security

Meta floats project to lay first petabit submarine fiberoptic cable

Petal will have twice the capacity of any other undersea cable yet built or planned.

By Maxwell Cooter

Sep 25, 2026 1 min

InternetNetworking

IP Fabric 8.1 adds application-aware mapping and cloud-native data model

IP Fabric builds a read-only digital twin of enterprise network infrastructure, and version 8.1 of the platform adds application infrastructure mapping and a redesigned cloud-native data model.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Sep 24, 2026 5 mins

Network Management SoftwareNetworking

Network evolution for the Agentic AI era

By evolving their network architecture to support real-time telemetry, segment routing, and FlexAlgo capabilities within their existing networks, organizations can get ready to monetize from the AI moment.

By Vinicius Santos

Jul 6, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceNetworking

On-prem VeloCloud Orchestrator under attack, only some versions patched

Attackers are actively exploiting a critical VeloCloud Orchestrator flaw that exposes the SD-WAN management system and edge devices it controls, while fixes for some affected versions remain pending.

By Shweta Sharma

Sep 24, 2026 4 mins

Network SecuritySD-WANWAN

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, 2026 5 mins

Network Management SoftwareNetworking

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

Cisco survey of 1,000 IT pros shows unsustainable growth in network complexity and alerts, leading to a willingness to let agentic AI tools take actions on their own.

By Paul Desmond

Sep 23, 2026 8 mins

Artificial IntelligenceNetwork Management SoftwareNetworking

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

The Buffalo Bills eliminated fragmented legacy systems, streamlined IT operations, and transformed the game-day fan experience at Highmark Stadium.

By Zeus Kerravala

Sep 23, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceNetwork SecurityNetworking

9 career-boosting Wi-Fi certifications

There are two new wireless certifications from Cisco in our roundup of vendor-neutral and vendor-specific wireless networking certifications.

By Denise Dubie and Eric Geier

Sep 22, 2026 12 mins

CertificationsNetwork SecurityWi-Fi

Lenovo expands virtualization portfolio for AI

New hardware and deployment tiers are designed to streamline enterprise modernization projects.

By Andy Patrizio

Sep 22, 2026 3 mins

Data CenterNetwork Management SoftwareVirtualization

Riverbed bolsters network performance monitoring with agentic AI

Riverbed’s NPM 360 combines agentic AI with packet, flow, and endpoint data to help enterprises speed troubleshooting in complex network environments.

By Denise Dubie

Sep 16, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceNetwork Management SoftwareNetwork Monitoring

Cisco brings Splunk AI on premises and expands agent observability

New Splunk capabilities let enterprises run AI in self-managed environments while monitoring agent behavior, controlling token costs, and correlating network and application data.

By Denise Dubie

Sep 15, 2026 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceNetwork Management SoftwareNetwork Monitoring