Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Some of these drives have had their internal usage logs reset to appear as new, deceiving customers.
Justin Hotard will be based in Finland and will take up his position on April 1, 2025.
Amazon’s CEO plans to invest more than $100 billion this year, mostly in AI infrastructure — but could face challenges buying enough hardware and power.
The insecure deserialization and authorization bypass flaws could enable attackers to escalate privileges and run arbitrary commands.
New FortiGate G-series next-gen firewalls feature boosted performance and support for Fortinet's FortiAI generative AI assistant.
With the rise of attacks on edge devices enabling further incursions by attackers into enterprise networks, it’s time for everyone to step up their security game, say agencies in the Five Eyes alliance
Vendor’s speed claim is achieved through Nvidia Spectrum-X processing of large language models
The SASE market is projected to hit $17 billion worldwide by 2029, according to Dell‘Oro Group, which says that single-vendor SASE, combining SD-WAN and SSE, will dominate among enterprises.
As part of their AI threat research, Cisco security researchers share new vulnerabilities and adversarial techniques that they've seen, including an increasing number of attacks that target large language models.
When AMD finally issued patches for its critical microcode security hole on Monday, it said that the glitch 'could lead to the loss of Secure Encrypted Virtualization protection.'
President Trump wants more leading-edge chips manufactured in the US
Version 2.1 of Linux Foundation's open-source L3AF project promises seamless network management across cloud and enterprise.
Gartner analysis shows the cost of a VMware migration could outweigh the benefits when software and hardware purchases, personnel costs, early termination fees, and other operational expenses are calculated.
Transport-layer security is more effective than its predecessor SSL, and its latest version - TLS 1.3 - improves both privacy and performance.
Broadcom urges the application of patches that address pressing vulnerabilities in VMware’s cloud management tools.
Microsoft is stuck in an infrastructure investment arms race that could lead customers to ask difficult questions about costs, said analysts.
DOJ cited reduced competition in the wireless market as the biggest problem with the proposed $14 billion sale of Juniper Networks to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The vendors say they plan to “vigorously defend the transaction in court.”
Opengear survey reveals high investment costs, regulatory compliance, and lack of skills as obstacles to successful AI implementations.
Cisco’s Outshift group envisions standards-based, shared infrastructure components that enable quantum-safe, agent-to-agent communications.
The program promises to provide realistic scenarios and practice activities while teaching tech professionals the fundamentals of artificial intelligence.
Both OpenAI and Microsoft are reportedly probing the Chinese startup to check if it accessed and used OpenAI’s technology to build its R1 reasoning large language model.
Infusing automation platforms with greater AI capabilities can help enterprises improve network troubleshooting, avoid configuration errors, and streamline workload management.
Verizon AI Connect packages look to speed AI workload deployment
While the tariffs aim to boost domestic manufacturing, they are unlikely to divert production from Asia immediately.
If the companies are found to have ‘strategic market status’ then they could face restrictions on egress fees and software licensing.
Admins are urged to scan for possible compromise.
A relatively small addition to the v6.13 Linux kernel could trim data center costs by optimizing how data is delivered to an application based on network traffic conditions.
IBM Synthetic Data Sets are designed to help with training or fine-tuning AI models quickly on IBM Z and LinuxONE mainframes.
Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes released its list of the most notable Internet outages and application issues of last year, along with recommendations to help ITOps teams improve digital resilience.
After a relatively sluggish year, multiple segments of the switch and router networking markets are due for a solid year of growth. Data center switches, in particular, are set for an AI-driven climb.
As AI, SASE, and SD-WAN technologies mature, enterprise customers can expect more secure application experiences, optimized connectivity, and improved troubleshooting.
The company plans to spend up to $65 billion on infrastructure for AI in 2025, and is planning a data center with a footprint almost as large as Manhattan.
Data center power demand is spurred by AI and other high-performance computing needs, researchers say.
This comes after stolen configuration data and passwords from a two-year old hack were leaked last week.
AMD has confirmed an unpatched “processor vulnerability” that may require CISOs to isolate their systems or even air gap them until there’s a fix.
Security researchers have uncovered known firmware flaws in three Palo Alto enterprise firewall devices built on commodity hardware.
Wi-Fi 7 performs significantly better than Wi-Fi 6E, but enterprise adoption estimates so far are modest.
Cisco’s Chuck Robbins said the vendor is seeing early AI applications in the healthcare and manufacturing industries.
The once undisputed king of the chip market is on its knees. Here’s what it needs to do to get back on its feet.
Sysdig extends open-source Wireshark from the local network to the cloud with Stratoshark, a tool for cloud system debugging.
The project is designed to keep the US ahead of competing nations, such as China, in AI.
Uptime Institute predicts the data center industry in 2025 will face pressure over resource consumption, grid integration challenges, and AI infrastructure requirements.
The Biden export limits, enacted during his last days in office, may drive data center construction to US allies while forcing China and Russia to develop their own AI chips.
Red Hat's new Connectivity Link is aimed at bridging the multi-cloud management gap.
Major tech firms may have to remain dependent on Taiwan-based plants, increasing their exposure to geopolitical risks.
Expect to hear more about AI's influence on networking in the coming year, evidenced through M&A activity, increasingly fast Ethernet switches, the maturation of AIOps, and the continued rise of single-vendor SASE.
With shared cloud dominating 62% of total spending, AI-driven infrastructure investments are redefining enterprise strategies globally.
Oracle Exadata servers are designed for cloud and data centers oriented around transaction processing
The acquisition can be seen as part of Lenovo’s strategy to support more AI workloads.
Trump will cancel out any initiative for commercializing and deploying clean energy as soon as he takes office: Analyst.
