Network World

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The various agencies have each approached the challenge of securing the network edge from a different angle, releasing their reports on Tuesday. Foreign adversaries routinely exploit software vulnerabilities in network edge devices to infiltrate critical infrastructure networks and systems.

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Network World

APRIL 14, 2025

Jokel talked with Network World about three key technological trends Ciscos is actively pursuing: the rise of agentic AI, preparing for the quantum era in networking and security, and addressing the growing demand for sustainable and efficient infrastructure. AGNTCY is also the underpinning of Ciscos Internet of Agents vision.

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Network World

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Alkira is expanding its namesake network-as-a-service ( NaaS ) platform with new zero trust network access ( ZTNA ) capabilities. Alkira provides a SaaS service for on-demand network infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 by former Cisco employees who had previously founded SD-WAN vendor Viptella.

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Network World

JANUARY 23, 2025

Reliable Internet connectivity is crucial for businesses to function efficiently and remain competitive in todays digital world. Activities like video conferencing, using cloud applications, or transferring large amounts of data require more robust solutions. What is Dedicated Internet Access (DIA)?

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Network World

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

a significant update to the open-source distributed cloud platform designed for IoT, 5G, O-RAN and edge computing applications. This latest version introduces substantial improvements to networking capabilities, security features and management tools. The Open Infrastructure Foundation is out with the release of StarlingX 10.0,

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Network World

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The latest version of the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform introduces more than 70 enhancements, ranging from advanced networking capabilities to improved container management tools. introduces significant networking improvements designed to enhance connectivity and security across hybrid environments. release notes state.

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Network World

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It’s the opposite of a firewall and VPN architecture, where once on the corporate network everyone and everything is trusted. A Zero Trust platform ensures applications and data are not visible to the public internet and users are only provided least privilege access, preventing lateral movement and protecting against ransomware attacks.

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Network World

MARCH 13, 2025

Welcome to the Internet of Everything. The concept of an Internet of things came along officially in an MIT statement by Kevin Ashton: people have limited time, attention, and accuracy. Its surely possible to have an application know what we want to buy, and where we are at the moment. Interested? Impossible?

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Network World

APRIL 9, 2025

Google Cloud describes Cloud WAN as a new fully managed, reliable, and secure enterprise backbone to transform enterprise WAN architectures, according to a blog by Muninder Singh Sambi, vice president and general manager of networking for Google Cloud. The Cloud WAN service is designed to simplify those challenges.

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Network World

APRIL 15, 2025

Enterprise network infrastructures have evolved significantly alongside the rise of cloud computing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and AI. As businesses transform and become more sophisticated, organizations today should expect no less than an always-on, high-performance network connectivity thats reliable across the globe.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Cisco executives were upbeat about the growth in AI orders $700 million so far this year, on way to surpass $1 billion in 2025 as the networking giant detailed a successful 2Q earnings period this week to Wall Street. Its clear that a genetic AI work streams are going to put more capacity onto the network.

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Network World

DECEMBER 26, 2022

What’s the single most important thing that enterprises should know about networking in 2023? The answer is that networking is now, and forever, linked to business applications, and those applications are linked now to the way that we use the Internet and the cloud. Growth in Internet dependence.

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Network World

OCTOBER 3, 2024

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 application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to network management and optimization.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 21, 2025

For decades, businesses have relied on MPLS and SD-WAN to connect branch offices and remote workers to critical applications. The problem with networking like its 1999 Lets face it: MPLS had its moment. Paying a premium to backhaul traffic to a central data center made sense when that was where all applications lived.

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Network World

JANUARY 14, 2025

2024 was a banner year for Ethernet , which has been a foundational element of networking for more than 50 years and is poised for more advancements as 2025 kicks off. Rodgers, Ethernet Alliance events & conference chair, told Network World. That is a standard based on the IEEE 802.3cg specification that was finalized in 2019.

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Network World

MARCH 12, 2025

Cato Networks this week introduced its next-generation firewall as part of its secure access service edge (SASE) platform, saying the NGFW would mitigate security vulnerabilities left unpatched by manual efforts. Operating at Layer 7, it allows for detailed control over LAN applications such as RDP and SSH, among others.

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Network World

DECEMBER 20, 2024

By blending in with legitimate cloud services traffic, APT groups can take advantage of the default use of TLS/SSL encryption enabled to help them evade network security controls. Zscaler eliminates this risk and the attack surface by keeping applications and services invisible to the internet. Read their story here.

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Network World

APRIL 15, 2025

Almost every enterprise integrates some form of AI/ML capabilities within their operations or tapping into the Internet of Things (IoT) to keep operations at the edge. The reality is that enterprises not only need to keep pace with new requirements in network and security but also support their modern workloads.

