Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
As mortgage lender Fannie Mae adopts SD-WAN, it’s realizing dramatic improvements in latency and network performance.
Wireless network devices maintain a connection by handing off from one cell tower to another. The data created should be used to fight coronavirus, say researchers.
StorOne is combining its software-defined storage technology with Intel servers, Optane and QLC flash storage technologies.
IoT devices configured in a wireless mesh network can be quickly deployed to provide basic connections when natural disasters knock out traditional communications links.
Cisco adds Terminal Services Gateway for network management
COVID-19 is driving enterprises to evaluate technologies that can improve network availability and agility, such as SD-WAN, SASE, and network automation.
From remote data-center commissioning to strengthened e-commerce, some tech startups and their investors find opportunity in the COVID-19 global economic disruption.
An all-flash NVMeoF system from Western Digital is designed to replace SATA and SAS for high-performance applications in the enterprise.
Machine-learning formula will help different radio protocols, such as Wi-Fi and LTE, work together more efficiently in the same wireless spectrum.
New chip will be socket-compatible with the 80-core Ampere CPU now on the market.
VMware SD-WAN Zero Trust Service addresses the need to secure remote access for growing remote workforces.
A serious security flaw in a TCP/IP library used by thousands upon thousands of IoT devices remains difficult to address even though a fix exists.
The AWS Snow family of secure edge-computing and data-transfer devices gains its smallest member: the 4.5-pound Snowcone.
The TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers for June 2020 is led by an ARM-powered machine that performs 415.5PFLOP/sec and that can be tuned to handle AI apps at 1 exaFLOP/sec.
Aimed at HPC and AI, the chips come with new instructions and high-speed interconnects well beyond the previous generation.
Azure IoT users can look for additional security and monitoring capabilities as Microsoft announces plans to buy CyberX
FCC rules limit the restrictions cities can place on where 5G wireless base stations can be placed and what they look like.
HPE CEO Antonio Neri advances intelligent edge, AI/ML, and everything-as-a-service by 2022 as important subjects at the company's Discover event next week.
Terahertz radiation, some of it generated by Wi-Fi and converted to DC current could charge batteries for cellphones, IoT devices, medical implants, researchers say
CPU-level security capabilities in new Intel chips are designed to thwart in-memory attacks.
With machine learning added to Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS firewall operating system, the firewalls are better equipped to defend IoT devices and containers, whether on-prem or in the cloud.
Cisco DNA Center now supports end-point, group policy analytics
Chuck Robbins said at the company's virtual customer conference that 2020 has brought lot of pain, sadness and anger, and detailed some technology upgrades.
Q1 saw hyperscalers turning to colocation providers for extra capacity at the edge, while enterprises spent less on data-center hardware and software.
Designed with the GPU and virtualization in mind, new Dell servers are meant for quick deployment of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing systems.
Following several acquisitions, Rackspapce prepares for an IPO and to tackle lifecycle management.
Aruba's Edge Services Platform (ESP) can analyze telemetry data and automatically optimize connectivity, find network problems, and secure edge networking.
Easy scalability and pay-per-usage pricing are two of the draws of enterprise cloud storage. Potential drawbacks include management complexity and security concerns.
The possibilities of digital twinning are rapidly expanding, but the networking and interconnection technology behind it need to keep pace.
Given the realities of COVID-19, WLAN engineers are finding ways to extend enterprise security and Wi-Fi management capabilities to employees' home networks. They've also got a new role to play as enablers of future, contactless business operations.
Cisco issued 23 Security Advisories that describe 25 exposures in its IOS and IOS XE systems
Nautilus Data Technologies brings the experience of cooling nuclear power plants to cooling data center floating on barges in bodies of water.
Companies that specialized in corporate consulting services are being hit as clients move from on-prem to the cloud.
Aerospace multinational Airbus says it is 'quantum-ready' and helping to shape the future capabilities of quantum computing.
Cisco Nexus NX-OS software could be exploited to create a DOS attack.
Researchers have created a device that can greatly expand the raw data rate of existing optical networks while reducing the amount of hardware necessary.
Network pros can be learning new technologies - 5G, edge networking, security, automated management - during the pandemic to support shifting IT priorities.
Contact tracing, temperature checking and overcrowding will be monitorable with new and enhanced features of wireless networks.
Cisco will upgrade and integrate access-control, networking and security products to address the goals of secure access service edge
Cisco says it will embed ThousandEyes technology in a variety of its products including its AppDynamics application performance, SD-WAN, WebEx and Meraki families.
TrialCard rolls out secure access service edge (SASE), which combines SD-WAN capabilities with network security services.
Deployment will run through next year but Fugaku is already being put to work. Against Covid-19, naturally.
Dell EMC's Cloud OneFS for Google Cloud promise to move 50 petabytes between corporate data centers and Google Cloud at very high speed for computational jobs.
Surge in telework drives interest in secure access service edge (SASE), which combines SD-WAN capabilities with network security services.
IoT blockchain and cryptographic specialist WISeKey says it's making progress on a system that could detect new virus spread and automatically advise regional lockdowns.
Two announcements from Lenovo reflect a push into the lucrative high-performance computing market.
Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure 5.0 software targets large scale data center cloud networks
The coronavirus isn’t just a threat to the health of human beings as cyberattacks against healthcare providers ramp up, experts say.
By melding their products together, Schneider Electric and Aveva offer multi-site data-center operations management.
