Surge in threat actors scanning Juniper, Cisco, and Palo Alto Networks devices
A surge in internet probes targeting devices from Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, and Palo Alto Networks should put their admins on alert, say security experts. A threat actor is probing the internet...
View Article9 steps to take to prepare for a quantum future
Over the past year, vendor after vendor has reached the critical quantum-computing milestone where adding more qubits no longer adds a disproportionately higher amount of errors. “For the first time,...
View ArticleNetBox Labs embraces intersection of network management and AI
Over the last several years, NetBox has established itself as a widely used open-source tool for understanding and modeling networks. NetBox Labs, the lead commercial sponsor behind the open-source...
View ArticleDARPA backs multiple quantum paths in benchmarking initiative
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected 15 quantum computing companies for its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, to see if utility-scale quantum computers can be built by 2033....
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AI commentary goes into full swing at Players Championship
As a golf fan, one of the events I look forward to is the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass at the home of the PGA Tour in Ponte Vedra, Florida. The event has seen many magical moments such as Fred...
View ArticleChina’s rare earth export controls threaten enterprise IT hardware supply chains
China has announced immediate export controls on seven more rare earth elements critical to enterprise IT hardware manufacturing, firing a fresh salvo in the ongoing tech trade war. This move could...
View ArticleRiverbed bolsters AIOps platform with predictive and agentic AI
Riverbed this week unveiled updates to its AIOps and observability platform that the company says will transform how IT organizations manage complex distributed infrastructure and data more...
View Article2025 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 ArticleIBM z17 mainframe gains AI accelerator, massive workload support
The Big Iron evolution continues. IBM has rolled out the latest iteration of its mainframe, replete with AI technology designed to take data-intensive application support well into the future. At the...
View ArticleHPE Aruba grows network mgmt. deployment options
HPE Aruba this week made its cloud-based network management and orchestration platform available via new deployment options, offering customers virtual private cloud (VPC) and on-premises...
View ArticleBroadcom favors stock buyback over investing in innovation
Broadcom plans to spend its cash pile on buying back as much as $10 billion worth of its common stock, dampening IT department hopes that it might invest in innovation or make its products more...
View ArticleGoogle targets AI inferencing opportunity with Ironwood chip
Google has unveiled a new chip — Ironwood — that could help enterprises accelerate generative AI workloads, especially inferencing — the process used by a large language model (LLM) to generate...
View ArticleUALink releases inaugural GPU interconnect specification
The multivendor Ultra Accelerator Link (UALink) consortium has published its first specification aimed at delivering an open standard interconnect for AI clusters – and providing an alternative to...
View ArticleTop network and data center events 2025
Ready to travel to gain hands-on experience with new networking and infrastructure tools? Tech conferences – in person and virtual – give attendees a chance to access product demos, network with...
View ArticleTailscale secures $160 million for its WireGuard-based VPN development
Virtual private network (VPN) technology has been a cornerstone of the networking landscape for decades, beginning first with the IPsec protocol then getting a bit easier with SSL-VPN technology. But...
View ArticleFortinet embeds AI capabilities across Security Fabric platform
Fortinet has expanded support for AI across its core cybersecurity platform to protect enterprise customers from evolving threats and simplify network and security operations. Specifically, Fortinet...
View ArticleCisco, Google Cloud offer enterprises new way to connect SD-WANs
Cisco and Google Cloud have expanded their partnership to integrate Cisco’s SD-WAN with the cloud provider’s fully managed Cloud WAN service. For Cisco SD-WAN customers, the integration provides a...
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 ArticleGoogle reaffirms $75B AI infra investment as cloud providers pursue divergent...
In a move closely watched by enterprise technology leaders, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has reaffirmed Google’s commitment to spending $75 billion this year on AI infrastructure and data centers —...
View ArticleNetBrain boosts AI smarts to automatically diagnose, remediate network problems
NetBrain this week is launching version 12.1 of its eponymous network automation platform. This latest release represents a significant evolution in the company’s approach to network management, with...
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