Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Upgrades to VMware security software rely on technology it bought with the purchase of Carbon Black, Avi Networks, Cloud Coreo and CloudHealth.
Citizens Broadband Radio Service could be a boon for enterprise mobile edge computing and help supplement wireless coverage where Wi-Fi falls short.
IT pros considering Cisco professional certifications to improve their CVs face new requirements that address hot areas such as IoT and SD-WAN and new choices that include programming certifications.
Juniper further integrates Mist wireless; adds support for encrypted traffic analysis
Cisco rolls out SecureX SAAS offering for controlling complex security environments
Federated Wireless is using one of the hottest newly opened bands of RF spectrum – Citizens Broadband Radio Service – to support a plug-and-play service in partnership with AWS and Azure.
Cisco's CCNA, CCNP, and CCIE certifications have changed as of Feb. 24 to emphasize areas such as network programmability, multi-cloud, Internet of Things, SD-WAN, and other software-focused initiatives.
Major server vendors aren't talking, but IDC says that short-term, supplies of a variety of IT devices will be short due to the coronavirus.
Google bought Cornerstone Technology, whose technology facilitates moving mainframe applications to the cloud.
Using some very fancy physics for stacking electrons, Showa Denko K.K. plans to quadruple the top end of proposed capacity.
Cisco Internet Report prognosticates M2M, 5G, WiFi, broadband impact by 2023
Startup NextMind is readying a $399 development kit for its brain-computer interface technology that enables users to interact, hands-free, with computers and VR/AR headsets.
40% year-over year SD-WAN growth through 2022 is being fueled by relationships built between vendors including Cisco, VMware, Juniper, and Arista and service providers AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Anthos, and IBM RedHat.
Big Blue is the latest to pare down multiple storage products under one umbrella, after HPE did it last summer.
Arista acquires Big Switch software to grow multicloud networking software war chest
Demand isn’t tapering off, but China is grinding to a halt under the strain of the pandemic.
MIT researchers are developing a wallpaper-like material that’s made up of simple RF switch elements and can be applied to building surfaces. Using beamforming, the antenna array could potentially improve wireless signal strength nearly tenfold.
Industry groups and governmental agencies have been taking a stab at rules to improve the security of the internet of things, but so far there’s nothing comprehensive.
Under the new VMware licensing pricing model, one CPU license will cover up to 32 cores in a single CPU. If a CPU has more than 32 cores, additional CPU licenses will be required.
While the flagship application of enterprise internet of things is undeniably valuable, effective predictive maintenance still takes hard work.
As a foundational network defense, firewalls continue to be enhanced with new features, so many that some important ones get overlooked.
Enterprise server sales aren't typically strong in Q4, but Intel and AMD benefited from high demand for server, desktop and notebook processors as 2019 came to a close.
Intel is focusing its efforts around the newly acquired Habana product line and moving to a single hardware architecture and software stack for data-center AI acceleration, winding down work on its Nervana AI chip.
The growing use of cloud services is changing the pattern and the volume of branch-office data across the WAN, but wireless cellular services along with the intelligence of software-defined WAN can help keep traffic and costs in line.
Troubleshooting issues in a sea of virtual hosts can be a challenge. One enterprise with a 99% virtual environment has found a tool that monitors the VMs and helps reduce troubleshooting time.
As businesses look to the near future when 5G services will be widely available, they need to know about what it can do, how and what’s needed to get ready for it.
Cisco fixes vulnerabilities in its Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) that could let remote attackers take over products without any user interaction
Multiple senior-level departures are often a cause for alarm but in this case, we don’t know why they left.
SD-WAN is more than an alternative to MPLS. Zero-touch provisioning, application-aware routing and microsegmentation are just a few of the features that SD-WAN products and services can deliver.
Private equity firms accounted for 80% of all data-center acquisitions in 2019. Is that a good thing?
IBM cloud leader Arvind Krishna and Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst, to take reins from long-time CEO
The Internet of Bio-Nano Things (IoBNT) would use certain kinds of bacteria, which scientists think has the attributes needed to make effective sensor networks.
Cisco HyperFlex Application Platform lets HyperFlex customers build their own cloud-native application-development environment
The PC side of Intel's Xeon processor supply remains constrained, but server customers should get their orders this year.
Cisco security architecture learns customer IIoT environment, keeps watch for anomalies
The company that once eschewed the enterprise now has a server version of the Mac Pro. Apple's rack-mountable Mac Pro starts at $6,499.
The secure-access service edge (SASE) model developed by Gartner ties into SD-WAN, edge computing and SD-Branch, so it warrants attention from networking teams.
Cisco software promises better end-to-end visibility of the IT infrastructure, including cloud, device, security, network, compute and applications.
Organizations are turning to hybrid cloud technology for greater agility, security, compliance and other benefits. Now they face the challenge of making everything work together seamlessly.
IBM’s high-performance RISC processors are now available to Google Cloud Platform users as a service.
Wi-Fi could benefit from additional wireless spectrum currently set aside for connected cars, but the FCC initiative to grab it faces hurdles from a Congressional committee and the Department of Transportation.
Cisco and IBM have partnered to offer Managed Private Cloud-as-a-service for VMware and IBM/RedHat OpenShift environments.
After a down year in 2019, IT spending will pick up this year, led by enterprise software and the cloud, according to IT research firm Gartner, including an uptick for data center spending that had taken a dip.
Open-hardware, software-defined mobile radio infrastructure could kick-start private LTE and 5G and perhaps eventually lead to their supremacy over Wi-Fi for enterprises.
The warning about Cisco Firepower management software is rated critical among 26 other less urgent security advisories it issued.
VMware will integrate Nyansa AI network management technology within its SD-WAN package
When enterprises embraced digital transformation, some found their existing networks had a limited ability to address cloud connectivity or access for mobile users.
Additions to Cisco's Data Center Network Assurance and Insights suite of software can detect problems in network switch fabric before they affect network services.
Some researchers think brain-copying architectures should replace traditional computing. One group explains how that might work.
‘No impediment’ to marketing 5G as an NBN substitute, ACCC says
