Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Google-backed OCC, which launches in the UK and EU, labelled ‘astroturf group’ by Microsoft.
Cisco rolled out a UCS rack server built on the Nvidia HGX platform and introduced plug-and-play infrastructure stacks tailored for specific AI use cases.
NTT Data's managed detection and response service is powered by Palo Alto's Cortex XSIAM platform and combines security analytics and threat intelligence.
Newly upgraded ExtremeCloud Universal ZTNA can automate security policy decisions across hybrid network environments.
HPE's architecture doesn't rely on fans, while Supermicro's rack solution is specifically designed for Nvidia‘s Blackwell platform.
The intersection of AI and networking has the potential to help humans and networks be efficient, or it could be yet another way that networks crash.
The staging S3 buckets created within CDK bootstrapping have predictable naming patterns attackers can exploit.
A 15-year-long roller coaster ride of appeals and counter-appeals over the European Commission’s antitrust ruling has ended in victory for the company.
F5 and Nvidia team to integrate the F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes platform with Nvidia BlueField-3 DPUs.
New storage system features multiple Nvidia GPUs for high-speed throughput.
Skillsoft’s annual ranking finds AWS security certifications can bring in more than $200,000 while other cloud certifications average more than $175,000 in the U.S.
India’s cloud providers and server manufacturers plan to boost Nvidia GPU deployment nearly tenfold by the year’s end compared to 18 months ago.
Costs, security, management and employee impact are among the core AI challenges that enterprises face.
Network-as-a-service vendor Alkira looks to extend security down to user policies and posture for a full zero-trust approach.
The company says the computing broker is aimed at solving the GPU shortage for compute-intensive workloads by improving resource allocation and memory management across AI platforms and applications.
The SaaS-based Guardium Data Security Center provides unified controls for protecting data across distributed environments, including hybrid cloud, AI deployments and quantum computing systems.
Enterprises will use AI to eliminate middle management positions, board members will use AI guidance to challenge executive decisions, and bad actors will use AI agents to carry out nefarious activities, Gartner predicts.
The two competitors have become allies in a bid to stave off Arm.
Jointly designed architecture is intended for GPU-loaded AI factories, which will generate tremendous amounts of heat.
For enterprises that need high-speed network monitoring and analytics, the cStor 200S appliance delivers 200 Gbps concurrent packet capture, indexing, and analytics.
Agentic AI, post-quantum cryptography, AI governance, and hybrid computing are among the most pressing and potentially disruptive trends that enterprises are facing, Gartner reports.
Platformization buy-in has been elusive in the past, but AI could be the impetus for enterprises to give new consideration to the idea of a consolidated network and security platform.
HPE unveils one server, and Dell launches several compute and storage products.
Gluware's AI copilots offer a natural language interface for managing tasks such as device discovery, attribute updates, and remediation workflows.
While the cybersecurity workforce continues to expand, there are only enough workers to fill 83% of available cybersecurity jobs, reports job market source CyberSeek.
Deepak Jain used a fictitious company named Uptime Council to issue his data center a Tier 4 certification.
Women in IT say they struggle to further their careers and that workplaces could do more to achieve gender equality.
Switches from Arista and Cisco, as well as Meta’s own switches, are part of Meta's large-scale AI networks.
A10 Networks fortifies its portfolio with ACOS upgrade, bot defense, DDoS improvements and unified management capabilities to combat evolving cyber threats.
Cisco its scaling up its Nexus 9000 data center switches and Series 8000 routers for AI-ready networking.
The settlement could have potential implications for enterprise customers navigating Broadcom's new subscription pricing models.
Netskope gains data security posture management (DSPM) capabilities, which it plans to incorporate into its Netskope One platform.
In addition to the rack architecture contributions, Nvidia is broadening its Spectrum-X networking support for OCP standards.
Cato DEM gives IT teams visibility into application traffic and tools for optimizing network performance issues.
SUSE Edge 3.1 includes a new stack validation framework and an image builder tool that are aimed at improving the scalability and manageability of complex Kubernetes and Linux edge-computing deployments.
Other tech giants, including Amazon and Microsoft, are pursuing similar strategies as AI-driven power demands are set to surge.
Six holes in the configuration migration tool could allow theft of cleartext passwords and more.
New Epyc chip to offer scale-up performance or scale-out capacity for a wide range of data center workloads.
A report based on the company’s telemetry of its cloud security customers discovers that 74% have publicly exposed storage or other misconfigurations, opening the door to cyber criminals.
New and upgraded DevNet sandboxes from Cisco are dedicated to Catalyst Center, CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation, and Meraki products.
Enterprises are integrating AI into mainframe operations to enhance system management, and they’re using genAI for application modernization efforts, new research finds.
New PCIe switch fabric aims to remove networking bottleneck for large AI clusters in the cloud.
Cloudera is using partnerships and acquisitions in its bid to become the platform of choice for data, analytics, and enterprise AI .
BMC will focus on mainframe and software automation, while BMC Helix will concentrate on digital service and operations management.
Tighter integration among Juniper's AI-driven security products is aimed at promoting consistency in security policies and strengthening collaboration between networking and security teams.
The Linux founder urges developers to make their language more clear.
Global network services provider RETN says the impact of the cable cuts has been underestimated, and calls for industry-wide efforts to build resilient networks.
However, the chipmaker’s dramatic claim for the performance gains of its GPUs is over a 10-year span, and only applies to one type of calculation.
Wi-Fi 7 enterprise readiness hinges on ‘deterministic’ features, including the ability to schedule traffic, handle contention, and manage interference.
Aryaka expands its unified SASE platform with CASB, AI optimization, and interactive testing capabilities.
