Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
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.
Look back at the 2020-2022 performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers, as tracked by Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes.
The Splunk buy and Cisco’s partnership with Nvidia are part of its efforts to build data-center network infrastructure for supporting AI/ML workloads.
Network Stories for Cato XDR bring security intelligence to network teams to help them quickly identify outages and conduct root-cause analysis.
Pliant products will help customers simplify the automation of network and IT infrastructure operations, IBM says.
The facility, with sites in the US and South Korea, will develop chips to support the processing demands of ‘artificial general intelligence,’ which refers to AI that can perform as well as or better than humans.
As part of its extended collaboration with AWS, GCP, Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle, the chip designer will share its new Blackwell GPU platform, foundational models, and integrate its software across platforms of hyperscalers.
Startup Nile is filling out its cloud-based networking service with a goal of streamlining the setup and management of wired and wireless network operations.
The DGX SuperPOD features eight or more DGX GB200 systems and can scale to tens of thousands of Nvidia Superchips.
The next-gen Blackwell architecture will offer a 4x performance boost over the current Hopper lineup, Nvidia claims.
Cisco will incorporate Splunk technologies across its portfolio, including its Full Stack Observability, Extended Detection and Response (XDR) and Security Cloud platforms.
New servers and storage services are targeted at high performance workloads, which means AI.
The move follows the introduction of the Data Act, which will enable customers in the EU to switch between different cloud providers more seamlessly, with an eventual provision for such transitions to be free of charge.
The partnership will give joint customers a CPU platform on which to run computationally intensive AI workloads.
If the U.S. Department of Defense pulls the $2.5 billion grant, it shouldn’t have a major effect on Intel, analysts note.
IDC data shows a robust market for Ethernet switches thanks to growing AI workloads, while on the wireless LAN front, Wi-Fi 6E adoption is ramping up.
New IBM services are designed to help enterprises optimize their IT infrastructure, reduce energy consumption, find a place for aging or underutilized IT equipment, and define data-erasure strategies.
While the desktop is not Linux's claim to fame, Linux still offers a huge number of distributions that can make your desktop computer work just like you'd want.
Once optional, GPUs are becoming mandatory in servers. Companies are prioritizing investment in highly configured server clusters for AI, research firm Omdia reports.
Cisco Talos says bad actors are feasting on older devices that were not designed with network security in mind.
The Highway 9 Mobile Cloud aims to bring telco-grade cellular coverage to enterprises to eliminate gaps in coverage, support AI apps, and provide always-on mobile data.
Verizon hopes to attract customers looking for the faster speeds and higher bandwidth offered by the new Wi-Fi standard.
Enterprises continue to hire for new mainframe positions, even as they struggle with recruitment. IBM and its partners are investing in training programs to build up a skilled, sustainable workforce for the mainframe.
