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CISPE, the association of Cloud Infrastructure Providers in Europe, is continuing its legal fight to unwind Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, citing the harm it is doing to VMware customers. It has just filed a response in a case it brought before a top European Court earlier this year, seeking to annul a 2023 decision to approve the merger by the European Commission, the European Union’s antitru…

A cloud challenge that hampers many organizations is how to normalize billing data across disparate platforms that include complex multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure deployments. Enterprises are spending significant resources building custom integrations to reconcile cost data from different cloud providers, SaaS platforms and on-premises infrastructure. That’s the domain of FinOps, a practice…

Network engineers have spent decades working within rigid constraints. Your switch vendor decides what protocols you can use, what features you get, and when you get them. Need something custom? You’re out of luck. That’s changing, and P4 is a primary driver. P4 lets you program the data plane, the part of switches and SmartNICs that actually moves packets. This isn’t theoretical. Organizations a…

Aetherflux says it will launch its first solar powered orbital data center satellite in the first quarter of 2027, joining SpaceX, Amazon, Google, and Starcloud in a race to move computing infrastructure off-planet as AI’s energy demands outpace terrestrial data center capacity. “Aetherflux’s first data center node for commercial use is targeted for Q1 2027; subsequent satellite launches will bui…

Oracle’s aggressive AI-driven data center build-out has pushed its free cash flow from a modest deficit of $2 billion in the quarter ended August 31 to a staggering $10 billion shortfall in the quarter ended November 30, creating structural financial pressure that could translate into higher subscription costs and stricter contract terms for customers, analysts say. “Oracle customers face a clear…

Nvidia has released new open-source software that gives data center operators deeper visibility into the thermal and overall health of its AI GPUs, aiming to help enterprises manage heat and reliability challenges as power-hungry accelerators push cooling systems to their limits. The update arrives as the industry weighs the growing impact of thermal stress on the lifespan and performance of mode…

Arista Networks is making moves in campus mobility, announcing architectural updates designed to help enterprises build large-scale wireless networks. Arista’s new Virtual Ethernet Segment with Proxy ARP (VESPA) for WLAN mobility will let enterprise customers design massive Wi-Fi roaming domain networks with more than 500,000 multivendor clients and 30,000 Arista wireless access points. VESPA is …

Cybersecurity teams are navigating a shift as skills shortages overtake headcount as the primary concern, according to ISC2’s 2025 Cybersecurity Workforce Study . The research, based on responses from some 16,029 cybersecurity professionals globally, reveals that while budget cuts and layoffs have leveled off after last year’s surge, the pressure on security teams has intensified. ISC2, a nonprof…

This year is shaping up to be an active one for mergers and acquisitions. Goldman Sachs says 2025 is on pace to become the second-biggest in history for announced M&As, Reuters reports . In the networking arena, some of the biggest deals of 2025 were a long time coming — it took more than 18 months for HPE to finally close the Juniper Networks deal , for example. Some come with blockbuster price …

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The SONiC network operating system (NOS) was first open-sourced in 2017, and in recent years it has become a mainstay of networking vendors. But there are barriers to deployment in multi-vendor hardware environments. While open-source code is available, actual SONiC operating system distributions — including all the tools needed to run, install and maintain the system — come in the form of vendor…

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. Read on to see the latest analysis, and stop back next week for another update on the…

The US will allow Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to be exported to China with a 25 percent fee, a policy shift that could redirect global demand toward one of the world’s largest AI markets and intensify competition for already limited GPU inventories. The move raises fresh questions about whether enterprise buyers planning 2026 infrastructure upgrades should brace for higher prices or longer lead times …

More processor coverage on Network World: AMD news and insights | Nvidia news and insights Intel is hoping for a turnaround under its new CEO, Lip-BuTan. Intel’s Q1 2025 revenue was $12.7 billion, flat year-over-year. While its Client Computing Group (CCG) revenue dropped 8%, the Data Center and AI (DCAI) segment showed an 8% increase, driven by Xeon volume. Intel is pushing its Gaudi 3 AI accele…

At insurance company Aflac, AI agents are used to analyze, simulate, and enforce rule changes to security policies in real time. In the past, rule creation and change reviews took hours and required manual validation by multiple analysts, says DJ Goldsworthy , the company’s global security technology officer. “Now, agentic workflows automatically interpret business requests,” he says. The agents …