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Want to transform networking? Empower the missing users

Network World

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

As 2025 kicked off, I wrote a column about the network vendor landscape specifically, which networking players will step up and put their efforts into finding new applications with solid business benefits that could enable a network transformation. Its not an application, but an application architecture or model.

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Cisco offers AI application visibility, access control, threat defense

Network World

JANUARY 15, 2025

The vendors AI Defense package offers protection to enterprise customers developing AI applications across models and cloud services, according to Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of Ciscos Security, Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure groups. It uses AI to protect AI, Gillis added.

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Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 expands cloud-native networking

Network World

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Red Hat is updating its OpenShiftplatform with a series of capabilities that will provide more advanced networking and virtualization functionality for cloud-native deployments. integrates what Red Hat refers to as VM-friendly networking. The first of these enhancements is custom user-defined networks (UDN).

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VMware launches VeloRAIN, using AI/ML to improve network performance

Network World

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

VMware by Broadcom has unveiled a new networking architecture that it says will improve the performance and security of distributed artificial intelligence (AI) — using AI and machine learning (ML) to do so. The company said it has identified a need for more intelligent edge networking and computing. That’s where VeloRAIN will come in.

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Detect and Respond to Threats Across Your Applications, Networks, and Infrastructure

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Security teams need visibility into their applications, infrastructure, and network, while development and operations teams need the ability to secure the services they own.

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CompTIA courts IT newcomers with ‘on-ramp’ network, security courses

Network World

DECEMBER 4, 2024

New learning resources from CompTIA are aimed at helping entry-level IT professionals to accelerate their career path to networking and cybersecurity roles. The new courses, available now, will help professionals develop the prerequisite skills to train for higher-level certifications such as CompTIA Network+ and Security+.

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Network convergence will drive enterprise 6G wireless strategies

Network World

JANUARY 16, 2025

Wi-Fi will also drive advancements in key areas such as AI-enabled network management, seamless identity management and access steering, he says. These verticals demand reliable, low-latency connectivity and seamless transitions between networks across wide areas, he says. Or perhaps, the other way around.

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Cisco pumps up data center networking with AI, large workloads in mind

Network World

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Cisco is boosting network density support for its data center switch and router portfolio as it works to deliver the network infrastructure its customers need for cloud architecture, AI workloads and high-performance computing. Cisco’s Nexus 9000 data center switches are a core component of the vendor’s enterprise AI offerings.

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AI, automation spur efforts to upskill network pros

Network World

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Networking skills are evolving to keep pace with broader technology trends, and network pros need to proactively develop new competencies in areas such as AI and automation to stay relevant. From AI and network automation to cloud computing and security, the critical networking skills needed to excel in 2025 are shifting.

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Linux Foundation’s L3AF brings zero-downtime updates to eBPF network management

Network World

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

A challenge for enterprises that operate large-scale network infrastructure has long been how to maintain performance while updating critical systems. The Linux Foundations networking division (LF Networking) is helping to address that challenge with the L3AF project, which is based on eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter ) technology.

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Eliminating Lateral Threat Movement INSIDE factory, branch, and campus networks

Network World

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For network engineers and security leaders tasked with securing modern enterprise environments, the challenge of preventing lateral threat movement is critical. The emergence of IoT and OT devices, which are frequently deployed in factory and branch networks, has further complicated the issue.

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F5 targets AI application security with renewed workload management software

Network World

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

F5 is evolving its core application and load balancing software to help customers secure and manage AI-powered and multicloud workloads. The F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform combines the companys load balancing and traffic management technology and application and API security capabilities into a single platform.

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StarlingX bridges IPv4-IPv6 gap with dual-stack networking support

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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Extreme expands policy options for ExtremeCloud Universal ZTNA

Network World

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Extreme Networks is bolstering the access control features of its ExtremeCloud Universal Zero Trust Network Access ( ZTNA ) package, targeting customers that want to boost protection across distributed cloud environments. It ties together network, application and device access security from a single cloud-based dashboard.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 gains security, networking upgrades

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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SD-WAN to gain AI-driven deployment, management capabilities

Network World

JANUARY 26, 2025

SD-WAN which stands for software-defined wide area network has been around for a decade, pitched to enterprises as a way to cut costs and improve WAN flexibility. If network performance issues arise, SD-WAN users can identify and remediate those issues faster through advanced, AI-enhanced automation.

