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NetBox Labs launches tools to combat network configuration drift

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NetBox Labs is the lead commercial sponsor behind the widely deployed open source NetBox technology, which is used for modeling and documenting networks. The company was spun out of DNS platform provider NS1 in 2023. NS1 was subsequently acquired by IBM.

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Cisco offers AI application visibility, access control, threat defense

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AI Validation Model & Application Validation automatically scans open-source models, data, and files to block supply chain threats, such as malicious model files that can allow for arbitrary code execution in the environment. AI Defense will be available in March.

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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

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Chhabra points out that the VMware bundle called Virtual Cloud Foundation (VCF) includes products in 12 different categories, including vSphere for compute, vSAN storage, NSX networking, plus management, automation, a Kubernetes service, virtual firewall, log management, cloud cost management, etc.

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5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall

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Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking.

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Review: 5 open source alternatives for routers/firewalls

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Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These open source products deliver simple routing and networking features, like DHCP and DNS.

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Cisco, Nvidia team to deliver secure AI factory infrastructure

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In addition, Hypershield promises to let organizations autonomously segment their networks when threats are a problem, gain exploit protection without having to patch or revamp firewalls, and automatically upgrade software without interrupting computing resources. Nvidia AI Enterprise software platform.

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VergeIO enhances VergeFabric network virtualization offering

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Whats inside VergeIO and where its deployed While the ESX hypervisor is at the core of the VMware virtualization platform, VergeIO is based on the open-source KVM hypervisor. VergeIO is not, however, using an off-the-shelf version of KVM.