Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Google says its new quantum computer takes less than three-and-a-half minutes to solve a problem that would take a supercomputer about 10,000 years.
Data centers are being bought and sold at an increasing rate, although since they are often private transactions, solid numbers can be hard to come by.
Gartner: Hyperautomation, AI-based security, distributed cloud computing and intelligent edge systems will be all the rage
This Cisco IOS XE REST API vulnerability could lead to attackers obtaining the token-id of an authenticated user.
HPE Aruba's AOS-CX 10.4 software and stackable CX 6300 and modular CX 6400 Series switches offer intelligence, automation across networks.
Gartner names the most important factors affecting infrastructure and operations
Blockchain and containerized microservices can benefit from the mainframe’s integrated security and massive parallelization capabilities.
Major changes to Cisco's certification program emphasize network programming, automation.
Amazon Relational Database Service on VMware automates database provisioning for customers running VMware vSphere 6.5 or later, and it supports Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
New company formed by the merger of AHEAD, Data Blue, and Sovereign Systems will focus on integrating on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
New VSP 5000 storage system is the fastest NVMe array on the market and covers everything from cloud integration to mainframes.
Cisco says it expects rapid future development of 5G mobile technology will be a boon for industrial IoT use cases
The serious number-crunching demands of AI, IoT and big data - and the heat they generate - may mean air cooling is on its way out.
Without properly configured remote-access VPNs, IPv6 traffic from remote devices can escape corporate security controls.
Exploiting a newly discovered sudo flaw in Linux can enable certain users with to run commands as root despite restrictions against it.
The energy industry has embraced IoT technology in its operations, from monitoring well production to predicting when its gear will need maintenance.
Deploying microsegmentation as part of a broad IoT security strategy can enable more granular control of network systems and better isolation if a security flaw is exploited.
HPE hardware plus Nutanix's Enterprise Cloud OS and its AHV hypervisor create a combination for on-premises deployment that's intended to compete with cloud services.
VMware has wrapped up its $2.1 billion buy of cloud-native endpoint security vendor Carbon Black to provide more comprehensive integrated security.
Human error is the chief cause of downtime, a new study finds. Imagine that.
A National Science Foundation-financed Internet replacement testbed project lays out its initial plans.
Like a flat-screen TV that's mounted to save floor space, the EcoStruxure Micro Data Center 6U can be hung from the wall in space-constrained data centers and edge computing environments.
New Vitis kit from FPGA vendor Xilinx will use familiar languages like C++ and Python for everything from IoT to video encoding.
Take our survey to share your insight on emerging networking technologies such as 5G, SD-WAN and edge computing.
As costs drop and use cases multiply, high performance computing is attracting new adopters of all types and sizes. Expanding options include supercomputer-based HPC systems, cluster-based HPC, and cloud HPC services.
The creator of the Internet now looks to speed it up by unclogging network bottlenecks.
Hybrid cloud training can help enterprise IT professionals who are trying to optimize private and public cloud resources.
The CPU maker is making a big push into memory, giving it competitive advantages over its rivals.
IBM adds Red Hat OpenShift support to its blockchain platform and is bringing a Kubernetes Operator for Apache CouchDB into its hybrid cloud service
Cloud and colocation sites will account for half of all data center equipment in just five years, according to 451 Research.
Cisco says vulnerabilities in IOS/IOS XE could cause DOS situation; warns on Traceroute setting
IoT deployments are fueling investments in edge computing infrastructure, including edge gateways and hyperconverged infrastructure.
Upcoming 5G millimeter wave frequencies are being bandied as a good, solid network for IoT. But some say they may be too elaborate. A stripped-down version of millimeter wave technology may be the solution.
As more data moves through the network, efforts to keep up are lagging due to leadership and technology issues.
New fail-in-place technology in Samsung's SSDs will allow the chips to gracefully recover from chip failure.
Decommissioning a data center is lot more complicated than shutting down servers and switches. Here’s what you should keep in mind.
OneWeb and SpaceX advance with their low-latency, satellite service offerings. Test results show promise, and service is expected by 2020.
Cisco’s ACI Anywhere gives customers the flexibility to run and control applications anywhere they want across private or public clouds
Oracle sticks with Intel in its big new database server and plans a massive data center expansion.
Apple and Cisco have been developing IT networking software since the companies partnered 2015 with an eye toward optimizing Cisco networks for iOS devices
Once again Microsoft shows it has shed its not-invented here attitude to support customers.
Dell EMC's new PowerMax enterprise storage systems add support for Intel Optane drives and NVMe over Fabric.
For 6G wireless to become a reality, it must overcome a few technical hurdles, such as connecting terahertz spectrum to hard, optical transmission lines. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology say they have solved the problem.
IBM has rolled out a new mainframe – the z15 – that bolsters the speed and power of the Big Iron and promises to integrate hybrid cloud, data privacy and security controls.
Cisco brings 64G, Ansible and analytics support to MDS SAN family
Tests show the AMD Epyc processors performed almost 25% better, and at one quarter the price
HPE plans to incorporate segmentation, artificial intelligence and automation into its wired and wireless gear in order to deal with the increased network challenges imposed by IoT and SD-WAN.
USB4 could be a unifying interface that eliminates bulky cables and oversized plugs and provides throughput that satisfies everyone laptop users to server administrators.
A polymer and aluminum film solar shelter that transmits heat into space without using electricity could drastically cut data center cooling costs.
The vulnerability impacts three generations of Supermicro motherboards. Fortunately, a fix is already available.
