Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
'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.
The goal is platform neutrality, although Intel still expects to sell its HPC solutions.
Google now lets enterprise customers migrate data to another cloud provider with no charges
Startup Hatz AI aims to help MSPs offer AI-as-a-service options to their SMB customers by providing AI applications and agents and custom LLMs.
Service protects data locally from range of packages, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365
Increased network and security team collaboration can reduce security risks, drive operational efficiencies, and resolve incidents faster while enterprises can also enjoy cost-saving benefits.
Stability, performance and adaptability are key attributes of Linux, which dominates cloud computing and supercomputing and is fundamental to IoT and containers.
Top AI use cases for large enterprises include IT process automation and security and threat detection, according to new research from IBM.
HPE gains significant AI technology, campus and data-center networking products, and telco infusion with Juniper buy.
A Georgia Tech professor heralded the breakthrough as a 'Wright Brothers moment,' as a new paper details semiconductors made from a single sheet of carbon atoms.
Just 700 new positions added to the IT job market as unfilled positions remain high and companies report hiring plans for 2024.
November's planned launch of H20, the most powerful of three Nvidia GPUs designed to comply with new US export rules, is now pushed to a limited release in Q2.
Oracle says it has more cloud business than it can handle and is building 100 data centers.
Juniper's Mist AI is of strategic importance to HPE. This is due to HPE's shift in computing strategy, which is increasingly focused on enabling a broad spectrum of AI applications.
Nvidia says it developed its own proprietary automotive technology and did not want or need and would not have benefitted from Valeo’s alleged trade secrets.
Wi-Fi 7 certification is officially underway, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced.
The price cuts have been observed across chip foundries in China, Taiwan, and South Korea as companies compete to retain customers.
Policies around remote work could add to the tension as Broadcom begins to integrate VMware.
AI business applications, enterprise Al network fabrics, and evolving high-speed Ethernet technologies will dominate 2024 directions.
Arista’s core EOS and CloudVision software, along with its 400G and 800G switches, are its mainstays in the competitive networking equipment market, which stands to gain as Ethernet adoption in AI networks picks up pace.
Hardware and software additions to Fortinet's OT Security Platform are aimed at protecting assets linked to industrial networks and helping enterprises converge OT and IT network operations.
India is looking at semiconductor packaging as a low-hanging fruit to capture a share of the global semiconductor supply chain.
Startup In Bold Print wants to make it as simple to calculate carbon emissions as it is to file your taxes.
