Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Splunk’s agentic AI empowers security and IT teams with intelligent automation, proactive threat response, and real-time observability.
AI adoption is accelerating among mainframe users, and it’s spurring increased usage of the big iron platform, according to Kyndryl’s annual State of Mainframe Modernization Survey.
Cadence brings Nvidia’s DGX SuperPOD with DGX GB200 systems to enterprise digital twin package
Nvidia’s Rubin CPX chip combines Vera CPUs, Rubin GPUs and is aimed at massive-context processing
We've tracked the Broadcom-VMware saga since the deal was announced. Here’s what you need to know about VMware's products, services and support changes since its acquisition by Broadcom.
Broadcom makes modest technological changes, drops partners and customers, raises prices, and reaps the rewards of a record fiscal quarter.
Broadcom is expanding VMware Cloud Foundation to include on-prem AI capabilities, but the free bundling doesn’t move the needle forward on AI technology.
The Cisco Data Fabric and Splunk Federated Search for Snowflake will enable enterprises to unify, analyze, and gain insights from distributed business and machine data.
Broadcom CEO Hock Tan says private clouds offers a superior user experience over public clouds.
Prisma SASE 4.0 defends against sophisticated, browser-based web threats
The role of load balancing is growing in the genAI era.
Microsoft confirms rerouting delays after subsea cable faults; experts warn of rising costs, fragile connectivity, and urgent need for resilience planning.
Weave Network Topology Agent from Articul8 ingests network logs, configuration files, and traffic data and transforms it into semantic knowledge graphs.
Google update addresses a critical security and connectivity gap for organizations in highly regulated industries.
Cisco says the integrated package will enable fast data extraction and retrieval to unlock agentic AI use cases for enterprises.
Cato will integrate Aim's AI security capabilities into its SASE platform to give enterprise IT teams tighter controls over AI interactions, including agent workflows and model development.
Large-scale AI workloads, with their high-bandwidth and low-latency requirements, are reshaping data center network architecture, Nvidia says.
SAP Sovereign Cloud On-Site “delivers the highest levels of data, operational, technical, and legal sovereignty.”
Researchers at the Chinese cloud giant have published details of their networking software optimizations.
UK startup Quinas looks to solve memory problem Intel, others have not
Broadcom's shift to all-in-one, perpetual licenses for VMware Cloud Foundation has infuriated customers and priced out some companies, but 750-employee Grinnell Mutual has managed to save money on the new platform.
The Azure team’s breakthrough, tested over 1,200 km of fiber, cuts transmission loss to below 0.1 dB/km and expands bandwidth, promising faster, cheaper, and more energy-efficient data networks.
The new 7nm-class chip, reportedly in testing, signals a shift to domestic fabrication and aims to rival Nvidia’s China-compliant GPUs while maintaining CUDA compatibility.
A key enhancement in Kubernetes 1.34 provides network operators with fine-grained control over traffic routing decisions within clusters.
New Efficient core design will excel at multithreaded applications like AI inferencing
The open-source project from LF Networking allows organizations to leverage their current AI/ML platform investments while gaining networking-specific capabilities that general-purpose platforms cannot provide effectively.
The new track introduces CCNP and CCIE Wireless certifications, with updated exams focused on Wi-Fi 6/7, Meraki, and advanced wireless design.
IBM and AMD want to develop hybrid computing resources for advanced quantum algorithms.
Broadcom adds agentic security, post-quantum encryption, and other features to VMware Cloud Foundation, vDefend and VMware Avi Load Balancer.
Mist AI management package gains enhanced enterprise visibility and data center control features.
The Trump administration has converted CHIPS Act funding for Intel into an equity stake in the company, shifting industry procurement dynamics.
Vertiv OneCore rolls out modular, factory-assembled data center platform for rapid deployment of up to 50 MW systems.
New algorithms will fine-tune the performance of Nvidia Spectrum-X systems used to connect GPUs across multiple servers and even between data centers.
New Versiv testing bundles are designed to identify and troubleshoot copper and fiber network connectivity issues in hyperscale and enterprise data centers.
Cisco’s MDS 9000 Series multilayer switches, including the MDS 9148V switch, have been tested and validated for use in AI-oriented IBM z17 mainframe environments.
Meeting demand may require as much as $1 trillion in new data center construction.
AI Prompting Essentials promises to teach professionals practical AI skills that can be applied across job functions.
VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0 has been available for two months. Getting customers to embrace Broadcom's flagship private cloud platform is the focus for VMware Explore 2025.
The tech giant’s deal with Kairos Power and TVA brings molten salt reactors into the commercial energy mix, offering stable, carbon-free power for data centers amid soaring AI energy demands.
The embattled chipmaker is looking for ways forward despite a variety of challenging issues.
Intel retains server, client market share lead over AMD
Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs are meant for on-premises use and designed to bring GPU acceleration to CPU applications.
AI infrastructure growth was led by hyperscale customers, but demand will extend to enterprises as they modernize their network and security platforms for AI.
The Generation 8 portfolio includes multi-gigabit connectivity even for lower-end desktop models, a new unified management platform, and an AI assistant to help administrators with common queries and device management tasks.
Reinforced switches and routers, new software, and open-source commitments all target Cisco’s enterprise AI networking undertaking.
Is zero trust a bust? At the DEF CON 33 security conference, researchers from AmberWolf provided a scathing report on the state of zero trust, claiming that instead of 'never trust, always verify,' actual ZTNA tech always trusts and never verifies.
The Pricing Intelligence Calculator uses real-time information from market intelligence firm Silicon Data.
President Donald Trump accused Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan of being compromised to China but changed his tune days after demanding Tan's resignation.
Uptime Institute’s latest research shows that energy efficiency and environmental efforts are slowing as AI growth, regulatory uncertainty, and legacy infrastructure create new obstacles.
Arista is gaining significant traction in AI networking and Ethernet, and its acquisition of VeloCloud is poised to further boost its momentum.
