Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
What do these five urban regions in the US have in common? Readily available power.
Cisco’s AI Readiness Index shows networks aren’t equipped to meet AI workloads, and most enterprises don’t have the GPUs to meet AI demands.
The OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA) certification will validate IT pros' skills in using OpenTelemetry to monitor distributed systems.
CISPE’s European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) will keep an eye on Microsoft and other hyperscalers to ensure fair competition for regional service providers.
Flush with new funding, Selector AI is looking to expand its AI platform, which helps companies reduce network alert noise and optimize infrastructure through data-driven decision making.
Cables linking Finland and Germany, and Sweden and Lithuania damaged, with the cause yet to be identified.
IBM and AMD inked a deal to offer MI300X accelerators as a service on IBM Cloud, targeting enterprise customers with plans for AI workloads and HPC applications.
Organizations that perform TLS inspection blocked 52% more malicious traffic than organizations without TLS inspection, Cato found in its most recent SASE threat report.
The six-chip configuration is meant for space-constrained locations.
Companies unveil a commercial quantum machine featuring 24 entangled logical qubits.
The move highlights the growing capability of leading server companies to support AI workloads at scale.
Reports say racks must be redesigned to accommodate the heat generated.
Net neutrality has been struggling since 2015: trump’s pick for FCC chairman simply reinforces this reality.
Newcomer El Capitan unseated five-time No. 1 system Frontier and is now the third exascale machine in the TOP500 supercomputer rankings.
IBM Quantum Heron can now leverage Qiskit to run certain classes of quantum circuits with up to 5,000 two-qubit gate operations.
Kyndryl and Microsoft have expanded their mainframe modernization service to include closer ties with Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and broader security offerings.
IT teams struggle to find talent with AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity skills, according to Skillsoft's research.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 debuts with new security features, improved web console management, and updated networking capabilities to simplify enterprise IT operations.
CISA said it has evidence of active exploitation for two out of six Expedition vulnerabilities Palo Alto Networks patched in October.
In an outdoor trial, SoftBank’s AI-RAN infrastructure built on Nvidia AI Enterprise achieved carrier-grade 5G performance while using excess capacity to concurrently run AI inference workloads.
Dubbed a universal SASE platform, VersaONE spans WAN, LAN, data centers and cloud.
Updates to Cisco’s Splunk Observability portfolio include new features as well as tie-ins to Splunk AppDynamics to help IT teams unify visibility and improve performance troubleshooting across on-premises and cloud environments.
Micron is also launching a high-capacity SSD. Both vendors promise greater storage density and lower power consumption.
Broadcom research reveals that network teams experience increasing levels of network complexity, a shortage of skilled workers, and a lack of visibility into internet and cloud environments.
Workforce reduction comes amid strong data center growth and a shift in focus toward AI.
Vendors separately unveil Kubernetes support in observability tools to help customers more easily understand Kubernetes components, detect issues, determine root causes, and resolve them quickly.
IBM lays out Power product roadmap for 2025 and beyond.
The F5 AI Gateway is designed to optimize access to AI applications while mitigating attacks and securing critical information.
A new, simplified licensing model provides unified support for Cisco Wi-Fi devices that are managed from the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid environment.
Setting up a terabit network overseas and operating it securely – the NFL showed how it's done for the matchup between the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers in Munich.
Focus, innovation and investment are key to positioning VMware technology in customer sights, says Joe Baguley, Broadcom's chief technology officer for EMEA.
Data centers powering AI are expected to face severe energy constraints as electricity demand soars 160%, threatening industry growth.
Nile, Meter, Join Digital, and Ramen Networks are among vendors offering campus NaaS services, which use cloud-managed LAN equipment to simplify connectivity for enterprises.
Arista has 10-15 enterprise accounts piloting AI networks, and CEO Jayshree Ullal said she is “pleasantly surprised with the faster acceleration of AI pilots in 2024.”
The hardware provider’s stock is down nearly 20%, its auditor quit last week, and it’s facing delisting. But this has all happened before, and enterprise customers aren’t likely to be fazed, analysts say.
Plans to run US data centers with nuclear power fizzle out in two locations.
Critical flaw affects URWB access points used in outdoor and industrial environments.
Fortinet is adding its FortiAI security assistant to its FortiNDR Cloud and Lacework FortiCNAPP packages.
The reference designs are meant to ease and accelerate deployment of AI-oriented data centers.
The data center power equipment supplier’s CEO lasted just 18 months.
It’s billed as a tool to help AI and non-AI performance, but an analyst says it’s the non-AI workloads we should be focusing on.
Sweet spot, says analyst, is the enterprise business leader ‘in tension with hipster dev teams who want to move fast and break things.’
Pearson research shows technology know-how is becoming a critical component to a majority of roles in the U.S. now and into the near future.
The VCF upgrade includes a 2.5x increase in vSAN capacity and offers customers additional options for compute virtualization.
Cisco points to quantum network orchestrator, security, and management research.
Fortinet's new FortiDLP combines AI and origin-based protection for enterprise data security.
Google brings application awareness to its Cloud Interconnect networking package.
Worldwide spending is expected to reach $5.74 trillion next year, with server sales tripling since 2023 and software and IT services also growing, thanks to AI-related projects.
MEF is working to create a fully connected and automated NaaS ecosystem where enterprises can access dynamic, automated network services that can be provisioned and modified on demand.
Data centers orbiting the earth can ease terrestrial energy constraints, allow for rapid deployment and scalability and reduce operating expenses by ‘orders of magnitude,’ company says.
