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Amazon has started deploying a completely new routing architecture in AWS data centers which it says will deliver higher throughput from fewer physical switches while slashing electricity consumption. The company claims the architecture, dubbed Resilient Network Graphs (RNG) by the AWS Networking Lab researchers who developed it, offers a more efficient alternative to the traditional ‘fat tree’ t…

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…

When several database clusters started failing simultaneously, Cisco IT had all the data it needed to diagnose the problem. The signals were there. Engineers saw them. The issue was that those signals were landing in separate systems that did not talk to each other, and the team had no way to correlate them in real time. What followed was three hours of war-room calls across three separate bridge…

Microsoft has announced Coreutils, a new Windows 11 feature that allows developers to run many popular Linux command line utilities natively on Windows from a single binary. Revealed at this week’s Build 2026 developer conference in Seattle, Coreutils is about reducing what Microsoft terms the “cognitive load” faced by developers when moving between Windows and other platforms. Currently, accessi…

AMD has added three new chips to its Versal Prime series lineup, which is designed for space-constrained applications. AMD began shipping the first production units of the Versal Prime Gen2 Series last year. Two devices have entered full production, and a third is currently sampling. These new devices are designed to provide an optimized footprint and processing subsystem compared to the earlier …

CompTIA has launched AutoOps+ , a new certification and training program that the organization says will validate the automation, scripting, infrastructure management, and DevOps skills required in today’s IT operations environments. The vendor-neutral certification is targeted at IT professionals responsible for automating workflows , managing infrastructure, and supporting software delivery pip…

Particle entanglement, superposition and teleportation are key concepts in quantum physics. Einstein famously dismissed such phenomena as “spooky action at a distance.” Quantum computing is the nascent field of technology bringing that spookiness to life, but it is quantum networking that will actually enable quantum computing to be useful by connecting multiple systems together. According to Cis…

Cloud computing has reached a crossroads. The high cost and data sensitivity of AI workloads are raising the appeal of private clouds, even as neoclouds and sovereign clouds shake up the cloud provider landscape. New cyberthreats, shifting compute requirements, and management complexity are adding to cloud complications. Download the June 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of…

As is typical of Cisco , the company made several product announcements at its flagship event, Cisco Live . The most significant product announcement is Cisco Cloud Control, which recognizes that customers do not run separate Cisco products; they run one sprawling, interconnected environment that must be monitored, secured, and increasingly operated with AI at machine speed. That is what Cisco Cl…

Four years ago, when Broadcom announced plans to buy VMware, analysts recommended that enterprises start looking for an exit strategy based on Broadcom’s less-than-stellar track record with prior acquisitions. The fear was that Broadcom would raise prices, reduce support, and stop investing in the technology. Some of those concerns have come to pass. Broadcom eliminated perpetual licenses, forced…

Netskope this week launched AI Command Center, a new offering in its Netskope One secure access service edge (SASE) platform that gives enterprises a centralized way to discover, assess, and respond to risks associated with AI applications, models, and autonomous agents. AI Command Center provides visibility into both approved and unsanctioned AI services across an organization, helping security …

For much of the past decade, enterprise networking was something the industry tried to abstract away. Cloud-first architectures commoditized switching and routing, burying them under software-defined layers. AI infrastructure has reversed that trajectory. Tom Gillis , senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s infrastructure and security group, has a theory about why, and it starts with…

Cisco built the networking infrastructure that underpins the internet and the cloud. At Cisco Live this week, the company is making its case to hold that same position as enterprises shift from AI chatbots to autonomous agents. Where chatbots answer questions, agents take actions: They execute tasks, call tools, make changes, and operate continuously at machine speed. That changes the requirement…

A Palo Alto Networks vulnerability that allows attackers to establish unauthorized VPN access into corporate networks is being actively exploited in the wild, weeks after the company disclosed the flaw as a medium-severity issue and said it was unaware of any attacks. However, according to Rapid7, threat actors began exploiting the bug within days of disclosure. “Rapid7 MDR identified successful …

Microsoft continues to face scrutiny over its alleged antitrust practices, with new details coming to light about what, exactly, the federal government is investigating about the tech giant. According to new information revealed by The Verge , the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is gathering information about Microsoft’s business agreements, licensing arrangements, and the interoperability of i…