Huawei doubles down on AI networks with agentic automation and high-density switches
Chinese giant targets AI ‘compute factories’ and maturing near-packaged optics
News - WAN
The latest news on networking, cloud, and AI infrastructure
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Google outlines unified AI networking architecture spanning data centers and WAN
Hyperscaler positions Virgo, Jupiter, and WAN infrastructure within a broader AI networking roadmap
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FCC expands foreign router ban to LTE/5G cellular systems, Wi-Fi hotspots
Router import restrictions broadened amid fears devices could facilitate network disruptions and espionage
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Google wants network engineers to 'revolutionize' switch infrastructure
Hyperscaler on the lookout for senior software engineer to work on its backbone
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Huawei pitches Xinghe quantum-secure WAN platform
Platform integrates traffic management and encryption into infrastructure, including a built-in QKD board to eliminate standalone quantum encryption devices
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Orange Business wrangles Cisco for quantum-proof networks
PQC coming to WAN and SD-WAN, with Palo Alto Networks and other suppliers likely to be part of future partnerships
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Dell’Oro: Distributed cloud networking emerges as ‘the WAN for AI-era applications’
Analysts reveal DCN buyers are ‘moving beyond isolated upgrades’ and instead prioritizing architectural alignment
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Arista wants to bring data center connectivity & resiliency to campus networks
New VESPA architecture enables seamless, resilient campus roaming via controller-less Wi-Fi
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Move from SD-WAN to SASE speeds up for greater enterprise security: report
Teams are turning to SASE amid hybrid work and more security threats, analysis indicates
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Lumen and Meter span WAN-to-LAN for AI networks
Deal follows recent HPE edge partnership
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Microsoft details ‘AI WAN’ connecting distributed Fairwater AI superfactory
Azure infrastructure buildout goes distributed as OpenAI inference costs spiral
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Google Cloud networks solution wants to detangle cross-site connections
Hyperscaler announces general availability of CSI
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Huawei updates AI WAN solution for autonomous network push
Chinese giant shares European case study with Paris-based announcement
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Microsoft Azure outage blamed on WAN router IP change
Has taken steps to stop it happening again
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SD-WAN a sliver of large enterprise WAN market
TeleGeography found MPLS and access loops connecting to MPLS points of presence make up 60% of the market for large multinational enterprise WANs
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Cisco looks to ThousandEyes for WAN-on-demand strategy
Cisco's recent cloud and colocation partnerships are the foundation of a grander play leveraging ThousandEyes to shape SD-WAN routing policy.
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HPE swallows Silver Peak in $925M bid to bolster SD-WAN
Strategically, the acquisition stands to improve Aruba's standing in the crowded and highly competitive SD-WAN market
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Fortinet leapfrogs Cisco with 21,000 SD-WAN customers
Cisco announced it had 20,000 SD-WAN customers spread across its Viptela and Meraki SD-WAN platforms
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SD-WAN to clip WAN edge growth, Gartner predicts
Gartner expects the slowdown in WAN edge spending to be offset somewhat by increasing bandwidth demands on WAN networks
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VMware, Silver Peak lead SD-WAN pack; Cisco, Riverbedo lose ground
Gartner's latest WAN Edge Magic Quadrant report has VMware and Silver Peak leading that market in 2019, while Cisco and Riverbed have slipped
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Talari adds WAN optimization & bolsters SD-WAN security
Talari inherited its WAN optimization technology by acquiring an unknown vendor