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2025 global network outage report and internet health check

Network World

The reliability of services delivered by ISPs, cloud providers and conferencing services is critical for enterprise organizations.ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how providers are handling any performance challenges and provides Network World with a weekly roundup of events that impact service delivery. Internet report for Dec.

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Cloud creates network blind spots, complicates problem resolution

Network World

As network environments become more complex, network teams struggle to gain visibility across internet and cloud components, citing blind spots and a lack of skilled workers as contributing factors to slow problem resolution, according to a Broadcom report.

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Surge in threat actors scanning Juniper, Cisco, and Palo Alto Networks devices

Network World

A surge in internet probes targeting devices from Juniper Networks, Cisco Systems, and Palo Alto Networks should put their admins on alert, say security experts.

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What is AI networking? How it automates your infrastructure (but faces challenges)

Network World

Today’s networks face a multitude of challenges as they become more complex and distributed. But AI holds the potential to improve IT networks. But AI holds the potential to improve IT networks. So what exactly is AI networking, how does it work and what are its top use cases?

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Palo Alto Networks firewall bug being exploited by threat actors: Report

Network World

Admins with firewalls from Palo Alto Networks should make sure the devices are fully patched and the management interface blocked from open internet access after the discovery this week of a zero-day login authentication bypass in the PAN-OS operating system. Palo Alto Networks published its advisory the same day.

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Internet upgrade part of a move towards 400/800G connectivity

Network World

The industry transition to 400 Gigabit Ethernet networking took a big step forward this week when the worlds leading Internet exchange operator announced plans to upgrade its New York backbone to 400G. The previous capacity of the DE-CIX network was 100G, which means that data centers running at 400G need to split the signal.

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Cisco touts ‘Internet of Agents’ for secure AI agent collaboration

Network World

Without open standards and frameworks, this diversity creates chaos, Pandey said.Its like the early days of networking we need common protocols and standards so these agents can discover, communicate, and collaborate with each other effectively. Youre exchanging not just APIs across the internet.

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