Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
IBM offers a flat-fee subscription for single-core System i servers.
Microsoft adjusts Windows Server fees after threats of lawsuits by European cloud service providers.
The search giant has been facing criticism from internal quarters over its engagement with defense projects that some employees equate to supporting apartheid.
The wireless networks of utilities, emergency responders, and transit authorities could be affected by Wi-Fi that uses the 6GHz frequency band, a watchdog association says.
McLaren's Formula 1 racing team securely delivers apps and data to track crews and guests via VMware Workspace ONE.
The US government’s effort will restrict Chinese AI researchers using the chips to train machine-learning models.
Palo Alto's Prisma SASE package now includes more security for SaaS applications and better detection of unknown threats.
Product news includes VMware vSphere 8, Aria multi-cloud management tools, and a SaaS delivery model for networking and security software NSX.
New vSphere paired with Nvidia DPUs will speed up data center performance.
VMware is adding SaaS features for its NSX core networking software, and announcing VMware Aria cloud-native management service.
Deal with Brookfield Asset Management brings more chip production to the US and frees up more Intel cash.
VMware support for IBM's Cloud Satellite means consistent infrastructure and security across IBM's public cloud and its on-prem cloud services.
If Qualcomm is working on a server processor, it likely will be for accelerators such as smartNICs.
Verge-OS virtualization software can now pool and apportion GPU capacity to help create virtual data centers.
Efficiencies and better hardware prompt Azure to extend server-refresh cycles from four years to six.
The current news on 5G, broadband, and telecommunications services that Australian IT relies on.
Compute Express Link can share compute and memory among components and devices, potentially leading to more efficient use of data-center resources.
Cisco reports that FY2022 product orders are at a record high, but so are the orders it hasn’t been able to fill.
Enterprises need greater network visibility to improve management of cloud environments, get a better handle on east-west traffic in the data center, and identify malicious traffic that’s been encrypted.
Dell'Oro: Cost and expertise are two obstacles to enterprise use of smartNICs, but the NIC makers are working to eliminate them.
New private 5G managed service from AWS lets enterprises kick the tires on a private mobile network, but so far it only supports 4G LTE.
Cisco: Cloud networking should let customers place workloads wherever it makes sense for their business
Semtech has been working on IoT technology, and buying Sierra will accelerate that effort.
The small form factor HPE Edgeline EL8000 is designed for AI tasks such as computer vision and natural-language processing.
Cisco said it will its enterprise and carrier groups under Jonathan Davidson, the current head of the carrier group.
More people were impacted than during the same period late last year, even as the number of internet blackouts reduced from 84 to 72 in the first half of 2022.
Enterprise SSD products are separating themselves from their consumer counterparts by getting faster, smarter and denser.
Arista, Extreme, Juniper, F5 say supply-chain challenges will likely persist through 2023.
Arista expects Pluribus technology to bolster its own cloud networking services
Optane persistent memory technology was never adopted beyond Intel.
5G, IoT and video-streaming demand, as well as growing data volumes, are helping to drive a move toward the edge, a new report from ResearchAndMarkets.com says.
PowerStore performance gains include faster Intel processors, greater scalability, and tools to simplify NVMe capacity expansion.
IBM adds NIST’s new public-key encryption and digital signatures algorithms to defend against attacks by future quantum computers.
Aruba’s Edge Services Platform gains AIOps features to streamline network troubleshooting, performance tuning, and security controls.
New to Rocky Linux 9 is Peridot, a tool that makes it easy for anyone to replicate and extend Rocky Linux.
Distributed users, applications and workloads are driving enterprises to rethink their network architecture, says World Wide Technology.
Semiconductor companies plan to raise prices on processors and peripheral chip products in the coming months, and the price hikes will reportedly stretch into next year.
Multiple UK-based cloud data centers suffered outages this week, as record temperatures hit the country.
New Power10 servers also include pay-as-you-go consumption options.
The goal is to make it easier to program in quantum computing, which is very different from standard computing.
Juniper has added troubleshooting features to its flagship Mist AI/ML cloud-based management platform and announced the EX4100 Series Ethernet access switch.
US charges: A years-long conspiracy has taken in $100M+ selling used Cisco devices disguised as new, more recent models
AWS Cloud WAN service supports SD-WAN packages from Aruba, Aviatrix, Checkpoint, Cisco Meraki, Prosimo and VMware.
All three major national US carriers saw substantial increases in their average 5G connection speed over roughly the second quarter of 2022.
The goal is globally available connectivity, but it’s unclear whether satellite 5G will have a major market share.
The new project will receive “significant financial support” from the French government, as president Macron seeks to increase foreign investments in the country.
H3C’s Magic BE18000 is the first Wi-Fi 7 access point offered for retail sale.