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Network World

MAY 16, 2024

ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how providers are handling any performance challenges and provides Network World with a weekly roundup of events that impact service delivery. Public cloud network outages: Globally, cloud provider network outages increased from 15 to 18 outages. In the U.S., In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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Network World

MARCH 3, 2025

Palo Alto Networks is looking to expand the role SASE plays in securing private 5G networks by collaborating with additional partners to offer end-to-end communications protection. 5G speeds can match what is typically available from traditional links but without the need to wait for weeks while the ISP deploys the circuit.

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Network World

MAY 26, 2021

The Center for Internet Security has updated its set of safeguards for warding off the five most common types of attacks facing enterprise networks—web-application hacking, insider and privilege misuse, malware, ransomware, and targeted intrusions.

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Network World

MAY 19, 2021

Palo Alto Networks bolstered its security portfolio with products that target enterprise network users looking to make the move to a zero-trust environment. DNS over HTTPS seeks to make internet use more private. More about DNS: DNS in the cloud: Why and why not. How to protect your infrastructure from DNS cache poisoning.

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Network World

AUGUST 14, 2024

At its most basic level, the definition of a router is a device that connects networks to each other, forwarding data packets from one location to another until they reach their destination. Digital content is delivered across the enterprise network and the global internet in the form of packets. What is a network router?

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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. What is SASE?

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Network World

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Theres always plenty written about which networking technologies will be hot as a new year kicks off. Its pretty obvious that networking is going to change, but the vendors are as big a force as the technologies, maybe even bigger. To look beyond network technology for change, theyd have to admit networks cant change themselves.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

Adversaries are pre-positioning themselves within critical networks, supported by a broader ecosystem that includes shared tooling, training pipelines, and sophisticated malware development. The group regularly exploits vulnerabilities in public-facing web applications to gain initial access.

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Network World

JULY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services has been seriously bolstering its network to handle the increased demands associated with its AI-based applications and services. Instead of preserving packets order, SRD sends the packets over as many network paths as possible, while avoiding overloaded paths. The new network, UltraCluster 2.0,

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Network World

JANUARY 29, 2025

Automation technology has long been a part of ITs arsenal, as enterprises work to simplify increasingly complex networking and operational environments. EMA research finds that hybrid clouds are particularly problematic for network operations teams today. Automating these tasks will be critical for competitive advantage, Lobig said.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Boeing is “taking on the challenge of entanglement swapping in space,” says Jay Lowell, chief engineer of disruptive computing, networks and sensors at Boeing. We are leading the way to operationalize and scale quantum technologies for global applications.” Boeing is doing much more than participating in quantum research.

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Network World

AUGUST 1, 2023

Aiming to bolster its assessment of Internet traffic health Cisco said it would buy startup Border Gateway Protocol monitoring firm Code BGP for an undisclosed amount. BGP tells Internet traffic what route to take, and the BGP best-path selection algorithm determines the optimal routes to use for traffic forwarding.

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Network World

APRIL 1, 2025

The first step in addressing that challenge, according to enterprises, is addressing why cloud application planning is a challenge in the first place. Whatever is between the two means a redo of applications, perhaps a major redesign. Whatever is between the two means a redo of applications, perhaps a major redesign.

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Network World

AUGUST 1, 2023

Aiming to bolster its assessment of Internet traffic health, Cisco has acquired Code BGP, a privately held BGP monitoring startup, for an undisclosed amount. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) tells Internet traffic what route to take, and the BGP best-path selection algorithm determines the optimal routes to use for traffic forwarding.

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Network World

JULY 22, 2024

Network observability tools provide information on the health and behavior of applications, offer insights into end-user experience, and detect anomalies that are indicative of security incidents.

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Network World

APRIL 7, 2025

The application was first shown in beta at the 2024 Tour Championship and has seen several updates on its way to being rolled out for all to use. There have been many comparisons between AI and the Internet and the impact to society. Golf can be hard to follow since its not confined to a single playing field.

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Network World

MAY 21, 2024

Three teams – in Boston, in China, and the Netherlands – have simultaneously announced that they’ve figured out ways to store entangled photons without breaking the entanglement, a critical step in building quantum repeaters, and, thus, scalable quantum networks. First, because it brings us closer to actually having secure quantum networks.

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Network World

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The goal of the middleware, which was released today to customers globally, is to improve resource allocation and memory management across various platforms and applications that use AI, according to a press release. Fujitsu already has been piloting it with various partners, with more technology trials planned to begin this month.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The defining functions of a SASE platform are to provide security and network access. Netskope today announced updates to its SASE platform, Netskope One, that focus on improving network visibility, user experience management, and security capabilities. Without a good user experience, you’re going to have a challenge,” he said.

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