Network World

MAY 5, 2017

A few years ago, next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) came out of nowhere to become a network security staple. These devices combined traditional L3/L4 packet filtering with deep packet inspection, IPS, and other network security services along with knowledge about users and applications. Software is eating the world.

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Network World

MAY 18, 2022

The increased deployment of core business applications in the cloud and the shift to remote work brought on by the pandemic have obliterated any notion of the traditional “corporate moat” style of security. Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) has emerged as the preferred approach to address today’s security challenges.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Nvidia has announced a Zero Trust platform built around its BlueField data-processing units and Nvidia software. You cannot just rely on the firewall on the outside, you have to assume that any application or any user inside your data center is a bad actor,” said Manuvir Das, head of enterprise computing at Nvidia.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 3, 2024

CIOs and other executives identified familiar IT roles that will need to evolve to stay relevant, including traditional software development, network and database management, and application testing. Maintaining network devices like routers, switches, and firewalls by hand are examples.”

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Network World

JUNE 5, 2024

Hypershield support for AMD Pensando DPUs and Intel IPUs Cisco added support for AMD Pensando DPUs to its new AI-based HyperShield , a self-upgrading security fabric that’s designed to protect distributed applications, devices and data. In addition, a new version of firewall software, version 7.6

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Network World

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Wouldn’t it be great if there were a cloud-based service that combined networking and security so that users located anywhere could safely and efficiently access applications and data located anywhere? That’s the aim of SASE (rhymes with gassy). Gartner coined the term Secure Access Service Edge in a 2019 research report , and the name stuck.

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Network World

OCTOBER 3, 2024

AI networking AI networking refers to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to network management and optimization. Open RAN (O-RAN) O-RAN is a wireless-industry initiative for designing and building 5G radio access networks using software-defined technology and general-purpose, vendor-neutral hardware.

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Network World

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Palo Alto Networks has bolstered its cloud security software with features that help customers quickly spot suspicious behaviors and trace security issues to their source to better protect enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Hypershield uses AI to dynamically refine security policies based on application identity and behavior. While AI applications have brought the bandwidth and latency concerns back to the top of the networking requirements, additional capabilities are also top-of-mind. The research showed that 74.4%

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Network World

MARCH 13, 2025

VergeIO is looking to shake up the virtual infrastructure market with its approach to virtualization and software-defined networking. The software requires direct hardware access due to its low-level integration with physical resources. VergeIO is not a startup; the company was founded in 2010 and hasnt made huge waves in the market.

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Network World

JULY 8, 2024

First era of network security: The stateful firewall In the beginning, networking was created on the principle of trusting everyone and connecting everything as fast as possible. In the mid-1990s, the industry’s response was to create the stateful firewall, designed to control access to private networks.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a network architecture that combines software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN ) and security functionality into a unified cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployments, improved efficiency and security, and application-specific bandwidth policies. billion by 2025.

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Network World

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Secure AI-Native Edge uses Mist’s AI-based features and now offers the Security Assurance software subscription, which pulls together network information as well as security details from the company’s SRX firewalls. version of Juniper Apstra.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Firewalld is a commonly used Linux firewall service while notables provides filtering and classification of network packets. This transition brings improved application performance, faster code execution, and enhanced scaling capabilities while maintaining backward compatibility for existing applications.

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Network World

AUGUST 27, 2024

The generative AI tool is called Project Cypress, and it was announced last year as a tech preview, says Umesh Mahajan, vice president and general manager for application networking and security at Broadcom, which completed its acquisition of VMware last November.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 29, 2022

That’s because the adoption of advanced learning technologies, along with an increased reliance on cloud applications and services, have introduced new security threats that must be met head on. Unfortunately, relying on traditional tools such as anti-virus software and firewalls to.

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Network World

MARCH 17, 2025

Broadcoms decisions to replace perpetual VMware software licenses with subscriptions and to eliminate point products in favor of an expensive bundle of private cloud tools are driving longtime VMware customers to look for an exit strategy. For customers looking elsewhere, theres no shortage of alternatives.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The new update follows the companys last update from 2024, which introduced cloud access security broker (CASB) capabilities and the AI Perform feature for optimizing network performance for AI applications. That includes the ability to create firewall rules to block certain IPs or even entire domains.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

Gone are the days when simple firewalls and antivirus software could keep our digital assets safe. Perhaps one of the most anticipated applications of AI in cybersecurity is in the realm of behavioral analytics and predictive analysis. The cybersecurity world has changed dramatically.

