Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Enterprises that aren't trying to learn about autonomous AI agents and their potential to transform network operations centers are going to be left behind, warns Kristopher Beevers, CEO of NetBox Labs.
The time is now to create cryptography polices and plan for a transition to post-quantum encryption.
Admins need to change default credentials promptly on Juniper SSR, patch Cisco SLU, warns SANS Institute.
Chinese APT group UNC5221 appears to have studied a recent Ivanti Connect Secure patch to develop a remote code execution exploit on previous versions, and on end-of-support Pulse Connect Secure appliances.
Intel CEO Tan has a vision; non-core products could be on the chopping block, but details are needed
In celebration of Microsoft's 50th anniversary this week, let’s take a look back at Microsoft’s initial public stock offering 39 years ago.
Enterprise IT leaders are trying to figure out if they should plan data centers outside of the US, but the changing nature of global tariffs is making that into a no-win dilemma.
Logik.ai’s CPQ technology will expand ServiceNow’s CRM portfolio and complement its service management solutions.
Mechanical Orchard's Imogen platform uses generative AI to recreate mainframe operations as a digital twin in the cloud.
New eAPM capability increases IT productivity and application uptime by discovering and monitoring apps running on Kubernetes clusters.
The improved benchmarks will help enterprises select hardware for AI workloads, but are still no substitute for measuring real-world performance.
Nvidia may have to make other customers wait if it wants to fulfill a reported $16 billion in outstanding orders from Chinese customers for its H20 chips before a possible US government ban on sale of them to China takes effect.
IBM is making Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators available on IBM Cloud to help customers scale gen AI workloads and optimize performance for AI inferencing and fine-tuning.
Updates to Splunk’s observability platform help organizations identify monitoring gaps and gain visibility across complex cloud environments.
Its GB200 NVL72 system delivered up to 30 times higher throughput on the Llama 3.1 405B workload compared to firm’s H200 NVL8, Nvidia said.
NetBox Assurance automates the process of detecting and remediating unplanned changes and errors to prevent configuration drift.
SolarWinds delivers Squadcast Incident Response following its recent acquisition and updates its observability platform.
Network automation, security, and predictive maintenance are the top AI applications, according to LF Networking's global survey on the state of open networking.
CISPE's cloud investment is intended to give businesses a Euro choice that is "immune to disruption, access and potential removal by foreign actors.”
AMD says its ZT acquisition will further the combination of AMD CPU, GPU and networking silicon, and its deal with Rapt will bolster AI inference and training applications.
Cisco’s Outshift team is developing JARVIS to help enterprises deal with the challenges of complex Kubernetes environments and cloud-native workloads.
The silicon photonics startup has announced new products to tackle interconnect bottlenecks costing enterprises millions in wasted computing power.
Silicon Motion MonTitan SSD promises 14GB/s speeds, 3.3M IOPS, and AI-optimization
A feature that was supposed to harden the OS can by bypassed, say researchers.
The new submarine cable infrastructure is expected to significantly enhance Indian enterprises’ ability to connect with global AI and cloud infrastructure.
Kyndryl/Google Cloud service offers customers Generative AI-driven help to migrate mainframe applications to cloud.
NextHop AI takes on hyperscale networking challenges with $110 million investment.
Expect Nvidia GTC 2025 to feature AI advancements, Jensen Huang's keynote, new GPUs, edge AI and CUDA updates. Stay tuned for previews and event coverage..
The partnership is designed to help enterprises derisk mainframe modernizations, the companies said.
Based on the easing of exclusivity by the two companies, analysts say these moves aren’t surprising, but they do have broader market implications.
Red Hat has expanded its AI portfolio with tools designed to simplify the transition from experimentation to production environments.
The Ethernet Alliance celebrates the tenth anniversary of its Ethernet roadmap which spells out massive opportunities for high-speed, scalable Ethernet networking, particularly as AI workloads proliferate.
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise teams with Celona to offer turnkey private 5G service.
'Chaos Monkey brings chaos to your cloud and ControlMonkey brings control,' said Aharon Twizer, CEO of the cloud infrastructure automation startup.
Networking, liquid cooling, infrastructure plans, and partners will all play a big role in Nvidia’s future.
Information on the critical flaw was made public in September; patches should be applied ASAP, says SANS Technology Institute.
The tech giant is collaborating with prominent quantum computing companies and academia to solve some of quantum computing’s most complex challenges at the new Accelerated Quantum Research Center in Boston.
Keysight Technologies is adding AI capabilities to its Vision packet brokers and also allowing third-party applications to run inside their packet brokers to boost AI-driven network intelligence.
PEAK:AIO server features Nvidia’s Mellanox CX7’s cryptographic networking technology for data protection
The move follows Arm’s recent foray into direct chip sales with the Meta deal, signaling a major shift in the data center processor landscape.
The market has more than doubled since 2020, with non-x86 server sales continuing to outpace those of x86.
Although genAI hardly needs more market validation, the new energy members, GE Vernova and NextEra Energy, may help support the massive power needs of AI data centers.
New collaborations between IBM and Nvidia have yielded a content-aware storage capability for IBM’s hybrid cloud infrastructure, expanded integration between watsonx and Nvidia NIM, and AI services from IBM Consulting that use Nvidia Blueprints.
The SaaS-based observability platform monitors Nvidia GPUs, large language models, and AI applications, among other components.
In the age of AI, high-speed optical networking is more important than ever. Co-packaged optics removes the need for pluggable optics, simplifying network design while increasing resiliency.
AMI MegaRAC baseband management controller vulnerability enables attackers to bypass authentication on the Redfish API and deploy malware implants or brick servers.
The open-source inferencing software increases throughput and reduces the cost of LLM token generation, the chipmaker said.
HPE news from Nvidia GTC includes a new Private Cloud AI developer kit, Nvidia AI blueprints, GPU optimization capabilities, and servers built with Nvidia Blackwell Ultra and Blackwell architecture.
Servers powered by AWS’ Trainium chip could democratize access for enterprises looking to experiment with AI, but who can’t get access to or afford Nvidia’s infrastructure.
Nvidia is going larger and grander with its upcoming chips and systems through 2028, but power consumption is still a question.
