AI investments face integration, compliance, and skills challenges: survey
Network engineers report that they see the current and future value in using artificial intelligence for network management and cybersecurity purposes, according to new survey results, but they also...
View ArticleUS Justice Department sues to block HPE’s $14 billion Juniper buy
*Article has been updated to include a joint response from HPE and Juniper to the U.S. DOJ complaint* After months of speculation, the U.S. Justice Department today sued to block the $14 billion sale...
View ArticleTimeline of HPE’s $14 billion bid for Juniper
AI is a key factor in one of the tech industry’s most significant M&A developments: HPE’s proposed acquisition of Juniper Networks. The $14 billion deal would shake up the industry, and regulatory...
View ArticleMicrosoft AI investments cause cloud operating income growth to plunge
Microsoft on Wednesday reported strong earnings, but the percentage increase in its intelligent cloud operating income has dropped off sharply. It reported that, for Q2 of its 2025 fiscal year, the...
View ArticleVMware offers fixes to severe vulnerabilities in VMware Aria
VMware has fixed multiple high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its cloud management platform (CMP), VMware Aria, which could allow attackers to steal sensitive credentials from the virtualization...
View ArticleWhat is NaaS? Providers, delivery models, and benefits explained
Network as a service (NaaS) is a cloud service model that’s designed to let enterprise IT professionals order network infrastructure components from a menu of options, have them configured to fit...
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View ArticleThinking of moving off VMware? Gartner tallies cost of large-scale VMware...
Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware caused quite a stir in the technology industry and continues to prompt VMware customers to consider alternatives. New data from research firm Gartner might...
View ArticleVMware by Broadcom: Product, service and support news
News of Broadcom’s plans to acquire VMware triggered concerns among customers, partners, and industry watchers, many of whom recalled Broadcom’s track record with prior high-profile acquisitions,...
View ArticleLinux Foundation’s L3AF brings zero-downtime updates to eBPF network management
A challenge for enterprises that operate large-scale network infrastructure has long been how to maintain performance while updating critical systems. The Linux Foundation’s networking division (LF...
View ArticleTaiwan chip tariff would raise industry costs, analysts say
President Donald Trump continues to use tariffs like a club to get his way, and is threatening to place tariffs on computer chips made in Taiwan, warning the additional charges could reach as high...
View ArticleAMD patches microcode security holes after accidental early disclosure
AMD on Monday issued two patches for severe microcode security flaws, defects that AMD said “could lead to the loss of Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) protection.” The bugs were inadvertently...
View ArticleWhat is Transport Layer Security? How TLS1.3 protects your data
Transport Layer Security 1.3 was officially finalized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) back in March 2018. By late in the year, major browsers like Chrome and Firefox begin to include...
View ArticleDownload the Agentic AI Enterprise Spotlight
Download the February 2025 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
View ArticleCisco researchers highlight emerging threats to AI models
Cisco security researchers this week detailed a number of threats they are seeing from bad actors trying to infect or attack AI’s most common component – the large language model. Some techniques used...
View ArticleLinux containers in 2025 and beyond
The use of Linux containers has shown no sign of slowing down since their emergence in the early 1980s. One exciting thing to look forward to in 2025 and beyond is the integration of AI (artificial...
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 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...
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