Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Memory isn’t going to get more expensive overnight, but it’s not going to get much cheaper, either.
The phased rollout of Cradlepoint’s 5G SASE solution will enable enterprises to create hybrid wireless and SD-WAN environments that optimize availability, quality of service, and security to edge, distributed, and mobile locations.
Aiming for more public cloud customers, Akamai opens three new data center POPs and plans more to come.
In a benchmark meant to measure the performance of training machine-learning models, Nvidia came out on top.
Other 2023 Cisco acquisitions include Accedian for network performance monitoring, Armorblox for large language models, and SamKnows for monitoring broadband networks.
The Kyndryl Bridge integration platform is set to gain dozens more enterprise infrastructure-management tools in the coming months.
Microsoft is adding to its Entra suite to offer an SSE package, joining a slew of competitors including Netskope, Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler.
Broadcom’s bid to buy up VMware clears a key regulatory hurdle with the conditional approval of EU authorities.
Cisco’s updated Secure Network Analytics platform has higher capacity, supports more data flows, and generates more detailed security alerts.
A lack of cutting-edge 5G chips, reseller uptake, and integration challenges will slow the growth of private cellular network use over the next two years, according to IDC.
A pair of reports from Omdia paints a positive picture of the impact of AI on business as well as a decline in overall server shipments as buyers prioritize GPU-driven systems.
Tech leaders are optimistic about growth but warn of a lack of agility, talent shortages, and global connectivity challenges, according to research from Expereo.
A new report from China’s Ministry for Industry and Information Technology states that the country’s manufacturing abilities are less advanced than other countries and improvement is needed across three core industries.
Cisco recommends using AES-CBC for encryption and SHA1 for authentication to protect against performance risks to some of its Catalyst and ASR gear.
VMware has enlisted AMD, Samsung, and RISC-V members to collaborate on its open-source Certifier Framework project.
The Cisco Encrypted Visibility Engine can identify threats and applications in encrypted traffic without requiring decryption.
The demands of AI are too much for current IT infrastructure, according to 42% of respondents to an Equinix survey.
The Biden administration is reportedly considering placing new restrictions on the export of AI chips to China, in a move that could specifically target products previously compliant with the rules.
SamKnows technology will be integrated into Cisco’s ThousandEyes cloud-based network-intelligence software.
Network security company Cato Networks has released an AI-powered system designed to identify and block domains used to control malware.
In its latest bid to support home-grown chip manufacturing, the Japanese government has sought to consolidate the country’s grip over some chemicals that are vital to the chip making process.
A year after AMD acquired Xilinx, the chipmaker has announced plans to build on the semiconductor ecosystem Xilinx had already established in Ireland.
HPE's GreenLake for Large Language Models is supported by HPE supercomputers and AI software hosted in the cloud with LLM provided by a partner.
Accedian is already a Cisco partner that provides Skylight software to speed up deployment of network services, spot performance problems, and fix them.
An EU subsidy will underwrite an expanded plan for a major chip foundry in Magdeburg, Germany.
Cisco adds two new high-end programmable Silicon One devices that can support massive GPU clusters for AI/ML workloads.
Almost half of data center operators surveyed have had an outage because they couldn’t get needed parts.
New Lenovo ThinkEdge servers will deliver more processing power where data is being generated and enable enterprises to run real-time inferencing at the edge.
Eliminating quantum noise will significantly advance the technology for future applications, IBM says.
A single Instinct MI300X can do the work of several GPUs, said AMD CEO Lisa Su.
The company’s contact handling department also bore the brunt of the outage in its US-East-1 region, which affected at least 104 AWS services.
SASE platform vendor Cato Networks has demonstrated a 5Gbps encrypted connection using its edge SD-WAN device.
The provider had been trying to find a buyer or reduce its debt load for months.
Its Full-Stack Observability Platform correlates data from application, networking, infrastructure, security, and cloud systems to streamline troubleshooting and optimize performance.
Cisco Security Cloud and Webex will sport new features supported by its home-grown generative AI.
A minor bug can cause a system crash after 1,044 days of uninterrupted uptime. Be sure to reboot before then.
Cisco unveiled its SSE platform and announced Cisco Multicloud Defense, based on its recent acquisition of Valtix, at this week’s Cisco Live! customer event.
Software-defined networking (SDN) opens the door to automation, NetOps, and more
Cisco Networking Cloud will integrate multiple software and cloud offerings to intelligently manage and control all aspects of networking from a central location.
The new cloud region, which will have three data centers, is expected to contribute about $22.95 billion to the Italian economy over the next four years.
A proposal to have big tech companies that account for heavy internet traffic finance 5G and broadband expansion in Europe is facing criticism from ministers.
As popular locations such as Northern Virginia become saturated, data center developers are eyeing other US regions, including Atlanta, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Denver.
After several initial deals stalled, the Indian government is re-inviting applications for building semiconductor facilities in the country as the US-China chip trade war transforms the sector.
AI technologies are expected to play a central role in Cisco’s Secure Cloud strategy.
Google’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect can link customer workloads in Google Cloud to customer networks within Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or Alibaba.
Nvidia CEO gives the strongest indication yet it will have Intel make some of its chips.
With Qualcomm facing challenges in the smartphone market, it has set its sights on supporting demanding AI workloads with its upcoming Snapdragon X75 chipset.
Nvidia's Grace Hopper CPU/GPU combo underpins its supercomputer the company claims can crank out nearly an exaFLOP of AI performance.
The DGX GH200 AI supercomputer is targeted toward developing and supporting large language models. Google Cloud, Meta, and Microsoft already have access to it.
Intel is switching up its data-center processor roadmap, and its proposed combination CPU and GPU, code-named Falcon Shores, will now be a GPU chip only.
