Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
VMware announced the addition of a generative AI copilot to its vDefend cybersecurity platform at the VMware Explore conference this week.
VMware added connectivity options and traffic-management capabilities to its software-defined edge products to better support generative AI workloads.
Coforge ENZO is designed to streamline emissions data management by identifying, consolidating, and transforming raw data from various emission sources across business operations.
Report recommends the initiative involve researchers from national labs, academia, and industry.
7 takeaways from CBRE’s look at data center trends in North America.
At the Hot Chips 2024 conference, IBM announced its Telum II processor and previewed its Spyre accelerator for AI and other high-performance Big Iron workloads.
Chinese firms are using a loophole in the US restrictions to access the banned AI chips and AI models through cloud services as this does not violate US regulations.
The service, currently in preview, will allow enterprises to run their real-time AI inferencing applications serving large language models on Nvidia L4 GPUs inside the managed service.
AMD says the $4.9 billion deal to acquire the server maker is 'our next major step' in AI.
The mobile cloud provider wants to simplify mobile connectivity and streamline private 5G deployments for enterprise customers.
New AI resources from Juniper are designed to streamline enterprise adoption of its AI-Native Networking Platform and include training modules, free product trials, and deployment tools.
Analyst maintains there is a still a long way to go before hydrogen fuel cells hit mainstream status.
This could enhance AMD’s ability to develop high-performance systems, bolstering its competitiveness against Nvidia.
Softness in Intel's server business allowed AMD to make progress, but the gap remains very large.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is snapping up Morpheus Data for its cloud-agnostic management software, which tackles multicloud automation and orchestration as well as cloud cost optimization.
Cisco is cutting 6,000 jobs in its second round of layoffs this year and combining its networking, security and collaboration groups into one unit led by Jeetu Patel.
Concerns about the new direction VMware is taking are driving some enterprise customers to consider alternative platforms from vendors such as Scale Computing, Nutanix and Oxide Computer.
Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 security research group studied changes in enterprise attack surfaces and how those changes lead to increased vulnerabilities in network and IT infrastructure.
Among cloud infrastructure providers, Oracle is finally breaking out, although Amazon, Microsoft and Google still maintain strong leads. Meanwhile, on-premises data center capacity remains stable.
Shortage of skilled workers could affect the deployment of AI, which depends on chip innovation and semiconductor availability to thrive.
After years of review, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen three encryption algorithms as the basis for its post-quantum security strategy.
Two industry analysts, two different takes on its overall importance in the enterprise space.
The company has decided not to extend these updates to its Ryzen 1000, 2000, and 3000 series processors or its Threadripper 1000 and 2000 models.
Analyst says both Cisco and Dell are in a position where they ‘need to streamline operations to maintain profit margins.’
Intel says it will focus on 'smaller, more targeted events' for the remainder of 2024.
On a typical day the company transfers over an exabyte of data between dozens of clusters spread across continents.
Using AI-driven behavioral analytics, HPE Aruba's NDR platform can detect suspicious changes in network traffic patterns and device attributes.
The damage is contained to high-end 13th- and 14th-generation desktop processors aimed at gamers.
IBM added generative AI capabilities to its managed threat detection and response services.
With plans to aggressively compete with SpaceX’s Starlink in place, rapid ramp-up is expected.
Fortinet enhances its OT Security Platform and closes a deal to acquire data loss prevention player Next DLP.
U.S. employment data for July shows fewer new high-tech positions added and more IT jobs lost as employers remain cautious.
Data center operators are grappling with rising costs, the impact of AI on capacity requirements, and persistent staffing shortages, Uptime Institute reports.
Shipments of Nvidia’s next-generation Blackwell architecture could be delayed for three months or more, according to published reports.
Extreme and Intel are working together to leverage AI technology to bolster network performance, detect security threats, and reduce operational costs.
The European Commission unconditionally approved HPE's Juniper buy. Next up: US and UK regulatory approval?
When companies increase IT/OT integration, they can simplify operations, boost security and streamline decision making, according to Cisco’s industrial networking research.
The filing also targets Nokia customers, saying that the company’s actions may subject them to patent litigation too.
Threat actors are selling stolen GenAI credentials for ChatGPT, Quillbot, Notion, Huggingface, and Replit.
The US will continue to lead the global public cloud services market, with spending expected to surpass $432 billion in 2024.
The average cost of a data breach jumped to $4.88 million, up from $4.45 million a year ago, according to IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report.
NeuReality claims its AI appliance can significantly cut costs and energy use in AI data centers.
The chipmaker aims to empower more industries to build physically based virtual worlds and digital twins.
A six-month extension of vSphere 7.0 support has been announced, but VMware customers using AWS on-demand hosts need to move fast to keep running there. Also new: updates to VMware Cloud Foundation.
Liquid cooling technologies for data centers are transitioning from niche options deployed in specific market segments to mainstream applicability, according to research firm Dell’Oro Group.
The US government is shopping for the successor to the fastest supercomputer in the world. You might want to sit down before we tell you what it wants.
Despite being late to market, Microsoft's secure service edge (SSE) offering has some advantages, including cost and ties to Microsoft's identity access management services.
A flawed update to CrowdStrike Falcon sent Windows servers and PCs across the globe into an endless reboot cycle that IT organizations are still working to remediate.
A misconfiguration during 'routine night maintenance' caused the 12-hour disruption in mobile network service, suggesting the need for more stringent internal review of system updates before deployment
Diversity of AI workloads means there’s a market for many types of chips.
