Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
ISC2 is developing a new AI security certification to help enterprises address emerging AI threats, governance challenges, and cybersecurity skills gaps.
AI-RAN is Nokia’s bid to turn the RAN into an AI computer — and a new revenue engine for mobile operators.
Updates to the open-source Linux network configuration tool suite are aimed at advancing IPv6-only support, Wi‑Fi management, and security.
Google’s custom AI chips are beginning to evolve from a cloud-only capability into a commercial hardware business, executives said during its quarterly earnings call.
A split-second race inside the Linux kernel was all it took to turn a routine filesystem copy-on-write operation into a serious privilege escalation.
The federal government awarded $125 million to quantum computer maker PsiQuantum this week, along with a new $5 billion commitment to cutting-edge technologies including quantum.
AI infrastructure buying shift among customers impacted z17 performance in Q2, but the Big Iron remains a critical AI platform, IBM says.
AI and agents are driving unprecedented computing demands, and Google is looking at the future to keep its data centers ready.
Amid the rise of AI agents and agentic use cases, Google is readying new silicon to support middleware changes and making network and storage improvements to cut training and inference time.
Base Database Cloud@Customer could help regulated enterprises modernize databases and deploy AI closer to sensitive data, although its appeal is likely to remain strongest among existing Oracle customers, analysts say.
Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet platform includes Ethernet switches, Spectrum-X SuperNICs, BlueField DPUs and more.
Arista’s new Edge Threat Management (ETM) for VeloCloud SD-WAN is designed to bring integrated security to branch offices and allow enterprises to replace multiple point products with a single, AI-driven edge platform.
With a full rack-scale design and an early Microsoft deployment, AMD is seeking to establish itself as a credible alternative to Nvidia for AI computing.
The convenience store's StorMagic rollout is being done remotely and without requiring a hardware upgrade.
Observability vendors are racing to build AI-powered operations hubs. Gartner’s new Magic Quadrant for observability platforms highlights the need for AI visibility, telemetry, and cost-management capabilities.
New York has paused issuance of new hyperscale data center permits while it develops new rules around energy, environmental impact, and community investment.
Huawei faces the challenge of being a startup in a new business as well as US government pushback
IBM aims to bolster infrastructure rollouts with autonomous, AI-assisted portfolio.
A faulty network configuration update disrupted inter-zone connectivity across three regions, temporarily disrupting VMware Engine stretched clusters.
Fortinet wants to better manage AI risk with FortiEndpoint platform enhancements.
AI is reshaping cybersecurity roles, with IT professionals spending more time validating outputs, managing risk, and overseeing AI decisions.
A new multinational advisory warns that state-sponsored attackers continue to compromise critical infrastructure by exploiting outdated protocols, default credentials, and neglected network devices.
Data center operators are grappling with risks that include weather, fire, labor, energy constraints, and power and water supplies.
CompTIA reports continued tech hiring gains while Indeed finds AI-related job titles expanding across industries.
Chips and thin-film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) filters are on the menu.
Quantum computers are being seen as partners for AI, and specialist firms are emerging to help take quantum technology from research labs into the real world.
Infoblox acquires Kentik to pair DNS authority with real-time traffic visibility.
By combining AI models, supercomputing, satellites, and launch capabilities, the newly unified company is making an ambitious play for AI infrastructure.
AI-optimized servers to account for 31% of data center power consumption in 2026
The z17 and LinuxONE Rockhopper offer power and security in small, customizable packages.
The would-be AI infrastructure provider aims to solve the problem of rising memory prices in a cost-effective way.
Support is building for the Europe Union’s push to build its own sovereign cloud.
The US government is discouraging, but not yet forbidding, buying from certain Chinese manufacturers. But following other hardware manufacturers and making those deals is a risky move for Apple and a potentially riskier move for IT buyers.
Cisco Live Protect for Nexus promises increased security and less downtime for data center networks.
Regulatory filings and new business models suggest hyperscalers are shifting from simply building AI capacity to managing the enormous financial risks that come with it.
Enterprise organizations investing in workforce readiness, role redesign, and change management are seeing stronger AI outcomes, according to Kyndryl research.
Netgear’s Insight 10.0 offers AI-powered network management, AIOps capabilities, automation, and cloud-based visibility
As the Department of War doubles down on post-quantum encryption, enterprises need to get going on plans to establish inventory and remediation programs for post-quantum cryptography, Gartner advises.
The cloud service provider group is concerned about the company’s bullying tactics.
This week's presidential order aims to close the gaps holding back U.S. quantum computing, from a thin supplier base to the lack of any way to compare quantum systems.
Skeptics chip away at the company’s claims in a long-running dispute over its Majorana chip program.
It's the world’s first sub-1 nm chip technology, IBM claims. The fingernail-size chip is built with IBM's new transistor architecture, called nanostack, which vertically stacks and staggers transistors to pack more onto a chip.
Qualcomm paints the deal as delivering ‘a silicon-agnostic compute layer’ to make data centers more flexible and cost-effective.
The collaboration will integrate Palo Alto's network-based virtual patching technology with IBM and Red Hat’s Project Lightwell software remediation initiative.
New activity targets CVE‑2026‑20230, an SSRF bug that can allow unauthenticated file writes and potential root‑level access on vulnerable systems.
Upscale AI raised $190M in new funding to support AI networking scale up and scale out architecture. Skyhammer is its switch silicon designed to connect GPUs and XPUs at very high speed.
Five takeaways for network professionals from Rami Rahim, former CEO of Juniper Networks and current head of HPE Networking.
China’s LineShine system debuts atop the TOP500 rankings, becoming the fifth exascale supercomputer and ending U.S.-based El Capitan’s run at No. 1.
Dell and Super Micro each unveiled new AI servers as part of Nvidia's Vera Rubin rollout.
Nvidia packs Vera CPUs, Rubin GPUs, networking technologies, and software into a rack-mounted supercomputer.
