Network World

The VPN is dying, long live zero trust

neal@misterwrite.net — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 01:00:00 -0500

The venerable VPN, which has for decades provided remote workers with a secure tunnel into the enterprise network, is facing extinction as enterprises migrate to...

Watson IoT chief: AI can broaden IoT services

Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0500

IBM thrives on the complicated, asset-intensive part of the enterprise IoT market, according to Kareem Yusuf, GM of the company’s Watson IoT business unit. From helping seaports manage shipping traffic to...

Gartner: Top 10 strategic technology trends for 2020

michael_cooney@idg.com — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

The pace of technology change is accelerating rapidly, augmented by factors that IT pros need to study-up on, things they never had to deal with before like...

9 hot micro-data-center startups to watch

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Data-hungry technology trends such as IoT, smart vehicles, drone deliveries, smart cities and Industry 4.0 are increasing the demand for fast, always-on edge computing. One solution...

Cisco: 13 IOS, IOS XE security flaws you should patch now

michael_cooney@idg.com — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Cisco this week warned its IOS and IOS XE customers of 13 vulnerabilities in the operating system software they should patch as soon as possible.

All of the vulnerabilities – revealed in the company’s semiannual IOS and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundle...

Cisco pays $8.6M to settle security-software whistleblower lawsuit

michael_cooney@idg.com — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 03:00:00 -0400

Cisco has agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle claims it sold video security software that had a vulnerability that could have opened federal, state and local government agencies to hackers.

Under terms of the settlement...

Gov’t warns on VPN security bug in Cisco, Palo Alto, F5, Pulse software

michael_cooney@idg.com — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 01:00:00 -0400

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that some VPN packages from Cisco, Palo Alto, F5 and Pulse may improperly secure tokens and cookies, allowing...

When it comes to uptime, not all cloud providers are created equal

zeus@zrk.net — Fri, 24 May 2019 02:00:00 -0400

The cloud is not just important; it's mission-critical for many companies. More and more IT and business leaders I talk to look at public cloud as a core component of their digital transformation strategies - using it as part of their hybrid cloud or public cloud implementation.

That raises the bar on...

The 10 most powerful companies in enterprise networking

neal@misterwrite.net — Fri, 10 May 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Enterprises recognize that all of the new technologies they want to deploy – IoT, edge computing, serverless, containers, hybrid cloud, and AI – require a robust, flexible, secure, self-healing, software-driven network.

And the industry has responded with...

Cisco warns of two security patches that don’t work, issues 17 new ones for IOS flaws

michael_cooney@idg.com — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0400

Cisco has dropped 17 Security advisories describing 19 vulnerabilities in the software that runs most of its routers and switches, IOS and IOS/XE.

The company also announced that...

10 of the world's fastest supercomputers

tim_greene@idg.com — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0400

The TOP500 ranking of the fastest supercomputers in the world was announced today, with absolutely no change in the computers ranking in the top10 since the last semi-annual rating in June. Outside the top 10, though...

IBM marries on-premises, private- and public-cloud data

michael_cooney@idg.com — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500

IBM has taken the wraps off of a new multi-cloud integration platform it hopes will help customers manage, secure and integrate data no matter where it resides – in on-premise, private-cloud or public-cloud applications.

Enterprise customers are faced with...

Time to stock up on memory; prices to fall 20% this quarter

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 16:44:57 -0500

Contract prices for server DRAM are expected to fall by more than 20 percent this quarter over the same period in 2018, even more than the earlier forecast of 15 percent, reports DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce.

Hyperconvergence: Not Just For Specific Workloads Anymore

bviolino@optonline.net — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:00:00 -0500

Hyperconvergence has come a long way in a relatively short time, and enterprises are taking advantage of the new capabilities. Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) combines storage, computing and networking into a single system; hyperconverged platforms include...

Which Cloud Performs Better, AWS, Azure Or Google?

zeus@zrk.net — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:00:00 -0500

Most IT professionals select cloud providers based on price or proximity to users, but network performance should also be considered. Because as we see in a new report from ThousandEyes, the underlying network architecture of the big cloud providers can have a significant impact on performance. And performance varies widely among...

Home Internet Of Things IoT Roundup: Startups, Big Carriers Flex Their IoT Muscles

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:08:00 -0400

We're back! Here's the latest monthly roundup of big and not-so-big news in the world of IoT, ranging from carrier doings to a neat little startup. Buckle up...

