Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
AI-powered applications are driving enterprises to upgrade legacy compute, storage and network resources as well as consider private cloud options for AI and HPC, according to new research from World Wide Technology.
By acquiring the developer of Slurm, Nvidia is strengthening its influence over how AI workloads are scheduled across GPUs and data center networks.
CISPE is pursuing its legal action in the General Court of the European Union to overturn the European Commission’s 2023 approval of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, saying that the deal has harmed customers.
FinOps Foundation releases FOCUS 1.3 to address cloud cost management data gaps.
Energy-starved AI workloads are driving companies to space, but analysts say the technology remains years from general enterprise use.
As Oracle pours billions into AI data centers, enterprises may face rising costs — but Oracle too is in a tight spot, which gives CIOs leverage in negotiations.
The open-source tool tracks power, temperature, airflow and interconnect health across thousands of GPUs, helping operators spot issues early and prevent throttling.
Updates include massive-scale campus Wi-Fi infrastructure, an expanded release of Arista's AVA AIOps software, and new ruggedized switches.
The latest ISC2 workforce study reveals that skills gaps are increasing as cybersecurity professionals adopt AI tools and report critical staffing needs across organizations.
Arista, AT&T and Palo Alto made some of the largest networking buys in a busy year for tech M&A.
A new pre‑tested, multi‑ASIC distribution from Aviz Networks is aimed at helping enterprises get started with an open-source SONiC option that works across multiple hardware vendors and offers production-grade support.
The move introduces fresh uncertainty into an already constrained GPU market, forcing buyers to rethink both their timelines and their broader procurement plans for upcoming data-center upgrades.
Despite shrinking share, Intel decides to hold on to its network/edge NEX business.
Micron will focus reallocating its output and investments in enterprise-grade DRAM
CISA and the NSA warn that Chinese state-sponsored attackers are deploying malware dubbed BRICKSTORM on VMware servers to perform lateral movement inside victim networks.
IBM Cloud Sync supports AWS' Route 53 DNS service. Future releases will add support for Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Cloudflare, and other DNS services.
In attempting to fix one problem, Cloudflare caused another.
CompTIA aims to help employees develop competency in ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and other AI tools.
An antitrust lawsuit filed by the DOJ posed an obstacle to HPE’s acquisition of Juniper. A June 28, 2025, settlement cleared the way for the deal to go through, but it required divestitures.
Antonio Neri unveiled the first joint HPE-Juniper products, took stock of HPE's 10 years as an independent player, and reflected on a future that leverages network, cloud and AI technologies.
AWS is changing the cost equation for enterprises weighing up where to put AI infrastructure for processing sensitive data.
HPE touts integrated Aruba-Juniper networking and AI technology as it arms for data center competition.
The LogicMonitor-Catchpoint combination will unify observability and internet monitoring.
AMD comes out on top, HPE, Dell, Nvidia do well
Nvidia’s investment in a UALink board member follows a similar move with Intel, raising concerns about the GPU giant’s influence over alternatives to its proprietary NVLink interconnect.
Akamai's acquisition of Fermyon could bring more users to Wasm, which is gaining momentum as the WebAssembly System Interface (WASI) specification nears standardization.
The Thanksgiving outage was described as ‘a case study in how a single physical failure inside a data center can escalate into a global market disruption.’
A clearer AI-analytics strategy, AI platform cohesion, more plug-and-play products, and a better vibe for coding need to be on show in Las Vegas to satisfy customers.
AWS is taking a step towards simplifying multicloud operations with Google; it plans to add Azure to the mix next year.
Most companies expect greater productivity and efficiency from AI, but that hasn't prevented nearly 80% from reverting to human-centric processes after their AI initiatives yielded disappointing results.
Despite the new feature, AWS’s US East region in Northern Virginia will remain at risk, an analyst says.
The three-time No. 1 system maintains its title ahead of Frontier and Aurora in the latest TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers.
The company’s restructuring and memory cost warnings signal challenges ahead for enterprise buyers on pricing and service delivery.
Their exits may strain Microsoft’s push to expand AI capacity as energy constraints and infrastructure bottlenecks increasingly dictate the pace of cloud growth.
Flaws in Fluent Bit could let attackers inject fake logs, reroute telemetry, and execute arbitrary code across cloud platforms.
Aria Networks is targeting AI scale-out with a microsecond telemetry approach.
Security leaders call the rollback ‘shockingly incompetent,’ warning it removes critical controls implemented after one of the largest breaches in telecom history.
Gluware's Titan platform coordinates multiple AI agents — from observability platforms, service management tools and security systems — that want to make simultaneous network modifications.
Attackers are moving beyond on-prem systems and now using AWS’s own encryption and key management features to lock organizations out of their cloud data.
There may be better options for enterprises struggling to access enough Nvidia chips to deliver on their AI strategy.
Cisco's Resilient Infrastructure initiative aims to bolster network security by strengthening default device settings and removing insecure capabilities.
Cisco and IBM hope to build a quantum computing internet by the late 2030s.
Counterpoint warns that DDR5 RDIMM costs may surge 100% amid manufacturers’ pivot to AI chips and Nvidia’s memory-intensive AI server platforms, leaving enterprises with limited procurement leverage.
With 132 cores, expanded cache, and 3nm manufacturing, the new chip is designed to consolidate enterprise workloads and deliver up to 40% cost savings.
Broadcom research shows enterprises are accelerating AI adoption, but visibility gaps and network congestion are challenging network operations teams.
The problem is that without Microsoft input, SAP systems will soon not deliver MS-level performance. But if an emergency only lasts a few weeks, analysts said, the plan might be viable.
NaaS startup Meter unveiled new wireless access points, switches, firewalls, and cellular gateways, all of which run identical firmware.
The new Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) device increases bandwidth by 73% and reduces power consumption by 35%, according to AWS.
A simple database permission change triggered a global failure, highlighting how self-inflicted software errors now cause more disruptions than cyberattacks.
Microsoft’s partnership with Nvidia and Anthropic continues the incestuous couplings that may force changes in how IT makes AI choices.
