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Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Network World

As data centers evolve from traditional compute and storage facilities into AI powerhouses, the demand for qualified professionals continues to grow exponentially and salaries are high. The rise of AI, in particular, is dramatically reshaping the technology industry, and data centers are at the epicenter of the changes.

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Fortinet eases firewall management with hardware-as-a-service package

Network World

Fortinet is unveiling a hardware-as-a-service offering that promises to ease the stress of keeping up with the latest firewall technology. The new FortiGate-as-a-Service (FGaaS) offering lets customers choose the hardware they want the FortiGate next-generation firewalls to run on, and Fortinet will configure and manage the devices.

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

Network World

Cisco has unwrapped a new family of data center switches it says will help customers more securely support large workloads and facilitate AI development across the enterprise. The N9300 Smart Switch series is built on the vendors powerful 4.8T

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VergeIO enhances VergeFabric network virtualization offering

Network World

The software requires direct hardware access due to its low-level integration with physical resources. A 2024 report from Data Center Intelligence Group (DCIG) identified VergeOS as one of the top 5 alternatives to VMware. He noted that the moment a virtual data center is created, its automatically segmented from others.

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Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities

Network World

The platform provides visibility, control and governance over the network as well as dynamic service insertion, allowing organizations to integrate third-party services like firewalls into their network. The company was founded in 2018 by former Cisco employees who had previously founded SD-WAN vendor Viptella.

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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Network World

In estimating the cost of a large-scale VMware migration , Gartner cautions: VMwares server virtualization platform has become the point of integration for its customers across server, storage and network infrastructure in the data center. However, switching to HCI is a capital expense decision.

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What is SASE? How the cloud marries networking and security

Network World

firewall as a service, secure web gateway, cloud access security broker, and zero trust network access) into a single cloud-delivered service. This offers several benefits, including scalability, flexibility, and reduced hardware costs. billion by 2025. routing, optimization, and bandwidth management) with security functions (e.g.,

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