Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
IBM's latest version of z/OS addresses easier provisioning and embraces Linux applications and utilities.
The Versal HBM series from Xilinx includes fast memory, secure connectivity and adaptable compute in a single platform.
HPE and Iceotope have an agreement for Isotope to sell HPE ProLiant servers in its liquid-cooled, ruggedized chassis.
Improvements in network-attached storage density and performance target unstructured data workloads. Here's how a NAS server works, how it is different from a SAN, and what IT buyers want in file-level storage.
IBM's Safeguarded Copy takes a snapshot of your systems and stores it where ransomware can't reach it.
In announcing the next version of Windows Server, Microsoft set the stage for TPM, so hardware makers know what’s coming.
Subdomain takeover is a 'DNS problem that can hurt the credibility of your organization, and too many enterprises let it continue.
Cisco bought Kenna Security to integrate its data-science-driven, security risk-management technology into Cisco's Secure X platform.
Everactive combines very low power requirements with electricity generated from ambient energy to make IoT sensors that need no batteries.
The June 2021 TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers has Fugaku ranked at number one, attaining the top slot for the third time and still three times faster than any other.
Big changes at Intel include two new business units and splitting of an existing one to focus on data center, networking, and software.
The APC Smart-UPS Ultra from Schneider Electric is designed to deliver greater power density and longer life.
HPE adds to its pay-per-use, consumption-based pricing lineup with the HPE GreenLake Lighthouse platform for rapidly delivering cloud services and Project Aurora for zero-trust architecture.
Intel describes its IPU as an evolution of the SmartNIC with intelligent processing.
Cisco extends Catalyst industrial networking gear with new routers to enable a united architecture across edge-computing sites, including branch offices, substations, remote operating locations and fleets.
NetApp announces its ONTAP operating system, FlexPod storage appliance and a hybrid cloud-storage arrangement with Equinix.
Sunlight claims its software streamlines virtual environments, cutting the need for server hardware by two thirds and promising similar power savings.
The new DNA Center software integrates a ThousandEyes agent to improve network-intelligence monitoring, double the number of clients the system supports, and strengthen security.
Legacy spinning media will live alongside SSDs with the new non-volatile memory express 2.0 protocol that addresses the needs of HDDs.
Cisco UCS X-Series servers have a new architecture that supports blade- and rack-server features to simplify data centers and come loaded with management software to unify hybrid cloud environments.
Supermicro is offering three types of liquid cooling: direct to chip (D2C) cooling, immersion cooling, and rear-door heat exchanger (RDHx) cooling.
Researchers say their Morpheus processor changes its underlying implementation hundreds of times per second, giving attackers a very small time window to create and execute exploits.
Attractive properties of antiferromagnetic memory would include greater density of transistors than silicon provides and immunity to magnets erasing data.
Oracle Cloud is offering VM instances, low-cost tools, and some free processing powered by Ampere Altra Arm processors.
The goal of CIS Controls V8 is to provide practical and specific actions that can spark creation of a better network security environment.
Juniper aims to improve its data-center story with streamlined configuration tools, real-time monitoring, and support for VMware NSX and the SONiC network operating system.
Aruba’s AP 635 will support the 6GHz spectrum that doubles the space previously designated for unlicensed wireless by the FCC.
The Arm server chip maker is lining up major cloud players for its processors.
The company specializes in inferencing with its analog, in-memory processor.
Palo Alto Networks has added products and features for enterprises looking to build a zero-trust security environment.
At RSA, Cisco announces new features for SecureX, Secure Endpoint, and Umbrella, plus integration between Cisco/Meraki Wi-Fi and Cisco SD-WAN
New financial-trading algorithms promise quantum-computer performance improvements over classical computers within 5-10 years rather than 10-20.
Tech executives and analysts say the current processor-chip shortage and disruption of supply chains thanks to COVID-19 could have a long-term impact on price and availability.
The company is offering its products and capabilities as services in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
A set of vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi’s basic design offers a long-standing and widespread threat vector, but the probability of compromise remains low.
AMD takes the high end of the CPU performance market while Intel gets the low-end.
Raghu Raghuram is considered an experienced technologist who helped shape VMware’s strategy and is expected to stick to it.
Other sectors of the economy are doing poorly but tech keeps hiring, according to analysis of government data.
IBMs newly announced 2nm chip won’t be available for four years, but it is still going to be significant.
Young storage companies are innovating products that range from storage arrays to mainframe storage management to cloud storage and more.
UK-based startup Graphcore believes its AI-focused processor can take on GPU Goliath Nvidia.
IBM now offers Tailored Fit Pricing options for hardware and software with an eye toward hybrid-cloud enterprises.
IBM has broadened the scope of security features in its Cloud Pak for Security bundle, and has partnered with Zscaler for SASE and other enterprise security efforts.
Juniper is rolling out Security Director Cloud to provide a central point of management for enterprise security management.
Dissatisfied with chips on the market, Google makes a video-transcoding chip to send better quality YouTube videos.
Dell Apex consumption-based storage, server, and hyperconverged services are designed to enable cloud-like pricing and deployment flexibility in on-premises environments.
HPE is rolling out Data Services Console, a cloud offering that utilizes HPE Aruba Edge Services Platform to support AI-based analytics, workflow automation, and security.
Cisco expands DNA Spaces location services to Catalyst 9000 switches as workplaces reopen post-COVID.
Extreme CEO Ed Meyercord says its tools that incorporate automation, AI, and ML can help IT catch more problems earlier and head them off before they hit the network.
