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Cisco hit with software and physical issues

Network World

Cisco Systems has been hit with an unusual double-whammy of issues, one of them in software and one in hardware. First, the more serious issue, a firewall flaw. The problem is in the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) firewalls.

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What is a firewall?

Network World

Network-based firewalls have become almost ubiquitous across US enterprises for their proven defense against an ever-increasing array of threats. A recent study by network testing firm NSS Labs found that up to 80% of US large businesses run a next-generation firewall. What is a firewall? billion by 2020. billion by 2020.

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Cisco shows off new AI features to secure data flows

Network World

Cisco Hypershield, a cloud hyperscaler security system announced in April as an extension to the Cisco Security Cloud, now supports AMD’s Pensando Data Processing Units (DPUs), a hardware platform designed to accelerate AI workloads. This is why Cisco is now focused on innovating across every layer of the hardware and software stack.

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Networking terms and definitions

Network World

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. Enterprises can choose an appliance from a single vendor or install hardware-agnostic hyperconvergence software on white-box servers.

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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card

CTOvision

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. Hardware Based Security (ServerLock).

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F5 gateway works to protect and manage AI applications

Network World

It’s a containerized Kubernetes service that can be deployed on its own or integrated with existing F5 software, hardware or services, the company stated. While API security and web application firewalls are often used for exactly this purpose, they operate on deterministic content.

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Solarflare’s Open Compute Platform, Software-Defined, NIC Card

CTOvision

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. Hardware Based Security (ServerLock).

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