Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
NetCloud SASE integrates cellular SD-WAN and security capabilities into a cloud-based platform to secure and mitigate risk across managed and unmanaged devices.
HashiCorp's automation technology will fit into IBM’s Red Hat, watsonx, data security, IT automation and consulting businesses.
Reported $700 million acquisition is aimed at helping AI users with workload management and resource allocation.
NeuCool technology works with existing data center equipment and configuration.
Georgia Tech's dedicated AI supercomputer is a cluster of 20 Nvidia HGX H100s; the DOE's Venado is the first large-scale system with Nvidia Grace CPU superchips deployed in the U.S.
New 700 series Wi-Fi 7 access points from HPE Aruba offer faster performance, improved IoT and location capabilities, and twice as much SDRAM and flash memory for local data processing.
In the U.S., tech occupation employment is projected to increase by 203,125 jobs, or 3.5%, in 2024, according to CompTIA.
CISPE said the economic viability of many cloud services utilized by customers in Europe is threatened by “the massive and unjustifiable hikes in prices, the re-bundling of products, the altered basis of billing.”
New sovereign and private cloud services will help governments and enterprises keep data within national borders and comply with local regulations.
Cisco announces AI-based Hypershield, a self-upgrading security fabric that's designed to protect distributed applications, devices and data.
New edge-optimized processors and FPGAs will power AI-enabled devices in vertical industries including retail, industrial and healthcare.
HPE has accused Inspur of infringing on more than 10,000 active patents, specifically those related to its server technologies, such as general-purpose servers, rack servers, high-density servers, and AI servers.
Sovereign clouds, designed to keep a nation’s data firmly within its borders, are upending traditional approaches to cloud computing for global enterprises operating in the Asia-Pacific.
Code-named Hala Point, the brain-inspired system packs 1,152 Loihi 2 processors in a data center chassis the size of a microwave oven.
Global IT spending is on track to exceed $8 trillion before 2030, Gartner says.
President and CEO Hock Tan made an appeal to customers and partners of the former virtualization software provider in an effort to stave off criticism.
Apart from expanding its partnership on Azure’s AI and other cloud services, the investment will see Microsoft President Brad Smith join the board of G42.
Lapses in wired connectivity result in significant downtime, but barriers to adoption keep businesses from relying on 5G to solve their connectivity concerns.
Fortinet’s virtual security appliance delivers next-generation firewall capabilities across the IBM Cloud network.
Plus, Google unveils Axion, its custom Arm-based chip for data centers, at Google Cloud Next 2024.
Google and partners including KDDI will lay cables linking Japan with existing trans-Pacific cable routes to the continental US.
Automation provider BackBox adds network configuration management tools and ServiceNow integration to its platform to improve security, optimize performance, and accelerate problem resolution.
Google's Cross-Cloud Network service gains load-balancing, security, and network management upgrades that are geared for AI workloads in multicloud environments.
Decades after some predicted its demise, the mainframe is as vital as ever, even in the era of AI.
Infrastructure enhancements targeting AI workloads include updates to compute hardware, new Nvidia GPU offerings, and storage optimization.
At the Intel Vision 2024 event, Intel unveiled the Gaudi 3 accelerator along with AI-optimized Ethernet networking tech, including an AI NIC and AI connectivity chiplets.
Other updates to the service includes new racks, Apigee integration, and survivability features.
Arista’s Etherlink technology will be supported across a range of products, including 800G systems and line cards, and will be compatible with specifications from the Ultra Ethernet Consortium.
Despite a long lead time, the new TSMC fab capacity should bolster US-sited production capabilities.
200 mainframes in IBM's Poughkeepsie, NY, facility were undamaged following the 4.8 magnitude earthquake on April 5.
Uptime Institute finds networking problems are the root cause of most IT service-related issues, while power is the primary source of data center downtime, and cyberattacks are becoming a significant contributor to outages.
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck fairly close to Taipei, which plays a vital role in the global chip supply chain.
Microsoft said that a new qubit-virtualization system designed to correct errors in quantum computing has completed over 14,000 error-free experiments when applied to Quantinuum’s ion-trap hardware.
Intel Foundry, the company's chip manufacturing business, had $7 billion in operating losses for 2023 and won’t break even until at least 2027, says CEO.
When data centers are designed with sustainability in mind, IT teams need to consider the network implications, cooling challenges and performance requirements of AI workloads, a Cisco exec notes.
The new managed service is designed for render management tasks for teams creating computer-generated 2D or 3D graphics, and visual effects.
Fortinet is rolling out 100+ features for its core FortiOS operating system and Security Fabric platform, including new generative AI, data protection and SD-WAN capabilities.
Hyperscalers getting ready for AI workloads are buying up vast amounts of cloud infrastructure hardware.
AI networking and bulkier data center applications are sparking advancements in Ethernet-based communication technologies.
More happened at the Nvidia GTC conference than the Blackwell announcement, including the launch of two new high-speed network platforms.
Most enterprises are juggling multiple commercial, open source, and homegrown network automation tools, and few are reporting fully successful automation initiatives.
SD-WAN and SASE technologies are becoming mainstream and MPLS usage is on the decline, according to survey results from SASE vendor Aryaka.
Companies need greater network segmentation, sandboxes, firewalls, and anomaly detection to fight attackers, according to Cisco's 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index.
Office environments need to change to foster collaboration, and employers need to close the AI skills gap, Cisco reports in its hybrid work study.
HPE Aruba is using proprietary LLMs to better understand questions posed in its Networking Central platform and generate more accurate, detailed responses.
Martin Lund will lead the group responsible for delivering the silicon, optics, and hardware for Cisco's core switching, routing, and wireless offerings.
Look back at the 2023 performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers, as tracked by Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes.
Joint development work by Cisco and Intel is aimed at delivering more reliable Wi-Fi connectivity and new capabilities for latency-sensitive applications.
Stream Data Centers bought 55 homes in a 34-acre subdivision and plans to break ground on a 2 million square-foot data center campus in late 2024.
AI is driving growth in data centers.
