Network World reports on the most significant news for infrastructure and operations professionals.
Chips fed by photonics streams can be too fast for data processing. Scientists propose decelerating the microprocessors by converting incoming light into slower sound waves.
Google and Scale Computing have created a platform called Cloud Unity, which makes it easier to use Google Cloud Platform as your data center backup.
A new CompTIA study finds only 34% of businesses plan their IT infrastructure beyond one year.
Aurora will be the first U.S. system to top one exaflop in performance.
Canonical executive vice president Mike Bell talks about the open source software company's move to take its place in enterprise IoT
IBM, Dell EMC, HPE, and Supermicro are among system providers that will tap the Tesla V100, as software makers also voice support
Nvidia’s TensorRT 3 optimizes and compiles complex networks to get the best possible performance for AI inferencing.
The new version of Nextcloud includes end-to-end encryption and enterprise key management.
Survey: Most network architects, network managers, and network engineers will land six-figure salaries in the coming year
Survey finds companies are losing money due to a lack of specific cloud expertise.
The Japanese giant combines units to create a major international player in the Internet of Things market.
Sigfox shows a 20-cent IoT wireless tracker chip that could report when and approximately where a package is opened.
Microsoft Ignite is a coming out party for Azure Stack
The Publisher/Subscriber model could circumvent the long wait for ubiquitous IoT connectivity.
White box vendors are taking off like a shot in the data center, with ODM sales now accounting for the largest group of server sales, surpassing HPE.
With Intersight, Cisco facilitates cloud management on its UCS and HyperFlex HCI system, with potential use on its other networking products.
Arista Any Cloud brings consistency to the cloud network and reduces complexity, so network professionals can deploy networks in hybrid clouds like they do in data centers.
Power and simultaneous data could be sent along the same radio channels, scientists say, thanks to a recent breakthrough.
A new Synergy Research report shows spending on non-cloud data center hardware and software dropped 18% between Q2 2015 and Q2 2017, while cloud spending grew 35%.
Azure confidential computing aims to protect data when it is being used, encrypting data while it is being manipulated.
Chuck Robbins to become chairman and CEO of Cisco
Aruba 360 Security Fabric leverages Aruba’s networking and security products to provide network-wide security to an increasingly digital world.
Microsoft researchers built an autonomous sailplane to answer a scientific question that applies to building robust digital assistants, IoT devices and autonomous vehicles.
Iron Mountain’s hybrid cloud solution, Iron Cloud, serves both on-premises and cloud storage services.
As network complexity rises, network management gets harder. Automation, such as the Extreme – Avaya Networking solution, eliminates tasks and allows for more innovation.
New materials are needed for higher densities, and a Japanese firm thinks it has the solution: glass substrates.
VMware shops discuss the benefits of network automation for security and management, but also for supporting agile projects
New security layer, AppDefense, protects the core virtual machine.
Google is offering Dedicated Interconnect a new service for enterprises to build hybrid infrastructure by extending corporate networks into its cloud.
Google’s new cloud connectivity option, Interconnect Dedicated, lets customers connect their networks directly to its cloud.
Radiative sky cooling sends heat from buildings out into space to be chilled. Electricity use ultimately will be slashed compared to traditional air conditioning, scientists say.
Dell EMC and VMware announced two joint solutions, VxRail 4.5 and VxRack, enabling users to take advantage of HCI and quickly integrate it with existing VMware software.
Oracle cut 2,500 Solaris and Sparc engineers, marking the end of its Unix operating system and RISC processor.
IoT is coming to the vast majority of businesses within the next two years, but many aren’t ready to cope with the change
Venture-backed Cyphort’s technology will be integrated with Juniper’s Sky ATP
Network industry stalwarts and startups alike are jumping on the intent-based networking buzzword bandwagon.
University campuses are a popular proving ground for IoT deployments, ranging from campus lifestyle to classroom environments.
Concerns about the public cloud have IT shops looking to on-premises solutions and searching for server specialists. But they’re having trouble filling the spots.
VMware is rolling out services worldwide in the AWS cloud over the next 15 months, starting in the U.S.
Researchers have created a white worm from the Mirai source code to defend IoT devices that have weak security.
The cloud is having an impact on data center spending, according to a new Computer Economics survey. Bad news for HPE, Dell EMC and Lenovo.
Hackers can turn off safety features on IoT-powered connected cars, and there’s no practical way to stop them.
With Docker Enterprise Edition 17.06, containers can now run on IBM z Systems mainframes running Linux.
Google has developed an algorithm that speeds up TCP/IP, the internet’s primary data transmission protocol, by up to 14%
Cisco jumps into the hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) industry and creates some interesting competitive dynamics.
IT execs need to understand the benefits of this network technology in data centers and elsewhere.
Cisco’s ACI running in the public cloud will allow customers to more easily manage hybrid networks
With the purchase of high-performance computing developer Cycle Computing, Microsoft hopes customers move their HPC workloads to Azure.
In an effort to become 100% reliant on renewable fuels, Equinix is turning to natural gas-powered fuel cells from Bloom Energy to power 12 of its U.S. data centers.
