Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Organization admits it ‘lost’ access to its signing key; an expert says this shows the need for object management by CISOs.
The acquisition will help power Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma AIRS AI security platform.
The improper input validation flaw allows attackers with admin access to modify firmware and run arbitrary code on affected SAN environments.
IBM also pledged to invest $150 billion in the U.S. over the next five years, including spending on facilities for manufacturing mainframe and quantum computers.
At RSA Conference 2025, Cisco unveiled agentic AI capabilities in Cisco XDR, the latest version of Splunk SOAR, and an open-source AI security management model.
Research recent shows only 4% of EU orgs have a quantum threat plan and just 2% of pros feel familiar with it.
While Huawei’s latest AI chip aims to challenge Nvidia’s dominance, analysts say a true catch-up could still be years away.
Linux security still too reliant on eBPF-based agents, says Armo.
Lenovo adds 21 new AI-optimized storage systems and infrastructure appliances aimed at enterprise data centers.
Built in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and IT, the TCS SovereignSecure Cloud solution is designed to keep sensitive workloads within India’s borders.
Lenovo patches have now appeared as the slow-motion industry effort to fix the issue trundles on.
It’s still only halfway, but it’s a big deal for the region’s digital infrastructure.
AWS is the latest hyperscaler reported to be scaling back its plans for leasing new colocation capacity — but the moves should not affect enterprises for now, analysts say.
The company plans expansion in the US, with two advanced packaging facilities to be constructed near its Arizona chip fabs.
Western Digital and Microsoft are testing new ways to recover precious materials from old hardware as trade tariffs and other geopolitical issues change the economics of recycling.
Networking startup Cloudbrink has achieved 300 Gbps data center throughput for its SASE platform while expanding globally through channel partnerships in Latin America, Korea, and Africa.
Battle scars, not AI, are the key driver of open-source Linker 2.18 service mesh update.
Data center customers and operators worry about their environmental impact, but few let the problem influence procurement practices. CIOs should step up before signing deals.
Co-packaged copper is yet another option for building switch, GPU and accelerator connectivity.
This offers a viable alternative for enterprises operating in or sourcing from China, especially amid tightening US export controls.
With Google and AWS lowering costs on key services, CIOs advise locking in savings if contracts stay flexible and aligned with business needs.
Dell enhancements cover server, storage and data protection portfolios
The 2025 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index tracks new and existing trends and attack patterns, including a spike in lower-profile credential theft and overall decline in ransomware attacks on enterprises.
A free version of the ESXi hypervisor is available, but Broadcom notes the entry-level VMware hypervisor is for non-production use.
CoreWeave is among the first cloud providers to bring GB200 NVL72 systems online at scale.
Kyndryl’s AI Private Cloud includes managed services and consulting options aimed at streamlining the design, deployment and management of production-ready AI workloads .
In deal with Silver Lake, Altera will continue offering field-programmable gate array products
The SASE provider adds generative AI security controls to its Cloud Access Security Broker application to track the use of genAI.
Emergency patches for Active Directory (AD) Group Policy clear up potentially confusing reports around auditing.
But analyst shoots down claim the move will lead to creation of hundreds of thousands of new jobs.
Apps and services running on the domain controller could become inaccessible or fail unless admins execute the workaround.
The suite of tools is designed to identify weak links that degrade the performance of AI data centers.
Startup Groundcover joined the crowded observability market with a few differentiators: eBPF-enabled visibility into application stacks, an architecture that keeps data in the customer's environment, and a node-based rather than volume-based pricing
The change in pricing applies to any region where the service is available.
AI, cybersecurity, and the workplace of the future are key areas of focus for Cisco.
Arm has introduced a series of developer tools and services designed to support rapid migration of x86 apps to Arm architecture
New products showcase the integration of Infoblox’s Universal DDI and Google WAN Cloud to address challenges in hybrid, multi-cloud networking cloud and cybersecurity.
The 12.1 release of NetBrain's network automation platform incorporates more powerful AI capabilities for network discovery, post-mortem outage assessments, and autonomous troubleshooting.
As hyperscalers adopt different approaches to expansion, enterprise IT leaders face new considerations for their AI deployments.
Integration between Cisco SD-WAN and Google Cloud WAN will offer enterprises simplified network management, optimal performance, and greater agility, the vendors say.
Fortinet added FortiAI support to its core Security Fabric platform to strengthen protection from threats and simplify network and security operations.
Tailscale uses the open-source WireGuard VPN protocol, which offers security and performance advantages over legacy VPN solutions.
The multivendor UALink Consortium has defined its first low-latency, accelerator‐to‐accelerator communication specification, UALink 200G 1.0.
The new chip is designed to run LLMs that support reasoning, which typically require more compute to generate each response.
IT leaders should not expect favorable pricing negotiations any time soon, says one analyst.
HPE Aruba Networking Central is now available via a virtual private cloud (VPC) environment and an on-premises offering.
Outfitted with the Telum II processor and Spyre accelerator, the IBM z17 bolsters response times, throughput, observability, and security with AI workloads in mind.
New observability modules for Riverbed's unified agent can provide a comprehensive view of IT infrastructure components.
New export curbs on critical minerals may increase hardware costs and delay next-gen infrastructure deployment.
The new AI feature in the PGA Tour's Tourcast platform brings every golf shot to life with real-time context and insights, enabling more players to get meaningful coverage instead of just those at the top of the leaderboard. What can IT teams learn f
