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 ArticleLightmatter launches photonic chips to eliminate GPU idle time in AI data...
Lightmatter has announced new silicon photonics products that could dramatically speed up AI systems by solving a critical problem: the sluggish connections between AI chips in data centers. The...
View ArticleCisco takes inspiration from Iron Man for its AI-driven platform engineer
When it comes to developing highly intelligent AI agents, one might not think of combining open systems technology and the theoretical super-logic behind a movie character, but Cisco’s Outshift...
View ArticleTalent gap complicates cost-conscious cloud planning
Enterprises know everything is not moving to the cloud – that was the lesson of 2024, and it triggered some extreme reactions that fueled the cloud repatriation stories we all heard. The lesson for...
View ArticleDownload the Strategizing Data Analytics for AI Enterprise Spotlight
Download the April 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
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 ArticleRoundup: AMD closes ZT Systems deal, teams with Rapt for AI development,...
There’s been a fair amount of activity on the AMD front that was drowned out by the hoopla from the recent Nvidia GTC news barrage. With that as a backdrop, here’s a look at some recent AMD news: AMD...
View ArticleEuropean cloud group invests to create what it dubs “Trump-proof cloud services”
A major European cloud provider organization has committed additional funding to drive a push towards what it calls “sovereign, Trump-proof cloud services.” “Many cloud customers, including European...
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 ArticleLinux Foundation Networking shares new AI projects, milestone releases
The Linux Foundation’s networking division (LF Networking) is continuing to grow both its mandate and project roster in 2025. At the Open Networking & Edge Summit in London, which is co-located...
View ArticleSolarWinds launches incident response tool, boosts AI in observability platform
SolarWinds this week introduced a new incident response product and announced AI-based updates to its observability platform and service management product that are aimed at strengthening IT...
View ArticlePalo Alto VP Jordi Botifoll: ‘You can’t play with cybersecurity’
Palo Alto Networks was founded 20 years ago by Israeli network security expert Nir Zuk, the firm’s current CTO and one of the technological architects of Check Point – a company with which Palo Alto...
View ArticleNetBox Labs launches drift detection tool to tame configuration chaos
NetBox Labs this week made available a new product that will help network teams detect and remediate configuration drift across sophisticated network environments before costly service disruptions or...
View ArticleNvidia’s Blackwell raises the bar with new MLPerf Inference V5.0 results
Nvidia on Wednesday released a set of MLPerf Inference V5.0 benchmark results for its Blackwell GPU, the successor to Hopper, saying that its GB200 NVL72 system, a rack-scale offering designed for AI...
View ArticleSplunk launches inventory tool to simplify OpenTelemetry monitoring
Splunk this week announced a new Service Inventory product that uses OpenTelemetry to offer a comprehensive view into service instrumentation, which the observability company says will solve a...
View ArticleIBM Cloud speeds AI workloads with Intel Gaudi 3 accelerators
IBM Cloud is broadening its AI technology services with Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators now available to enterprise customers. With Gaudi 3 accelerators, customers can more cost-effectively test, deploy...
View ArticlePotential Nvidia chip shortage looms as Chinese customers rush to beat US...
The AI chip shortage could become even more dire as Chinese customers are purportedly looking to hoard Nvidia chips ahead of a proposed US sales ban. According to inside sources, Chinese companies...
View ArticleNew MLCommons benchmarks to test AI infrastructure performance
Industry consortium MLCommons has released new versions of its MLPerf Inference benchmarks, offering a closer look at how current-generation data center and edge hardware performs under increasingly...
View ArticleNetworking terms and definitions
To find a brief definition of the networking term you are looking for user your browser’s “Find” feature then follow links to a fuller explanation. AI networking AI networking refers to the...
View ArticleNew Relic simplifies Kubernetes performance monitoring
New Relic this week announced a new capability in its Intelligent Observability Platform that the company says will enable engineering teams to deploy an eBPF-powered agent to automatically discover...
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