Network World

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Fortinet has melded some of its previously available services into an integrated cloud package aimed at helping customers secure applications. Managing application security across multiple environments isn’t easy because each cloud platform, tool, and service introduces new layers of complexity.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 11, 2025

Usability in application design has historically meant delivering an intuitive interface design that makes it easy for targeted users to navigate and work effectively with a system. Together these trends should inspire CIOs and their application developers to look at application usability though a different lens.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Closing regulatory loopholes The latest rules broaden restrictions to include 24 additional types of chipmaking tools previously outside their scope. “A Impact on AI chip development The latest restrictions target AI chip manufacturing, reflecting concerns over the potential military applications of the technology in China.

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Network World

OCTOBER 10, 2024

New research from IBM finds that enterprises are further along in deploying AI applications on the big iron than might be expected: 78% of IT executives surveyed said their organizations are either piloting projects or operationalizing initiatives that incorporate AI technology.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 17, 2025

So given the current climate of access and adoption, here are the 10 most-used gen AI tools in the enterprise right now. ChatGPT ChatGPT, by OpenAI, is a chatbot application built on top of a generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) model. Gemini is integrated with Google Workspace tools like Gmail, Docs, and Slides.

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Network World

APRIL 2, 2025

The new capabilities in Service Inventory: Provide end-to-end visibility, which automatically detects all third-party applications, like databases and message queues. which the company says will deliver greater flexibility and improved performance for cloud-native applications. Splunk is also rolling out OpenTelemetry Python 2.0

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Network World

APRIL 2, 2025

NetBox Labs this week made available a new product that will help network teams detect and remediate configuration drift across sophisticated network environments before costly service disruptions or unplanned downtime affect services or applications. The type of tool could also drive other efficiencies.

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Network World

OCTOBER 28, 2024

It ties together network, application and device access security from a single cloud-based dashboard. The flexible policy framework includes a hybrid policy that combines network and application security to strengthen defenses against emerging threats, Extreme stated.

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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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Network World

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Today, you can save documents as PDF files from many applications (e.g., Depending on the tool you use, you can also password protect, encrypt and digitally sign PDFs. These include: Reliability: PDF files can be opened on most if not all platforms without requiring a specific tool. It became an open ISO standard in 2015.

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Network World

MARCH 27, 2025

Google Cloud has partnered with database and mainframe modernization software provider mLogica to help enterprises modernize their mainframe applications. This allows enterprises to compare and validate refactored applications before completely shifting to the cloud.

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Network World

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Why IT/OT convergence is happening Companies want flexibility in how end users and business applications access and interact with OT systems. For example, manufacturers can pull real-time data from their assembly lines so that specialized analytics applications can identify opportunities for efficiency and predict disruptions to production.

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Network World

MARCH 27, 2025

The goal of the Kyndryl/Google Cloud service is to make it easier for organizations to utilize AI assistance to access and integrate mainframe-based data with cloud-based resources and combine that data with other information to build new applications, the companies stated.

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Network World

APRIL 14, 2025

From the physical layer through the application layer, KAI is designed to identify weak links that degrade the performance of AI data centers , and it validates and optimizes system-level performance for optimal scaling and throughput.

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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

JANUARY 26, 2025

With AI-driven network management and optimization capabilities, enterprises will be able to prioritize traffic and application performance based on user needs and business requirements, according to IDC. As organizations increasingly use AI applications, traffic flows and patterns will change compared to traditional applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When addressed properly , application and platform modernization drives immense value and positions organizations ahead of their competition, says Anindeep Kar, a consultant with technology research and advisory firm ISG. A first step, Rasmussen says, is ensuring that existing tools are delivering maximum value.

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Network World

APRIL 7, 2025

Over the last several years, NetBox has established itself as a widely used open-source tool for understanding and modeling networks. The Assurance solution leverages NetBox Labs agent-based discovery architecture, which differentiates it from traditional monolithic network discovery tools. NS1 was subsequently acquired by IBM.

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Network World

JANUARY 9, 2025

Using the same tools and techniques as hackers lets security professionals find exploitable weaknesses in the system. Vulnerability discovery and analysis: Features updated skills that cover vulnerability scanning tools, analysis, management, and physical security weaknesses.

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Network World

MARCH 17, 2025

While its still possible to run applications on bare metal, that approach doesnt fully optimize hardware utilization. Traditional virtualization platforms like VMware vSphere operate independently from container orchestration systems, requiring separate management tools, workflows, and expertise. Thats where virtualization comes in.

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Network World

MARCH 28, 2025

It needs to be addressed quickly, said Robert Beggs, CEO of Canadian incident response firm DigitalDefence, which has several Ubuntu-based applications in its portfolio, because it facilitates other exploits. Ubuntu ships with default unconfined profiles for several applications that allow the creation of user namespaces.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But there is a disconnect when it comes to its practical application across IT teams. This has led to problematic perceptions: almost two-thirds (60%) of IT professionals in the Ivanti survey believing “Digital employee experience is a buzzword with no practical application at my organization.”

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Network World

MARCH 20, 2025

As part of the update, Keysight is enabling its technology partners to run their own AI-driven network intelligence tools directly on Keysights packet brokers, with a feature called AppFusion. Keysight can now filter network traffic to detect the presence of AI-based applications. The technology has matured considerably since then.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Deepgram is the leading voice AI platform used by over 200,000 developers to build speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and full speech-to-speech (which enables individuals with speech disabilities to be clearly understood) tools. Deepgram is addressing problems like poor customer experience and the financial risk associated with it ($3.7

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2025

Risks often emerge when an organization neglects rigorous application portfolio management, particularly with the rapid adoption of new AI-driven tools which, if unchecked, can inadvertently expose corporate intellectual property. This not only strengthens executive buy-in, but also accelerates progress, she explains.

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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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Network World

JANUARY 22, 2025

The open-source Wireshark network protocol analyzer has been a standard tool for networking professionals for decades. Sysdig, the lead commercial sponsor behind Wireshark, wants to change that with the new Stratoshark tool. Amazon has multiple tools including CloudTrail and CloudWatch for cloud logs and metrics.

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Network World

OCTOBER 17, 2024

CyberSeek is a data analysis and aggregation tool powered by a collaboration among Lightcast, a provider of global labor market data and analytics; NICE, a program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology focused on advancing cybersecurity education and workforce development; and IT certification and training group CompTIA.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2025

After all, a low-risk annoyance in a key application can become a sizable boulder when the app requires modernization to support a digital transformation initiative. Accenture reports that the top three sources of technical debt are enterprise applications, AI, and enterprise architecture.

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Network World

APRIL 8, 2025

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. That] is the interesting story, and [how] thats going to unlock applications at some of the biggest banks, telcos, retailers, government departments, Dickens said.

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