Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
5G-capable smartphones have surpassed 4G/LTE for the first time globally, according to a Counterpoint report, but experts say the impetus for faster 5G network deployment will come from elsewhere.
The cloud giant will build new data centre capacity and create 1,500 apprenticeship roles over the next two years in a renewed UK investment pledge.
A mix of factors influences how well your 5G phone can take advantage of 5G networks, with South Korea, Sweden, UAE, Norway, and Qatar topping the 5G performance rankings.
South Korea shows above-average 5G speeds while countries in Southeast Asia that adopted 5G later come close and fare better than countries with more access in some speed measures.
New Cisco and NetApp FlexPod XCS features better management and automation capabilities.
Pluribus can extend its switch fabric to Nvidia data processing units as a way to reduce the workload on CPUs across distributed infrastructure.
Juniper Networks is extending its Apstra software to edge data centers and branches offices to support intent-based networking and analytics in smaller environments.
Web Werks too is adding data centre capacity in Hyderabad, as India’s data centre usage grows.
The current news on 5G, broadband, and telecommunications services that IT relies on.
The Xscale SL2x and SL3x data centres in Seoul will support both hyperscale cloud providers and local enterprises.
Marvell announced a new Arm-based smartNIC, and Dell will be the first to use it.
Hiccups in the growth of industrial IoT endpoints and the lingering effects of the pandemic will undercut the rapid growth of private cellular deployments in the enterprise, according to an IDC analysis.
Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) will take advantage of the 6GHz spectrum recently allocated to unlicensed wireless technology.
The physical and network infrastructure of the Russian internet is more or less unchanged, but moves to heavily limit certain kinds of access may be afoot.
Beamforming uses the science of electromagnetic interference to make Wi-Fi and 5G connections more precise.
The latest Ethernet Alliance roadmap predicts higher speeds over longer distances for the protocol as driven by the needs of service providers, particularly their deployments of 5G.
As supply-chain woes make Wi-Fi 6E gear hard to find, enterprises are opting to delay upgrades until Wi-Fi 7 is available late next year.
Supply chain issues and talent retention remain top challenges for chip makers, according to KPMG.
New services from Verizon are specifically designed around supporting edge networks.
The internet in Ukraine has suffered outages, poor performance, and myriad malware yet, it's still working.
US intelligence agency lays out security steps IT admins should take to protect their infrastructure from threats.
Policies and technical limitations do not allow ICANN to perform actions requested by Ukraine, according to ICANN CEO Göran Marby.
PowerVault ME5 doubles the performance and capacity of Dell's ME4 storage platform and is optimized for SAN and DAS.
5G uptake proceeding faster than prior-generation mobile technology, the GSMA says, but most connections are for lower-band spectrum that does not support the most advanced capabilities.
With lead times as long as 400 days, enterprises need to start looking at alternative ways to get the network equipment they need.
A core internet routing protocol is at the center of a proposed FCC investigation amid potential threats to the internet at large from state actors like Russia.
Cisco offers subscription-based private 5G managed service that would feature its own products integrated through third parties and managed through a single portal.
The July auction will represent the sale of 200MHz of highly valuable midband 5G spectrum.
Microsoft is expanding its telecom offerings with a host of new services designed to address carrier infrastructure for edge computing and 5G, including private enterprise networks.
HPE Private 5G enables hybrid wireless networks that support both 5G and Wi-Fi to handle specific enterprise needs.
Cisco Talos security experts view ransomware, Log4j, zero days, and even malicious USBs as ongoing challenges.
Intel's CEO lays out two tracks for its Xeon chip development through 2024 with implications for servers, supercomputing, and AI.
The hunger for 5G wireless spectrum is prompting carriers to shut down their legacy 3G networks, which could hit enterprises that still rely on them.
Intel is setting up an internal group to develop a processor optimized for Bitcoin mining, but the group will also work on "other custom accelerated-supercomputing opportunities at the edge".
Cisco and competitors Juniper and Arista report they have been hit hard by the chip shortage plus supply-chain issues.
AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud dominate cloud services.
JPMorgan Chases's tech spending priorities for this year include investments in both data centers and cloud computing, digital consumer experience, and data analytics.
F5 Distributed Cloud Services provide a web-app firewall, bot mitigation, DDoS and API protection, and more.
Big Blue has rolled out two new services -- IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Stack 2022 and Wazi as-a-Service – that will let customers more easily develop and test mainframe applications as-a-service in a public cloud environment
Enterprise AI and machine-learning projects are contributing to a rise in spending on data center hardware, according to a report from Dell’Oro Group.
Gartner study finds application and infrastructure software, business process services and system infrastructure will increasingly shift to the cloud.
Cisco, Palo Alto, Apache execs look at Log4j vulnerability responses, and the likelihood of future issues.
Nvidia will still license Arm tech for chip design, and Arm will issue an IPO.
Chip giant goes from not invented here attitude to a more open mindset.
More than 20 vulnerabilities have been found affecting unified extensible firmware interfaces (UEFI) software, allowing attackers to bypass hardware security mechanisms.
FCC seeks billions more to reimburse carriers for removing and replacing 5G networking equipment made by banned Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE.
Cisco's latest SD-WAN software upgrade picks the best link between remote users and Microsoft SaaS applications and better supports voice and video networks.
Technologies that automate and streamline network tasks and infrastructure can lighten the workloads of IT pros, but they can also create new burdens.
Infinidium's enclosed, floor-to-ceiling chamber sucks in cool air that draws heat from servers, rises, and drives a turbine as it exits the building through a vent at the top.
The latest version of the Pluribus Linux-based network operating system, Netvisor One, expands traffic-flow telemetry and adds support for Dell’s 400GbE switch.
