Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Cisco is seeing a tough climate for its networking business, but it's reporting better news on the AI and security fronts.
Network Copilot from Aviz can collect, correlate and analyze data from network infrastructure to help enterprises streamline network operations.
Infoblox’s AI-based SOC Insights is designed to quickly spot configuration errors and high-risk activity to help enterprises mitigate risks and speed responses to DNS threats.
Corning takes aim at both public and private cellular coverage with the Everon 5G RAN device.
Slow distribution of federal funds contributes to a delay in the construction of Intel's Ohio manufacturing facility.
Interest in AI has skyrocketed, dragging along with it a hefty amount of uncertainty on the part of enterprise IT teams.
This comes amid ongoing efforts by the Indian government to boost local semiconductor manufacturing, and announcements from companies such as Micron to set up OSAT plants.
Cisco's Breach Protection Suite is gaining a new premier service level that features managed XDR and looks to ease the burden on resource-constrained enterprises.
‘Volt Typhoon,’ the China state-sponsored hacking group, targeted outdated switches with poor security as part of a wave of attacks against critical infrastructure.
Following in the footsteps of other global telecom vendors, Cisco may restructure its operations and lay off thousands of employees in the process.
Cisco has added a generative AI Assistant and security protection to its Panoptica cloud-native application development software.
New fabric aims to simplify the management of interconnection services so enterprise customers can more easily monitor and manage utilization and add or change network services as needed.
New API discovery and protection capabilities are aimed at helping customers secure distributed applications that span on-premises and cloud locations.
Cloud-based Motific hub is aimed at helping enterprises more quickly and securely create generative AI applications.
Verizon targets the burgeoning multicloud market, as businesses across the spectrum face new complexity.
The National Science Foundation is leading a project to ensure the US continues to lead in AI research.
New Identity Intelligence service pulls data from existing access and identity tools to provide a consolidated dashboard that lets IT teams view the entire network, detect questionable accounts, and block access.
The agreement between Cisco and Nvidia deepens efforts to grow Ethernet as the tool for enterprise AI workloads.
New IBM LinuxONE 4 Express servers support integrated AI, security operations and workload consolidation.
TrendForce data shows NAND prices are posed for a rally in 2024, but manufacturers need subsidies to bridge the gap until then.
Foxconn’s chairman said there won’t be a sufficient supply of chips until production capacity is improved.
Seven significant outages last year offer insights into how everything from small network changes to power supplies can cause global disruptions, according to ThousandEyes’ annual roundup.
'Quantum fatigue' is setting in, as venture capital firms chase GenAI instead.
New services from Cisco and Hitachi offer cloud network monitoring, problem alerting, capacity management, provisioning and more.
Upgrades to BackBox’s automation platform are aimed at making it easier for network teams to implement zero-trust security functions, including privileged access management and vulnerability management.
Generative AI capabilities are aimed at helping network engineers more quickly troubleshoot complex cloud, network, and internet issues.
New switches and Wi-Fi 7 access point can all be managed by the ExtremeCloud IQ platform, which enables enterprises to streamline configuration, monitoring and security of network resources.
Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform is aimed at unifying its campus, branch and data center networking products with a common AI engine and Marvis virtual network assistant.
The deal is aimed at businesses that want to rapidly deploy generative AI applications but don’t have the infrastructure or in-house skills to do it alone.
In a bid to restrict China’s AI progress, the US may implement a proposal asking cloud companies to reveal client information using their platforms to develop AI applications.
One of the company’s first AI-centric data centers is set to open in Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 2026.
Smart Agent for Cisco AppDynamics aims to reduce the burden on IT teams responsible for maintaining thousands of application and infrastructure agents.
AI Assist lets IT teams use natural language prompts in Forward Networks' flagship digital-twin platform to more quickly identify configuration issues and security vulnerabilities across network devices.
Kyndryl's new managed services incorporate Cisco's Secure Access platform, which includes zero-trust network access, secure web gateway, and firewall as a service.
Sales of key products, DDR5 and HBM3, have surged with over four and fivefold increases compared to the previous year.
Connected Workplace service combines Cisco Meraki 5G cellular gateways and T-Mobile's business internet package.
Global data-center energy consumption may equal that of the entire country of Japan in two years, demanding technological and regulatory improvements to drive greater efficiency.
With Pathpoint, New Relic combines business data with application performance metrics to give users visibility into events that impact revenue and customer experience.
Versa is expanding its SASE family with new boxes for high-performance WAN routing, stateful firewall processing, and SD-WAN direct internet access.
ISVs, consulting partners and channel partners now can resell implementation, support and other managed services on AWS Marketplace, making the portal a one-stop-shop for all things cloud.
Cato brings extended detection and response (XDR) and endpoint protection platform (EPP) capabilities to its cloud-based secure access service edge (SASE) solution.
New features include single sign-on options and more granular security controls.
Development of key quantum networking technologies, such as repeaters and security applications, is taking shape as research and investment heats up.
The ChatGPT-maker has reportedly been in talks with several manufacturers and venture capital firms to set up factories for making AI chips.
There’s no rush to the exits yet, but VMware customers are investigating alternatives as the Broadcom era begins.
The investment will be used to expand the cloud service provider’s infrastructure in the country, including its facilities in Osaka and Tokyo.
The new data center, near London, will support the growing AI and cloud computing needs in the region.
IT executives are worried about public cloud security and cyberattacks, but in some instances, they’re not doing enough to prevent them.
Cisco’s acquisition of startup Isovalent, developer of open-source tools Cilium and Tetragon, underscores the potential of the popular eBPF kernel technology for multicloud networking and security.
Fortinet adds secure Wi-Fi 7 access point and 10G Power over Ethernet switch to its wireless portfolio.
