Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
F5 wants its new cloud application networking and cloud network connect services to provide a simplified, automated experience to enterprise customers.
New Nvidia hardware and software are tailored to supporting AI.
The co-creator of Ethernet reflects on its growth and weighs the impact of technologies from AI to geothermal power.
With Arista WAN Routing System the company explicitly targets routing use cases such as SD-WAN for the first time.
A new AI supercomputing service, dubbed Nvidia DGX Cloud, has been made generally available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s Supercluster.
OpsRamp and HPE’s GreenLake edge-to-cloud offerings are expected to provide a unified approach to management of multicloud computing, networking, storage, and application resources.
In addition to sinking billions into OpenAI, Microsoft spent hundreds of millions on hardware, much of it from Nvidia.
Updates include enhanced AI for Palo Alto’s Prisma SASE plus a new controller and IoT capabilities for Prisma SD-WAN.
Dell teams with colocation services provider Cyxtera to provide on-demand access to PowerEdge infrastructure, while a partnership with ZutaCore gives Dell access to liquid cooling technology.
Aruba IoT Transport for Azure is a service that converts multiple types of IoT data into formats that are compatible with applications in the Azure cloud.
Intel boosts bandwidth per channel in latest FPGA, Marvell unveils low-latency Teralynx 10 switch chip, and Ranovus previews co-packaged optics platform with AMD.
Storage vendor Vast Data adds built-in metadata index, called the Vast Catalog, which details every bit of data stored on its arrays.
Competitors AMD and Nvidia are already working on high-performance computing processors that combine CPU and GPU cores.
Reported plans to extend US chip export controls to Inspur affiliates signal continuing supply chain upheaval.
The acquisition of Athonet will help HPE Aruba expand its private 5G network options, which is one area the vendor plans to focus on in 2023.
Pressured by the US, the Netherlands is moving forward with new export restrictions on chip-making technology to China, expected to affect the manufacture of advanced logic and DRAM modules.
VMware Workspace One upgrades are highlighted by a new containerized Workspace ONE SaaS microservices architecture.
Juniper introduces campus fabric workflow to reduce set-up time for wired networks, announces a new EX series campus switch.
FortiSASE can now link SASE resources to SD-WAN apps via multiple Fortinet SD-WAN hubs.
The most cited reason for using refurbished gear is reducing e-waste, an IDC survey found.
Data security and protection are the main upside for IBM’s upcoming storage offering, which combines the company’s own products with those from third parties.
The $6 billion investment, which will be carried out in phases over the next 14 years, will be the largest international technology investment in Malaysia till date, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar said.
Pure Storage wants to provide high-volume flash-based storage at a lower price point to attract users of unstructured data.
IBM says the z/OS 3.1 operating system will further integrate AI, embrace cloud stores, and improve performance of Linux workloads.
Nvidia says it will make it's brand of generative AI available through Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and other cloud providers.
The Cisco Intersight platform now has two-tiered licensing, and the company is offering a bundle that includes Intersight plus hardware.
Cisco grows its private 5G portfolio with additional agreements with NTT, NEC, and Qualcomm.
Ukraine faces daunting task of keeping Information and Communication Technology running in face of unrelenting warfare
HPE plans to to use Athonet 5G technology in Greenlake and Aruba networking services.
Dell’s announcements at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona include new edge-specialized servers and partnerships with 5G networking services and hardware providers.
Cisco has re-engineered parts of its Webex Room Navigator to prevent the Ethernet port from popping out when users persist in dragging it around by the cable.
AWS claims its new Amazon EC2 M7g and R7g instances provide 25% better performance vs. the past generation of instances.
As businesses adopt AI, high performance computing and cloud technology, servers gobble up memory chips to the point where there is more DRAM inside servers than in all mobile devices combined, TrendForce reports.
The companies have now given themselves until May 26, 2023, to complete Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware.
The new investment is a part of the company’s Singapore+ strategy, which involves constructing data centers in Batam, Indonesia, and Johor, Malaysia, to enable its Singapore-based customers to expand their infrastructure beyond Singapore data centers
The SD-WAN and SASE provider said that it will expand its global footprint, bringing its growing range of services to a wider audience as companies turn to SaaS-based applications.
Oracle outages this week, following Microsoft and AWS service interruptions, are a cautionary tale for system administrators.
Cisco, Arista and Juniper continue to struggle with product backlogs but are optimistic supply-chain issues may ease up by yearend.
Cisco adds new Catalysts, a UCS compute module, and easier-to-use SD-WAN software.
After a dip due to surplus inventory and economic concerns, server CPU market expected to rebound.
Snapdragon X35 5G Modem-RF caters to edge devices in low-power environments.
In addition to the layoffs, which would impact about 1,400 employees, the company is undergoing an internal restructuring to create two business units, Twilio Communications and Twilio Data & Applications.
The prominent CDN (content delivery network) provider announced a range of data center build-outs as well as new cloud egress pricing and regulatory compliance plans.
Cisco adds details to its forthcoming Full Stack Observability architecture and plans for integrating telemetry across domains.
The FBI and CISA have released a recovery script for the global ESXiArgs ransomware campaign targeting VMware ESXi servers, but the ransomware has since been updated to elude former attempts at remediation.
The ExtremeCloud SD-WAN platform gains better automation, streamlined connectivity to AWS and Microsoft Azure clouds.
Cisco adds new visibility, security software to its IoT Operations Dashboard, launches new Catalyst switches.
Cisco bolsters Duo to combat MFA fatigue, adds new risk-measuring app, and expands SASE options.
Hardware durability metrics are drawn from the cloud storage provider’s portfolio of more than 230,000 hard drives under management.
IBM says its roadmap for AIX development and new features runs through 2030, countering a published commentary.
