2025 global network outage report and internet health check
The reliability of services delivered by ISPs, cloud providers and conferencing services is critical for enterprise organizations. ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how providers are handling...
View ArticleWho wins in networking in 2025 and beyond?
There’s always plenty written about which networking technologies will be hot as a new year kicks off. Rather than join this crowded space, I want to look at 2025 from another perspective: Instead of...
View ArticleQuantum networking advances on Earth and in space
Cisco’s Quantum Summit brought together quantum computing experts last week from around academia, government, and industry and highlighted the progress we’ve seen over the past few months....
View ArticleCisco: Latest news and insights
Cisco is the dominant vendor in enterprise networking, and under CEO Chuck Robbins, it continues to shake things up. Its most recent mega-acquisition is its $28 billion purchase of Splunk, a bold move...
View ArticleAI-Powered Policing: The Future of Traffic Safety in Kazakhstan
Traffic management is a growing challenge for cities worldwide, requiring a balance between enforcement, efficiency, and public trust. In Kazakhstan, the Qorgau system is redefining road safety...
View ArticleDownload the extended detection and response (XDR) buyer’s guide
From the editors of our sister publication CSO, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps IT security staff understand what XDR can do for their organizations and how to choose the right solution.
View ArticleKyndryl expands Palo Alto deal to offer managed SASE service
Kyndryl has expanded its alliance with Palo Alto Networks to add secure access service edge (SASE) services to its managed services offerings. In 2023, when Kyndryl first said it would integrate Palo...
View ArticleNvidia claims near 50% boost in AI storage speed
Nvidia is touting a near 50% improvement in storage read bandwidth thanks to intelligence in its Spectrum-X Ethernet networking equipment, according to the vendor’s technical blog post. Spectrum-X is...
View ArticleSpy vs spy: Security agencies help secure the network edge
The national intelligence services of five countries have offered enterprises advice on beating spies at their own game in a series of documents intended to help them protect network edge devices and...
View ArticleDigging into voice AI platform Deepgram
Deepgram is the leading voice AI platform used by over 200,000 developers to build speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and full speech-to-speech (which enables individuals with speech disabilities to be...
View ArticleFortinet targets branch offices with upgraded firewalls
Fortinet has refreshed its branch office firewalls, adding power and features to its next-generation FortiGate G-series devices. Three new boxes in the FortiGate G Series portfolio – the 70G, 50G, and...
View ArticleCisco’s ISE bugs could allow root-level command execution
Cisco is warning enterprise admins of two critical flaws within its identity and management (IAM) solution, Identity Services Engine (ISE), that could allow attackers to obtain unauthorized privileges...
View ArticleNetwork jobs watch: Hiring, skills and certification trends
Network and infrastructure roles continue to shift as enterprises adopt technologies such as AI-driven network operations, multicloud networking, zero trust network access (ZTNA), and SD-WAN. Here’s a...
View ArticleAWS plans to outspend Microsoft and Google on on AI infrastructure
Amazon Web Services (AWS) intends to invest $100 billion in ramping up infrastructure for AI cloud services this year, surpassing the spending plans of rivals Microsoft and Google. Amazon’s capital...
View ArticleNotre Dame scores big with Wi-Fi 6E stadium upgrade
When 80,000 fans fill the University of Notre Dame’s iconic football stadium on Saturday afternoons in the fall to cheer on the Fighting Irish, there’s no shortage of high-decibel screaming. And now,...
View ArticleNokia changes CEO; Intel data center chief takes over
Nokia has announced that CEO Pekka Lundmark will step down. He took up the position in 2020. He will be replaced by Justin Hotard, who is currently Intel’s Chief Data Center Officer and has previously...
View ArticleYour ‘new’ Seagate data center hard drive is likely a used one
A growing number of buyers have reported purchasing supposedly new Seagate data center-grade hard drives, only to discover that they had been previously used for thousands of hours. A recent...
View ArticleNetOps teams ready to dump incumbent monitoring tools
Replacing a network management tool is not a trivial exercise, especially in large and complex networks. It can take months to install and tune a tool so that it is delivering value. Despite this...
View ArticleInternet upgrade part of a move towards 400/800G connectivity
The industry transition to 400 Gigabit Ethernet networking took a big step forward this week when the world’s leading Internet exchange operator announced plans to upgrade its New York backbone to...
View ArticleFPGAs lose their luster in the GenAI era
Intel invested $16.7 billion when it bought FPGA maker Altera in 2016, while AMD spent upwards of $35 billion in 2020 to acquire Xilinx, and but the vendors have little if anything to show for it. For...
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