Networking

5 reasons why 2025 will be the year of OpenTelemetry

Proprietary data formats from multiple vendors stymie IT efforts to prevent outages and maintain application performance. OpenTelemetry backers want to change that.

US moves to tighten restrictions on China Telecom amid security fears

Last week, the government issued a preliminary ruling deeming China Telecom Americas’ US network and cloud operations a national security risk.

10 quantum computing milestones

The quantum computing industry hasn’t settled on a hardware standard and we’re still years away from commercial use. But major vendors have made significant progress in improving capabilities and reducing error rates, and investment hit an all-time h

Global internet traffic surges 17% as post-quantum cryptography adoption grows

Persistent threats and post-quantum encryption shape 2024 internet landscape, according to Cloudflare's annual review.

SD-WAN is Critical for IoT

Nokia expands data center SONiC support

Nokia brings SONiC support, automation to its data center switching portfolio.

Network World’s Best of Enterprise Network 2024 award winners

Network World celebrates the best and most innovative products of the year.

AT&T to eliminate landlines by 2029

Legacy copper services are no longer meeting customer needs for speed, reliability and always on-connectivity, AT&T says.

Cato Networks brings IoT, OT support to SASE platform

Cato IoT/OT Security is aimed at making it easier to manage and secure Internet of Things and operational technology devices across distributed networks.

Extreme looks to tame complexity with AI-powered platform for network and security management

Extreme’s new AI-powered Platform ONE delivers network management, automation capabilities, partner integrations, and simplified licensing in an effort to improve visibility and ease of use across networking and security domains.