Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
The joint offering, called Cisco Secure AI Factory with Nvidia, combines Cisco networking and security, Nvidia DPUs, and third-party storage options.
The company also announced new data center and desktop systems with Blackwell Ultra and Blackwell GPUs.
Cloudflare enters security posture management arena using network-based discovery.
IonQ and Alice & Bob have each announced breakthroughs that bring quantum computing closer to reality.
Multi-model AI support, faster chips and AI accelerators are among forthcoming mainframe upgrades that promise big changes.
The chip giant must try to maintain x86 dominance while adapting to AI-driven computing and emerging architectures.
D-Wave explains how quantum supremacy can be used to handle more than theoretical problems
Police searched houses in Belgium, ordered European Parliament offices sealed, and made arrests in two countries over allegations of bribery said to benefit Huawei.
VergeIO wants to win over companies that are discontent with Broadcom's VMware changes. Its latest VergeFabric SDN release includes more advanced BGP routing, security monitoring, and traffic-management capabilities.
Tan is a software expert who knows Intel and semiconductor design well.
The threat group UNC3886 uses stolen credentials and custom malware implants to compromise end-of-life routers from Juniper Networks still in use by enterprises and ISPs.
Arista adds cluster load balancing to its flagship operating system and AI job management capabilities to its CloudVision network observability platform.
The SASE provider says its NGFW will improve security by closing the window between vulnerabilities and patch updates.
After operating as an independent open-source foundation since 2012, OpenInfra and the OpenStack project are moving to the Linux Foundation.
Altera sees use in robotics, factory automation systems and medical equipment server scenarios
Fortinet adds ruggedized switches and firewalls, OT-specific threat visibility, and AI improvements to its OT Security Platform.
The SaaS platform now tracks how end users experience applications on browsers and mobile devices to expedite problem resolution and boost performance.
The acquisition will bring customers agentic AI-powered self-service and enterprise search technologies
LzLabs is found to have unlawfully reverse-engineered IBM mainframe technology.
The new API holds out the possibility of European independence from US hyperscalers — but will enough European cloud providers use it to overcome market inertia?
The entry-level AI server is designed to do AI inferencing in space-constrained environments, and it has been engineered to reduce air flow requirements and power consumption.
HPE’s quarterly revenue rose 16% compared to a year ago, but challenges lie ahead.
Microsoft’s expanded partnership with Veeam benefits customers and indicates a significant shift in the data resiliency market.
Goldman Sachs report finds more data centers and even more power will be needed to support growing AI demand
SolarWinds will combine Squadcast’s intelligent incident response product into SolarWinds’ observability platform.
Broadcom has patched three vulnerabilities in the VMware ESXi hypervisor and related products, with Microsoft reporting the flaws are being actively exploited to take control of host systems.
Investment from former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger raises profile of U.K.-based company.
Netskope added more data centers to expand its global SASE reach. Updated platform features include automated network diagnostics, AI-powered root cause analysis, and an expanded customer portal for viewing cloud performance.
President Donald Trump has threatened to hit semiconductor imports with a 25% tariff
Analyst calls it a step forward, but says true data sovereignty is not being guaranteed.
Palo Alto says protecting the growing range of private 5G network services can be challenging for enterprise customers
A network-as-a-service offering typically includes integrated hardware, software and licenses delivered in a subscription-based platform. NaaS providers include hardware vendors, telcos, cloud providers, muticloud vendors, and WAN-transport carriers.
The case raises concerns over AI chip smuggling, while Microsoft warns US restrictions could backfire, benefiting China.
Amazon says its Ocelot chip will cut error correction overhead by 90% and bring practical quantum computing closer to fruition, but some experts are skeptical
Big Blue’s $6.4 billion HashiCorp deal targets enterprise data center, infrastructure customers.
The F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform brings together the company’s load balancing, traffic management, security features.
Key features in StarlingX 10.0 include IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack support, a unified software management framework, and a new tool for collecting data about hardware usage in the platform.
Lenovo ThinkSystem V4 featurees compact, high-density infrastructure demands
Cisco aims to help customers do more with AI, and at Cisco Live in Amsterdam, company leaders talked up its security direction, Silicon One network processors, and platform approach.
Upgrades include support for UDN custom network segmentation and integration with third-party secret management systems.
The company connects providers with excess compute capacity with those who need it, and will host its second auction beginning Mar. 3.
Nvidia will couple Cisco Silicon One technology with Nvidia SuperNICs as part of its Spectrum-X Ethernet networking platform, and Cisco will build systems that combine Nvidia Spectrum silicon with Cisco OS software.
DataStax and its open source Apache Cassandra will bolster IBM’s watsonx portfolio.
New Relic’s observability platform now integrates with ServiceNow and Google Gemini and enables AI agent to AI agent integration.
The investment signals Alibaba’s ambition to compete with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud as it expands beyond its core e-commerce business.
Procuring power for a carbon-free or low-carbon data center is a complex endeavor. Forward-looking developers are collaborating with energy retailers and utilities to tailor power packages and identify sites with access to wind farms or solar arrays.
TC Cowen report indicates firm has pulled back on ‘converting negotiated and signed’ docs that are precursors to data center leases.
Mid-range Xeon 6 enterprise chips and edge SoCs aimed at memory-intensive data center workloads and more.
A data center can consume as much water as a small town, and needs are only increasing
Versa brings new competition to the growing market for sovereign SASE models, which allow customers to deploy SASE in their own on-premises or private cloud environments.
