SDxCentral Magazine - Issue 2
7-Eleven networks in Taiwan, Verizon’s CTO, OpenAI's networking, and AMD's head of networking tech
News - Cloud & Hyperscale, Networking
The latest news on networking, cloud, and AI infrastructure
Featured
-
Cisco-backed chiplet interconnect upstart in line for acquisition: report
Early talks with Arm led to nothing, but investors reportedly informed of purchase
-
Man behind Netflix’s data center network cut in brutal layoffs
6% of its global workforce were slashed, including architects and software engineers
-
Cisco nabs Nvidia for pluggable power up, snuggles closer to SONiC
More power out and less power consumption
-
Meta builds custom 'IceCube' AI network switch using Nvidia's Spectrum-6 ASICs
Switch pairs FBOSS OS with 102T chip for 100K+ GPU clusters
-
Nvidia-backed Upscale unveils fabric that lets engineers break vendor lock-in and mix rival XPUs
Upscale’s Token Fabric to create network bridge for the dream of heterogeneous computing
-
Lambda poaches AWS director to lead software and AI networking engineering
Fiachra Groarke joins neocloud given early access to Nvidia CPO switches
-
Cisco’s quantum networking quest gains controller, compiler abstraction layer
The 'research prototypes' target quantum's tangled entanglements
-
Equinix network VP Nico Strina departs for Capital One
Storied engineer counts stints at Twitch and Twilio on CV
-
HPE’s Rami Rahim rallies robust $800M synergy roll around rocking market, integration results
Analysts see potential for financial windfall to fuel investment gains at the expense of rivals Cisco and Arista
-
HPE Networking chief links $1.2B Vultr neocloud win to ‘revenue synergy’ opportunity
The deal is HPE's first tied to its AMD Helios AI Rack system
-
Global memory stocks down to just one week’s supply as drought digs in until 2028
Bad news, more bad news as Smith's chief trading officer gives AI storage and compute a reality check
-
Cisco makes Splunk AI token bean counter with Galileo gains
Tokenomics the name of the game at Conf26
-
SDxCentral Magazine out now: How 7-Eleven networks Taiwan together
Understand the network behind Taiwan’s own backbone
-
Ericsson guts Italian network operations with 130 jobs lost
Genoa office loses entire Business Area Networks unit in major R&D blow
-
Zayo disrupts networking with AI agent service
Firm launches Agentic Networking for DynamicLink
-
Nokia pitches practical telecom AI with mobile core program launch
Venture gives hands-on experience with advanced network connectivity for AI-centric era
-
Ciena sees $1.6B in earnings with supply chain optimism
Vendor reports telecom bounceback and neocloud love in latest financials
-
Broadcom slams AI silicon-fueled Q3, promises double-double on the way
And VMware continues to tick along
-
Microsoft appoints Azure VP of global network infrastructure
Francisco J. M. Rey gets promotion at hyperscaler
-
HPE caps stellar Q3 with Oracle ‘gigawatt scale’ networking deal
Hyperscaler and long-time Juniper user keeps faith, but backlog headaches linger on
-
Equinix looks to disrupt network-as-a-service with Fabric One offering
AWS, Google Cloud specs used to create open layer for managed distributed connectivity service
-
Cato intros flexible SASE licensing to simplify provisioning for small businesses
Vendor targets SMBs with ‘instant’ partner provisioning
-
Nokia Bell Labs sees bells toll in downsizing and wind-down of future network vision
Former CTO lambasts job cuts at R&D mainstay
-
Meta bakes networking on-chip in custom silicon designed to cut CPU hops
MTIA 300’s house onboard NICs to ditch PCIe bottlenecks
-
Cisco takes aim at HPE, Dell with 14-day server price guarantee
Cisco's Supermicro push as part of Nvidia suite also aims to tackle current supply bottlenecks
-
Nvidia chip gem Groq swipes Meta network chief Ola Kasali
Networking head hire shows LPU maker still standing on two feet after Nvidia's mega-bucks infusion this year
-
Cisco agentifies suite with single cloud pane of glass
Cisco's Cloud Control management plane now exclusive to the U.S. as vendor takes cautious steps with enterprise agentic AI
-
Scale-in? Nvidia’s ‘fifth’ pillar of AI networking rests on shaky ground
Nebulous Hot Chip updates include apparent acceleration for north-south traffic and a multiplane configuration ‘spotlight’