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Most IT operators understand that critical infrastructure should be isolated in crisis situations, but many don’t know how to do it in a way that maximizes security and minimizes disruption. Now, several global agencies are offering a step-by-step action plan, CI Fortify . Released by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and several Five Eyes security agencies across the…

Dell and Nutanix have teamed to offer customers more enterprise storage choices in Nutanix private cloud environments. Dell’s PowerStore enterprise all-flash storage system now supports Nutanix Cloud Platform 7.6, with validated deployment and managed through Dell Private Cloud, the vendors announced. “This collaboration makes PowerStore the second Dell storage platform to integrate with Nutanix,…

AI-based attacks that rely on deepfake impersonation and AI-enabled malware are getting faster and cheaper to launch, which has driven the cost of finding and fixing enterprise data breaches to a record high. AI-enabled breaches cost an average of $6 million, which is roughly $1 million more than the global breach average of $4.99 million, according to IBM’s 2026 Cost of a Data Breach Report. The…

In technology, the pendulum rarely stays at one extreme for long. When Secure Access Service Edge ( SASE ) entered the enterprise networking lexicon a few years ago, the industry quickly pivoted to it. The prevailing consensus held that traditional on-premises security hardware was headed for extinction. Industry watchers envisioned a world where even corporate headquarters and massive branch off…

IT teams responsible for data centers, colocation facilities, and test labs face a persistent challenge when it comes to providing affordable, timely maintenance and troubleshooting for their organizations’ IT infrastructure. Facilities aren’t often staffed around the clock, and sending someone on-site to address every hardware failure or issue is slow and expensive, especially for colocation cus…

The largest US power grid operator has proposed curtailing electricity supply to certain new large power users, including AI data centers, during grid emergencies beginning in June 2027, as surging demand threatens to outpace available generation capacity. The proposal targets facilities that will fail to secure sufficient independent or contracted power supplies. PJM Interconnection will develop…

The ‘no man’s land’ beneath the OS on enterprise servers is becoming the malicious actors’ next target. Attackers are gaining a foothold into broader data center environments by exploiting Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) that are largely unprotected, still running decades-old protocols and susceptible to a vulnerability published 13 years ago, according to data center security company Lav…

Arista has patched a VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) security hole that has been actively leveraged in the wild, one that the vendor says “may allow a remote attacker to access privileged internal functionality and impact the VCO host.” The Arista security advisory added that the hole “may compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the orchestrator and data managed by the orchest…

Fortinet has expanded its firewall family with new high-speed boxes that, when combined with the vendor’s FortiSASE Outpost software, extend cloud-based SASE (secure access service edge) capabilities and policy enforcement to on-premises environments. The new midrange FortiGate 1200G series supports 10G, 25G, and 100G connectivity options and delivers 397 Gbps firewall throughput. It’s aimed at s…

Distributed denial of service ( DDoS ) attacks are changing shape. Attackers now use AI throughout the attack lifecycle, from reconnaissance to exploitation to hardening compromised devices against takeover by rival botnet operators. The result is larger, more coordinated botnets capable of direct, stateful attacks rather than the reflection and amplification techniques that dominated a few years…

A recent market outlook from energy intelligence firm Currence estimates that between 30% and 50% of the large-scale data center capacity expected to come online in 2026 will likely be delayed, due to mounting power constraints, construction bottlenecks and increasingly unreliable project timelines. The report, which tracks 777 announced AI factories and large data cente rs exceeding 50 megawatts…

Network and infrastructure roles continue to shift as enterprises adopt technologies such as AI-driven network operations , multicloud networking, zero trust network access ( ZTNA ), and SD-WAN . Here’s a recap of some of the latest industry research, hiring statistics, and certification trends that impact today’s network professionals, infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders, and data center…

Cisco and AMD have expanded their partnership with a new package of hardware and security software that’s designed to help enterprise customers protect, deploy, and manage distributed AI resources. During AMD’s Advancing AI event this week, Cisco’s president and chief product officer Jeetu Patel took to the stage during AMD CEO Lisa Su’s keynote to talk about how AI inference will be widely distr…

Enterprises typically operate separate systems for internal and external DNS because the two serve different audiences. Public DNS resolves names for services meant to be reached from the internet. Private DNS resolves internal resources, such as databases and internal applications, that should never be visible outside the corporate network. While public DNS is usually a single system, private DN…

Atos has launched a new sovereign cloud platform aimed squarely at European public sector bodies, healthcare providers and defense organizations. It’s the latest effort by European companies in their fight back against US dominance. Atos Sovereign Cloud offers a range of controls for data management, providing customers with resilience and full control over their data, complying with existing Eur…