Lenovo, NetApp Team Up Vs. Dell EMC, HPE On Storage

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 06:48:55 -0400

Lenovo and NetApp's storage alliance, joint venture in China, and new series of all-flash and hybrid flash products announced at Lenovo's Transform event, put them both in a much stronger position in the data center against rivals Dell EMC and HPE. The storage offerings include two familes, each subdivided into...

Hot Products At VMworld 2018

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 13:22:09 -0400

VMworld 2018 kicked off this week in Las Vegas, where VMware and its partners are digging into virtualization, SSD, hyperconvergence, AI, containers and more. Here are some of the new products being announced and displayed at the show...

Happy Amazon Crash Day

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:19:35 -0400

On one of the biggest shopping days of the year for Amazon.com the company's web site crapped out intermittently for hours yesterday. Instead of Prime Day purchases, many customers just got error messages and pictures of the dogs of Amazon, along with a message from Amazon that read...

Get Ready For Upcoming 6G Wireless

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:10:04 -0400

Coinciding with a signing-off of global standardizations for the as-yet-unlaunched 5G radio technology by 3GPP this month we get news of initial development plans for faster 6G wireless. The Center for Converged TeraHertz Communications and Sensing (ComSenTer) says it's investigating new radio technologies that will...

Google Cloud Storage Gets A Boost With Managed NAS Service

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 05:44:22 -0400

Google is adding to its cloud storage portfolio with the debut of a network attached storage (NAS) service. Google Cloud Filestore is managed file storage for applications that require a file system interface and shared file system for data. It lets users...

IBM Launches New Availability Zones Worldwide For Hybrid Enterprise Clouds

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:40:45 -0400

CIOs and data center managers who run large hybrid clouds worldwide have a good chance of hearing IBM knock on their doors in the next few months. That's because IBM is opening 18 new "availability zones" for its public cloud across the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific. An availability zone is...

How To Speak Linux

Thu, 31 May 2018 11:06:52 -0400

I didn't even stop to imagine that people pronounced Linux commands differently until many years ago when I heard a co-worker use the word "vie" (as in "The teams will vie for the title") for what I'd always pronounced "vee I." It was a moment I'll never forget. Our homogenous and somewhat rebellious community of...

How Microsoft Can Enable The Internet Of Things

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 07:45:00 -0400

As the Internet of Things (IoT) phenomenon continues to grow, Microsoft has responded by contributing two new editions of Windows 10 - Core and Enterprise - that are aimed at radically different parts of the devices and systems market. Here's how Windows 10 IoT is used today, and where it might be going in the future...

IoT: Sensor-As-A-Service, Run By Blockchain, Is Coming

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:06:43 -0500

Telecommunications equipment maker Nokia has launched a turnkey, sensor-as-a-service offering for Internet of Things (IoT) networks. The idea behind the product is to provide a way for mobile network operators (MNOs), many of which use...

5 Things That Will Slow Your Wi-Fi Network

Mon, 19 Feb 2018 07:51:58 -0500

Wi-Fi is quite fickle. The contention between Wi-Fi devices and the dynamic communication medium of the airwaves makes it a sensitive technology with many settings and situations that can slow it down. And even if you aren't using high-bandwidth devices and applications, faster Wi-Fi is always better...

The Loss Of Net Neutrality: Say Goodbye To A Free And Open Internet

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 06:18:44 -0500

In a 3-to-2 vote along party lines, the Federal Communications Commission has repealed the net neutrality regulations that prevented internet service providers (ISPs) from charging customers more for higher-quality content and other services and prevented them from blocking websites. The federal government also...

IBM Casts Watson As The Brains Behind IoT

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 11:18:38 -0400

IBM is trying to be the brains behind the increasingly brawny presence of IoT in all corners of the business world, using its AI expertise to offer insight into piles of new data, provision new implementations, and help drive decision-making. The company thinks that its Watson AI is...

3 Ways IoT Can Drive Business Value

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 11:02:14 -0400

You can't escape the IoT momentum these days. The Internet of Things is being used for everything from saving the rhino from poaching to leveraging stray dogs to fight crime. (No, really, I'm not kidding... check the links!) But even as vendors spend billions to try and grab IoT market share, it's not always clear exactly how their business customers are supposed to...

MPLS Or IPsec VPN: Which Is The Best?

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:38:20 -0400

Scouring the online IT forums, it's hard not to get sucked-in to all the talk about how MPLS is too expensive and can easily be replaced with high-bandwidth, fiber Internet circuits and an IPsec VPN. If you currently have an MPLS network,...