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Cisco data center switches feature baked-in security for AI, networking duties

Network World

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

DPU acceleration unlocks a variety of network and security services such as stateful segmentation, large-scale NAT, IPsec encryption, IDS/IPS, event-based telemetry, and DDoS protection, according to Kevin Wollenweber, senior vice president and general manager of Ciscos data center and service provider business.

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Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities

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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IT/OT convergence propels zero-trust security efforts

Network World

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Physical isolation from IT networks protects OT systems against threats, but it also prevents companies from driving more automation, efficiency, and intelligence into business operations. Why IT/OT convergence is happening Companies want flexibility in how end users and business applications access and interact with OT systems.

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Cato Networks unveils next-gen firewall

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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Palo Alto expands secure private 5G network partnerships

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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Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Cisco has taken the wraps off a pair of intelligent WiFi-7 access points and introduced a new way of licensing wireless gear across cloud, on-premises and hybrid networks. Support for Cisco ThousandEyes network performance and intelligence platform is built in. These licenses include product support for both hardware and software.

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VergeIO enhances VergeFabric network virtualization offering

Network World

MARCH 13, 2025

VergeIO is looking to shake up the virtual infrastructure market with its approach to virtualization and software-defined networking. Rather than cobbling together separate components like a hypervisor, storage and networking, VergeOS integrates all of these functions into a single codebase.

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5 reasons why 2025 will be the year of OpenTelemetry

Network World

DECEMBER 17, 2024

OpenTelemetry, or OTel, addresses a key pain point for network managers who must prevent network outages and maintain high levels of application performance across increasing complex and opaque multi-cloud environments. And traces provide visibility into application layer performance in distributed cloud environments.

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Next-gen Ethernet standards set to move forward in 2025

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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Cisco financials catch AI demand, enterprise networking growth

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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Fortinet launches its first standalone endpoint DLP product

Network World

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The FortiDLP platform provides automated data movement tracking, cloud application monitoring and endpoint protection mechanisms that work both online and offline. Fortinet has had network DLP capabilities in its portfolio before, including Network DLP capabilities integrated into its FortiGate NGFW.

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Cisco ties AppDynamics to Microsoft Azure for cloud application management

Network World

AUGUST 30, 2024

Cisco is now offering its AppDynamics application management suite as part of Microsoft Azure cloud services. AppDynamics is Cisco’s core application management suite, providing real-time monitoring of application response times, error rates, and resource utilization, among other capabilities.

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Juniper unveils EX4000 access switches to simplify enterprise network operations

Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The Juniper EX4000 line of access switches is aimed at customers with enterprise branch, remote office and campus networks who want to upgrade their systems with more advanced features than the vendors current line of EX2000/3000 Series boxes.

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CompTIA bolsters penetration testing certification

Network World

JANUARY 9, 2025

Cybersecurity penetration testing, or pen testing, involves a security assessment in which a security professional acts like a malicious hacker would and simulates a cyberattack on a computer system or network to identify potential vulnerabilities. Pricing for the exam has yet to be determined.

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Optical networking challenges gain attention as AI networking demands rise

Network World

JUNE 26, 2024

As large enterprise and hyperscaler networks process increasingly greater AI workloads and other applications that require high-bandwidth performance, the demand for optical connectivity technologies is growing as well. But the use of fiber optics in networks is not without its challenges.

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Rethinking the enterprise network backbone

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Multiple business imperatives are driving CIOs to re-examine and re-invent their approach to network infrastructure, including the mission critical backbone that supports highly complex, bandwidth-intensive, multi-cloud environments. One emerging alternative: backbone-as-a-service (BBaaS) offerings.

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What is SASE? How the cloud marries networking and security

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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Who wins in networking in 2025 and beyond?

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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Cisco, NTT partner to simplify private 5G connectivity

Network World

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The partnership ties Cisco’s networking technologies to NTT Data’s Transatel network. Cisco’s eSIM technology lets devices connect to cellular networks using a digital SIM, eliminating the need for physical SIM cards. NTT Data’s Transatel network spans some 180 countries and is offered with flexible pricing plans, NTT stated.

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Networking terms and definitions

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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Packaged offerings promise to make AI infrastructure deployment easier

Network World

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

These applications require AI-optimized servers, storage, and networking and all the components need to be configured so that they work well together. For example, Cisco unveiled its AI Pods in October, which leverage Nvidia GPUs in servers purpose-built for large-scale AI training, as well as the networking and storage required.

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VPN vs. ZTNA: Cisco tackles pros and cons

Network World

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Its no secret that more modern approaches to remote access have been usurping VPNs as organizations adapt to the realities of a more distributed workforce, increasingly cloud-based applications, and heightened security threats. Its really access to an individual resource or application instead of a whole network segment.

