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Networking gear manufacturer MikroTik has released patches for six vulnerabilities in its RouterOS firmware, two of which can be chained together to take over devices without authentication over SSH. The exploit chain, dubbed MikroTrick, is already being used by attackers in the wild. The vulnerabilities , found by researchers from the CERT Polska, are located in various firmware components, incl…

For decades, global time experts have mapped atomic clock time to the earth’s rotation, periodically adding a second (aka a leap second) as rotation slowed. But the planet’s rotation has now slightly sped up, which could mean that a negative adjustment will be required. The problem is that computer systems have not been programmed to do that. To avoid this issue, the General Conference on Weights…

Cisco is looking to get ahead of attackers with a new set of more than a half-dozen fixes, some of them critical, for its IOS XR Linux-based network operating system (OS). As part of its regular testing, Cisco’s software engineering team flagged “multiple internally-discovered vulnerabilities ,” the company said. These flaws could allow attackers to perform remote code execution (RCE) and gain ro…

Network automation provider BackBox is adding AI-powered analysis and recommendations to its network resilience platform with Kilter AI , an intelligence layer that lets enterprises apply AI across their network infrastructure while keeping humans in the loop, according to BackBox. BackBox has renamed its network resilience platform Kilter AI and introduced AI capabilities that work across the pl…

The combination of low operating costs, high capacity and offline protection makes tape storage particularly well suited to the massive storage requirements of AI workloads . Companies behind the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) storage standard say the industry shipped 160.3 exabytes of compressed tape capacity in 2025, making it the second-largest year on record despite a 9% decline from the 176.5 exabyt…

Nvidia has released a free tool that will enable users to build an AI inferencing cluster from disparate PCs on the same network, accessible from a single interface. Released as a beta, Nvidia Personal AI router (PAIR) connects devices running Windows, macOS or Linux to process AI inferencing workloads privately. While the system is aimed primarily at home users, it could find favour with enterpr…

Industry analysts love grid evaluations. They offer a convenient metric for enterprise procurement teams to evaluate technology vendors side by side. But when evaluation frameworks try to assess fundamentally different paradigms using the same outdated checklist, the results can range from inaccurate to completely absurd. An example of this is the latest Forrester Wave for Data Center Networking …

Demand for AI, networking, and servers drove HPE to a record quarter, the company reported during its third-quarter earnings call with financial analysts. “AI has become a multi-year growth driver, expanding demand across our HPE portfolio,” HPE CEO Antonio Neri said during the call. “We booked more orders than any prior quarter in our history, resulting in a record-breaking backlog for the compa…

Software-defined networking (SDN) and virtual networking have long been part of VMware’s portfolio, notably with the NSX technology that’s a foundational part of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). In 2025, VCF 9.0 expanded the networking capabilities with a public-cloud-style virtual private cloud model on top of that NSX foundation. The model gives tenants and VPC admins a simpler consumption layer …

Dell Technologies is acknowledging that infrastructure and storage supply still can’t keep up with agentic AI’s insatiable appetite for resources. The company this week reported a “record” AI backlog, with $95 billion in orders waiting to be filled. This dovetails with quarterly earnings reflecting a more than 50% year-over-year increase in AI demand. On an earnings call, Dell COO Jeff Clarke ack…

SonicWall on Monday reported two major security holes in its Secure Mobile Access 1000 series appliances, both of which it said are being actively exploited, and published patches for each. Consultants called the holes, one of which permits remote attacks that bypass authentication, highly troubling. In its security alert , SonicWall described the first hole, tracked as CVE-2026-83548 and rated 1…

Arista Networks has taken the unusual step of warning customers that next week, it will release multiple security advisories affecting Arista EOS and VeloCloud . AI-driven changes to its vulnerability detection processes have resulted in a higher-than-usual volume of security updates, the company says, and the advance notification is aimed at helping its customers plan. “We’re pre-announcing this…

News of Broadcom’s plans to acquire VMware triggered concerns among customers , partners, and industry watchers, many of whom recalled Broadcom’s track record with prior high-profile acquisitions, including network switching vendor Brocade, software firm CA Technologies, and Symantec’s enterprise security business. So far, the $60 billion Broadcom-VMware deal has led to some layoffs , VMware lice…

Palo Alto Networks is bolstering its flagship security platform with the acquisition of Console and its AI-native IT service management and automation technology. According to Palo Alto, the Console technology will expand the agentic AI capabilities of its security operations platform, Cortex , allowing security teams to investigate alerts, prioritize work, and automate actions more quickly acros…

When it comes to AI and the mainframe , customers are moving from experimental to operational approaches and feeling comfortable enough to use AI to provide system insights and recommend actions, a new study finds. Mainframe professionals are increasingly adopting generative AI tools to recommend actions, according to the 2026 BMC Mainframe Survey , and implementing AI technologies remains a top …