Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Palo Alto rolls out new Prisma Cloud security package with reinforced CASB
Intel Connectivity Analytics provides data about networked PCs, laptops, tablets on Cisco Wi-Fi networks so IT pros can better monitor and evaluate end-user experience.
The new Nvidia Bluefield-3 DPU will be used to provision next-gen firewall services from major providers.
Forrester Research says IT pros now think of IoT and edge as inextricably connected and that the two will be used to help enterprises comply with US government regulations.
Nvidia is blending its BlueField data-processing units with its Morpheus AI security framework to contribute to a Zero Trust architecture.
Kyndryl's partnership with Microsoft is the first of what will likely be many cloud deals for the IBM managed-services spinoff.
ThousandEyes' Application Outages app promises real-time and historic views of software-as-a-service availability.
Powerful new server CPU and a GPU it says tops Nvidia’s best are part of the parade.
Using software developed by the Open Networking Foundation, Stanford researchers thwart wireless attacks in less than a second.
The FCC is distributing money to help mostly rural wireless providers replace 5G network equipment they bought from Huawei and ZTE, whose products are banned in the US over security concerns.
Pluribus software on ITRenew hardware means an open architecture for compute and storage infrastructure.
Cisco Integrated Domain support in its latest release of Cisco DNA Center and SD-WAN vManage boost SD-WAN security.
Billed as a drop-in replacement for Ethernet and InfiniBand cabling and switches, Rockport's switchless network relies on endpoint network cards.
Like it or not, as workers come to expect metaverse communications, enterprises networks will have to support it, so IT pros need to start planning now to fight its biggest enemy: latency.
Kyndryl starts off big but faces challenges in a fragmented, competitive services market.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 9 is edge-friendly and has plenty of new features, but a surprisingly forgiving learning curve.
Cisco’s latest 2022 Global Networking report about network-as-a-service finds concerns about disruption and loss of control, but interest in quicker access to new technologies and less time spent on netops chores.
Juniper's Support Insights is a cloud-based service that analyzes device data to ID trouble spots, inventory networks, and more.
VMware and Dell have untied the knot that has held them together since 2016, giving VMware new flexibility for partnerships and investment.
NetApp continues to evolve its cloud strategy while maintaining on-premises support.
Run.AI is launching software that orchestrates shared use of organizations' GPU resources rather than dedicating entire processors to specific AI workloads.
New AI servers can boost performance into supercomputing territory with a smaller footprint.
Cisco is integrating its ThousandEyes agents to the Webex collaboration platform to give greater visibility into conferencing connections.
Standards for cellular radio-access networks known as Open RAN could make deployment of 5G and other cellular networks less expensive and result in faster innovation of features and services.
Do we need bosses anymore? Is tricky behavior a key enterprise metric? Will synthetic data rule?
Gartner says IT budgets are growing at the fastest clip in 10 years, fueled by purchases of infrastructure software and devices.
Virtual instances of new Arm chip designs will let developers create apps before the silicon arrives.
The Aruba CX 10000 switch integrates a DPU from Pensando that helps support firewall, DDoS, encryption, network-address translation, load balancing, network telemetry, and automation.
Identity management, hybrid work, and product consolidation are among top security issues facing enterprises, Gartner says.
Gartner’s annual look at IT hotness finds use of AI, distributed enterprise, data fabrics and security growing
PowerLight Technologies has teamed up with Ericsson to power up a 5G base station using a laser system rather than a wired electrical connection, which could lead to faster 5G deployments.
With the Loihi 2 neuromorphic chip, machines can perform application processing, problem-solving, adaptation,and learning much faster than before.
The FCC is auctioning off more bandwidth for carriers to deliver the best of 5G, perhaps not at the rate service providers and their corporate customers want.
Windows users can now more easily explore Linux on their Windows 11 desktops.
The managed-infrastructure-services unit of IBM's Global Technology Services faces stiff competition when it goes solo as Kyndryl later this year.
Marvell's Octeon 10 DPU packs the processing power of a server CPU but it’s for network management.
If ever you needed a sign Dell and VMware are parting on good terms, they just gave it.
The company boasts of massive performance gains, but is anyone buying?
Cisco’s new quarterly Hybrid Work Index tracks workforce challenges by analyzing data culled from users of its Meraki networking, ThousandEyes internet visibility, Webex collaboration, and security platforms.
Ananki hopes to attract enterprises with 5G as a service that it says is as simple as Wi-Fi to set up and that incorporates open-source platforms from The Open Networking Foundation.
NAND flash maker's Software-Enabled Flash technology is designed to add customization to SSDs.
An upcoming release of VMware's core NSX networking software will add anomaly detection, analytics, and data-gathering software sensors.
A badly written command, a buggy audit tool, a DNS system that hobbled efforts to restore the network, and tight data-center security all contributed to Facebook’s seven-hour Dumpster fire.
New cross-cloud services, cloud management tools and bolstered security offerings from VMware are designed to help enterprises manage and secure the multicloud world.
At VMworld, VMware rolls out an edge platform to run, manage, and secure “edge-native” apps across multiple clouds.
Cisco's portfolio of data-center networking gear is at the core of Kaleida Health’s modernization efforts.
Power failures remain the leading cause of major data-center outages, according to Uptime Institute’s annual survey.
Fedora has been recognized as a "digital public good" by an international organization focused on promoting a more equitable world.
Juniper has announced QFX5700, a flexible switch that can be upgraded to support 400GbE networks and includes tight integration with the company’s Apstra intent-based networking (IBN) software.