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Stratoshark brings Wireshark-style analysis to cloud system calls

Network World

JANUARY 22, 2025

The open-source Wireshark network protocol analyzer has been a standard tool for networking professionals for decades. In recent years, organizations have increasingly moved workloads to the cloud, where they have not had the same network visibility. The libpcap library is an open-source tool for network traffic capture.

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Cisco research highlights network complexity, security challenges

Network World

MAY 22, 2024

Today’s enterprises need more help managing and securing their distributed networking environments than they ever have, Cisco concludes in its Global Networking Trends Report. Network architectures are more sophisticated, more complex, and spread across more multi-clouds and multi-vendors than ever.

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Putting networks at the top of CIOs’ agendas

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 11, 2025

The tech industry quickly realized that AIs success actually depended not on software applications, but on the infrastructure powering it all specifically semiconductor chips and data centers. Something similar is now happening with digital networks. Enterprises can no longer treat networks as just infrastructure.

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Supermicro unveils AI-optimized storage powered by Nvidia

Network World

OCTOBER 24, 2024

These units support 400Gb Ethernet or InfiniBand networking and provide hardware acceleration for demanding storage and networking workloads. The Supermicro JBOF replaces the traditional storage CPU and memory subsystem with the BlueField-3 DPU and runs the storage application on the DPU’s 16 Arm cores.

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Cato Networks extends SASE platform with digital experience monitoring

Network World

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Cato Networks today introduced digital experience monitoring (DEM) capabilities that will augment the company’s cloud SASE platform with application traffic and network performance data that IT operations teams need to optimize end-user experiences. The platform relies on a combination of real-time and synthetic monitoring.

Network

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CIOs demand simplicity: Why IT leaders are prioritizing platforms that unify networking, security and AI

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

With wireless networks, wired networks, multiple clouds, containers, applications, and thousands of new devices, its difficult for IT teams to see the forest for the trees, and gaining a holistic view of the entire environment is impossible when admins are working with multiple, discrete management tools.

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Want to transform networking? Empower the missing users

Cisco offers AI application visibility, access control, threat defense

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Red Hat OpenShift 4.18 expands cloud-native networking

Webinars

VMware launches VeloRAIN, using AI/ML to improve network performance

Detect and Respond to Threats Across Your Applications, Networks, and Infrastructure

CompTIA courts IT newcomers with ‘on-ramp’ network, security courses

Network convergence will drive enterprise 6G wireless strategies

Cisco pumps up data center networking with AI, large workloads in mind

AI, automation spur efforts to upskill network pros

Linux Foundation’s L3AF brings zero-downtime updates to eBPF network management

Eliminating Lateral Threat Movement INSIDE factory, branch, and campus networks

F5 targets AI application security with renewed workload management software

StarlingX bridges IPv4-IPv6 gap with dual-stack networking support

Extreme expands policy options for ExtremeCloud Universal ZTNA

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 gains security, networking upgrades

SD-WAN to gain AI-driven deployment, management capabilities

Cisco data center switches feature baked-in security for AI, networking duties

Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities

IT/OT convergence propels zero-trust security efforts

Cato Networks unveils next-gen firewall

Palo Alto expands secure private 5G network partnerships

Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

VergeIO enhances VergeFabric network virtualization offering

5 reasons why 2025 will be the year of OpenTelemetry

Next-gen Ethernet standards set to move forward in 2025

Cisco financials catch AI demand, enterprise networking growth

Fortinet launches its first standalone endpoint DLP product

Cisco ties AppDynamics to Microsoft Azure for cloud application management

Juniper unveils EX4000 access switches to simplify enterprise network operations

CompTIA bolsters penetration testing certification

Optical networking challenges gain attention as AI networking demands rise

Rethinking the enterprise network backbone

What is SASE? How the cloud marries networking and security

Who wins in networking in 2025 and beyond?

Cisco, NTT partner to simplify private 5G connectivity

Networking terms and definitions

Packaged offerings promise to make AI infrastructure deployment easier

VPN vs. ZTNA: Cisco tackles pros and cons

Stratoshark brings Wireshark-style analysis to cloud system calls

Cisco research highlights network complexity, security challenges

Putting networks at the top of CIOs’ agendas

Supermicro unveils AI-optimized storage powered by Nvidia

Cato Networks extends SASE platform with digital experience monitoring

CIOs demand simplicity: Why IT leaders are prioritizing platforms that unify networking, security and AI

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