Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
This comes as US-China tensions ease, with China loosening rare earth exports and the US restoring chip design software access.
CEO Tan made the comments in a company-wide broadcast ahead of expected employee reductions
The core NetBox platform models infrastructure relationships in detail, while NetBox Discovery provides network device and service discovery, and NetBox Assurance adds configuration compliance and drift detection capabilities.
Security experts say that the threat is relatively low, but customers should still plan for a patch.
Nvidia $1 trillion in market value in less than a year, observers say
Siemens isn't the only company tangled in a lawsuit over VMware licensing. Check out the key events in the Broadcom-VMware-Siemens saga, plus read about similar lawsuits involving AT&T, United Healthcare and a Dutch government agency.
While Intel, AMD, and Nvidia focus on performance and AI training, IBM doubles down on cyber defense and reliability to appeal to regulated sectors and risk-sensitive enterprises.
IBM Power11 servers expected to help enterprise customers grow AI infrastructure and hybrid cloud ecosystems.
CompTIA’s Tech Jobs Report reveals that hiring added 90,000 net new tech occupation jobs across all industries.
With AI infrastructure demand skyrocketing, GPU-rich crypto facilities are being repurposed for enterprise computing, offering speed, scale, and new operational risks.
Hyperscaler collaborates with Dell, Switch, Vertiv in delivering a platform designed to ‘meet the most challenging AI reasoning demands.’
The US has rescinded export curbs on critical chip design tools as part of broader agreement on access to rare earth minerals.
Static root credentials left in limited Unified Communications Manager builds could let attackers gain full control over enterprise communications systems.
Analysts say the move signals a strategic pivot from generic cloud to AI-first infrastructure, reshaping CIO priorities.
Arista adds SD-WAN puzzle piece as Broadcom offloads a loose end from its VMware acquisition.
HPE has finally closed its $14B acquisition of Juniper Networks and is combining it and Aruba into a new HPE Networking business unit with a dual-pronged strategy: AI for networks and networking for AI.
The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management has won a legal victory in the latest pushback against Broadcom’s controversial VMware licensing changes.
On-premises data centers are growing in volume, but their growth is outpaced by hyperscalers.
Although OpenAI says that it doesn’t plan to use Google TPUs for now, the tests themselves signal concerns about inference costs.
The company has secured an agreement with a yet-to-be-named company, which some speculate could be OpenAI or an equivalent. But analysts say the move won’t impact its capacity to serve its other clients.
Record hot weather across Europe is concentrating attention on how plans for new water efficiency standards could affect datacenter cooling systems.
DOJ green-lights HPE's $14 billion acquisition of Juniper, but the settlement requires the combined company to divest HPE's Instant On wireless networking business and license the source code for Juniper's Mist AI software.
Record pricing and pre-booked facilities will force companies to rethink infrastructure strategies amid an AI-driven market squeeze.
Chronosphere launches advanced logging control features to help companies manage observability costs.
CISA has added CVE-2024-54085 to its known exploited vulnerabilities list as enterprises struggle with incomplete vendor patches.
Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage Product line includes new services, platforms, and validated profiles designed to drive AI ROI
Collaboration makes access to advanced AI and HPC resources more affordable.
NAND flash SSDs are used to provide GPUs with extra memory.
Qunnect’s quantum networking products have a standard server rack form factor and are designed to operate at room temperature and over existing telecommunications fiber.
At its Discover conference it also unveils new AI factories, and new plans to help pay for it all.
Broadcom's EMEA CTO defends the new VMware license packages: Those who get more out of VMware Cloud Foundation also recognize the added value.
Study shows emerging server CPU connectivity service will see $3.4 billion growth by 2028.
The renamed Mplify Alliance has multiple efforts underway for carrier Ethernet, SASE, lifecycle services orchestration, and NaaS, as well as an emerging set of initiatives for AI.
Aimed at high-data-rate AI networks, the AMD Pensando Pollara 400 network interface card is the first NIC compliant with the Ultra Ethernet Consortium 1.0 specification.
Intel is reportedly planning to lay off 20% of its factory workers amid faltering demand for its core products.
Broadcom delivers VCF 9.0, designed to simplify private cloud operations across data centers, edge environments, and managed infrastructures.
A new KAIST roadmap reveals HBM8-powered GPUs could consume more than 15kW per module by 2035, pushing current infrastructure, cooling systems, and power grids to breaking point.
Built on eBPF technology, the Isovalent Load Balancer is designed to run in any environment, from servers and virtual machines in the data center, to the public cloud, to Kubernetes containers.
The UEC 1.0 specification includes a modern RDMA approach, new transport protocols, and congestion control mechanisms designed for AI and HPC requirements.
Invalid quota update triggered cascading failures across core infrastructure; services now restored, but questions remain over resilience.
The MI355X accelerator delivers up to 40% higher token-per-dollar efficiency compared to rivals, AMD claims.
Oracle knew that a massive wave of orders was coming, but they refused to build out infrastructure until contracts were signed. They faced an impossible choice: Insufficient capacity or excess capacity.
AMD had a strong showing, with its processors and coprocessors powering the No. 1 and No. 2 most powerful supercomputers in the world.
Naas startup Meter built its own hardware, software and protocols.
Cisco's Deep Network Model relies on telemetry data from ThousandEyes, AppDynamics, and NetFlow; AI Canvas troubleshoots network issues with real-time dashboards that guide corrective actions.
The 2025 edition of Cisco Live delivered a hefty payload of AI-related infrastructure innovations.
Cisco adds to its mesh firewall portfolio, bolsters security support with partner Nvidia, and extends Splunk integrations.
As SK hynix leads and Samsung lags, Micron positions itself as a strong contender in the high-bandwidth memory market for generative AI.
The Kyndryl service is based on the AWS Transform package that uses agentic AI system to modernize mainframe workloads.
Nexus data center management software, campus Smart Switches, and integrated branch routers will debut at Cisco Live in San Diego.