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Network World

MAY 16, 2024

Bridge is one of Kyndryl’s major services offerings, which include consulting, hybrid cloud, security, and applications services. What makes it unique is how we’ve created, or how we stitched together, organizational information, systems, applications, and more. [It

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Network World

JUNE 5, 2024

The AI-Native Networking Platform works by gathering telemetry and user state data from Juniper’s routers, switches, access points, firewalls, and applications to offer actionable insights and automated workflows for proactive issue detection and resolution.

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CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment. Marty Meehan.

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Network World

AUGUST 14, 2024

Virtual router: Software applications that perform the same functions as a hardware router – this is typically used in software-defined networking (SDN) What are some other functions of routers? This reduces network congestion and ensures critical applications receive the necessary resources.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Cisco ties AppDynamics to Microsoft Azure for cloud application management Aug. 30, 2024 : Cisco is now offering its AppDynamics application management suite as part of Microsoft Azure cloud services.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 25, 2013

What Is Meant by a "Cloud-Ready" Application? unique network topology (including load balancing, firewalls, etc.). They dont interact with the applications unique. solution if you really understand the specific application. than one version of their software. offer tons of what they call end-to-end software.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This has meant updating cloud, networking, and security infrastructure to adapt to the new realities of hybrid work and a world where employees will need to connect to and access business applications from anywhere and from any device, in a secure manner.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2022

Digital transformation leverages software to re-invent the entire LBGUPS (Learn, Buy, Get, Use, Pay & Support) business value chain. This digital transformation requires businesses to bring together data, applications, and users in a secure way—across digital and hybrid environments that are distributed, complex, and expanding.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 6, 2023

But 86% of technology managers also said that it’s challenging to find skilled professionals in software and applications development, technology process automation, and cloud architecture and operations. This role requires the ability to build web and mobile applications with a focus on user experience, functionality, and usability.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2023

Companies should be able to run the software within their own firewalls, under their full set of security and privacy controls, and in compliance with country-specific data residency laws, without ever sending any data outside their networks. This does not mean that organizations must give up the advantages of cloud computing.

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Network World

MAY 16, 2024

The platform works by gathering telemetry and user state data from Juniper’s routers, switches, access points, firewalls, and applications to offer actionable insights and automated workflows for proactive issue detection and resolution, Juniper says. Network Management Software, Networking, Wi-Fi

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Network World

DECEMBER 23, 2024

million Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts CEO: Jim Ricotta What they do: Develop network software for distributed quantum computing Competitors include: Cisco, Qoro Quantum, Qunnect, Verizon Customers include: Air Force Research Laboratory Aliro Quantum provides software to simulate, pilot, deploy, and run entanglement-based quantum networks.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The technology that enables this service came from HPE’s 2023 acquisition of IT operations management vendor OpsRamp , which specializes in monitoring, automating and managing IT infrastructure, cloud resources, workloads and applications for hybrid and multicloud environments.

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Network World

JULY 22, 2016

Yes, some industries have different regulations, use cases or business processes that demand specific security controls, but overall every company needs things like firewalls, IDS/IPS, threat management gateways and antivirus software regardless. These drivers include: Increasing business focus on cybersecurity. CISO progression.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 7, 2024

But how will it change IT operations and what’s needed to support the next generation of AI and machine learning applications? When we use multiple network providers, sometimes the links [between providers] kind of flicker, and in financial applications, it becomes very hard to lose even a five-second blip.”

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Network World

JUNE 6, 2024

Gartner had put its finger on a new set of challenges that enterprise IT faced as employees shifted to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic and applications migrated to the cloud. The redesigned self-service Cato Management Application has functionalities for controlling the entire service through a single dashboard.

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Network World

AUGUST 12, 2024

Enabling our distributed global workforce with rapid yet secure access to business-critical applications would be key to that success. It was an obvious choice because Zscaler’s 150+ global data centers enable users to take the shortest path to the applications they need to do their jobs as well as their internet destinations.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 6, 2022

Security is now considered one of the great strengths of both cloud infrastructure and software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms. Platform, software and service providers pledge to maintain security at the physical infrastructure and network level, but none will shoulder the burden of protecting customer workloads and data.

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