Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Western observers have been worried that Russian candidate to head ITU, Rashid Ismailov, would promote a plan to restructure the internet, giving nation-states more control and leading to network fragmentation.
Jetcool says that its use of microconvection enables on-board liquid cooling and makes its devices more effective by a factor of 10, compared to traditional heat sinks or cold plates.
Certifications from Cisco, Nutanix, VMware, and cloud providers pay enough to land on Skillsoft’s ranking of most lucrative tech skills.
New Lenovo servers, storage, edge products, and liquid cooling options are each part of an announcement deluge.
Fortinet fills out FortiAIOps portfolio which features WAN, wireless and LAN operations.
Scarcity of mundane hardware components have Cisco, Arista, Juniper, and others looking to redesigns, re-engineering, and alternate sources.
Some apps need CPU clock speed while others need multiple cores, so base your server purchases accordingly.
IoT deployments are on the rise, with most companies in the process of deploying the technology, according to an Omdia survey.
Consultancies bring experience that enterprises may not have to develop their AI strategy and products.
Schneider touts synergy, reference-agnostic data platforms, but insists that Aveva will continue to operate much as it has in the past.
The Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project is targeting the development of mainframe applications and skill sets, and now has its own Big Iron to work with.
Peter Kisang Kim admitted to stealing Broadcom data related to its Trident family of network switching and cloud networking chipsets, while working for a Chinese startup.
The H100 Tensor Core GPU is in full production, and the first servers based on Nvidia's new Hopper architecture are due next month.
Data center operators are working to increase IT infrastructure reliability, keep key talent from being poached, and stay ahead of environmental regulations, Uptime Institute reports.
The Kyndryl Bridge service brings the company's engineering expertise and vendor alliances to bear on integrating enterprise tools and platforms to provide better performance.
Seagate's Exos storage arrays can rebuild data from failed hard drives, leaving the rest of the drives in the array operational and reducing the frequency of swapping out bad drives.
Nvidia’s Grace processor will be one of the first chips to use Arm’s upcoming Neoverse V2 CPU cores.
Juniper Networks' Apstra software now supports ‘anything goes’ data-center reference designs
IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 server uses the System Z processor and boasts better performance vs. x86 and greater power efficiency.
Arista adds package of encryption options, 26 new router configuration options
The collaboration between IBM and Indian telecom Bharti Airtel will complement 5G, offer new opportunities to use edge compute, and support data sovereignty.
Cisco SD-WAN software adds encrypted site-to-cloud connectivity; expands its ability to support multi-region fabric deployment, and improves security.
The SEC alleged VMware manipulated order fulfillment to hide 'the company’s slowing performance' in 2019 and 2020.
Benchmarks aren't the same as real world use, but they can give a good idea of what’s to come, and Nvidia's Hopper GPU performance is impressive.
AWS Center for Quantum Networking and Harvard Quantum Initiative group have an ambitious three-year agenda to advance quantum technology and develop a quantum workforce.
Multivendor testing for Wi-Fi 7 reaches an important milestone.
Cisco says its service would proactively avoid network problems and improve application performance.
A lawsuit claiming license violations by Qualcomm and Nuvia could hobble production of processors based on Arm technology.
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.
