Cisco has made nine acquisitions this year to reinforce everything from BGP support, security and application performance to AI development
Kyndryl and Microsoft want drive new generative AI applications and services for enterprise customers
Aruba Networks is touting forthcoming improvements to its security platform – including zero trust and sandboxing features
Fortinet adds network over/underlay monitoring services, 90G NGFW series
Cisco ThousandEyes gains Code BGP’s real-time detection of BGP hijacking, route leaks and other BGP performance and security issues.
Cisco XDR now includes support for Cohesity ransomware recovery technology.
Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet, Intel, AT&T and Verizon are among the founding members of the Network Resilience Coalition, which will encourage enterprises to patch systems, fix holes, and prepare defenses for routers and switches.
Backed by the Linux Foundation, the new Ultra Ethernet Consortium aims to increase the scale, stability, and reliability of Ethernet networks to satisfy AI’s high performance networking requirements.
Most enterprises will incorporate generative AI in a slow and controlled way, Gartner says.
New high-end 3200F and midrange 900G next generation firewalls from Fortinet use AI for speedier, more comprehensive network threat protection.
