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NetOps teams look to AI to automate Day 2 operations

Skills gaps and tool limitations are two of the barriers that network engineers face as they extend their automation capabilities to network monitoring, troubleshooting, and change management.

May 18, 2026 4 mins

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Digital twins reshape network and data center management

As AI workloads push data center power density and network complexity beyond physical capacity, virtual replicas are becoming the baseline for operational stability.

May 15, 2026 7 mins

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Network outages, power failures strain data center resiliency

Power failures are to blame for the most impactful data center outages, while network issues are the most frequent culprits for IT service disruptions, according to Uptime Institute's latest analysis.

May 14, 2026 8 mins

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Five takeaways from Cisco’s blowout quarter and what it means to customers

Cisco's momentum has implications for enterprises with plans to refresh campus networks and boost their AI readiness.

May 14, 2026 8 mins

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Enterprise-ready private 5G joins Wi-Fi in prime time

Coupling wired and wireless networks with private cellular unlocks much-needed innovation.

Feb 21, 2024 6 mins

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Wi-Fi 8 is closer than you think. Here’s what you need to know

It's not too early to start planning for Wi-Fi 8. New features include non-primary channel access, seamless mobility domain (SMD) roaming, intermediate modulation and coding scheme (MCS) levels, and dynamic power-save modes.

May 13, 2026 10 mins

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Cisco open-sources agentic AI security spec

Cisco's Foundry spec can evaluate existing AI models and frontier LLMs such as Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber.

May 13, 2026 5 mins

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Versa takes aim at fragmented enterprise security with CSPM, orchestration update, and AI agent controls

Versa Networks adds cloud security posture management to SASE platform as enterprises struggle to correlate risk.

May 12, 2026 6 mins

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Red Hat opens Ansible to AI agents, within limits

Red Hat makes the MCP server generally available for Ansible and previews an orchestrator that funnels AI actions through deterministic playbooks.

May 12, 2026 4 mins

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Supply constraints, optical advances dominate Arista’s Q1

Arista says enterprise AI networking is in a calm before the storm stage. The vendor raised its 2026 AI revenue target to $3.5 billion, expecting to more than doubling its AI sales.

May 6, 2026 4 mins

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