Salvatore Salamone, Managing Editor, Network Computing, Author at NetworkingNexus.net

Salvatore Salamone, Managing Editor, Network Computing

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Subsea Cable Alternatives Get Serious Attention

Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.

Facebook, Instagram Outages a Sign of the Times

In today's tense geopolitical world, the initial thought about the cause of major outages is that they are due to cyberattacks. Fortunately, yesterday’s outages of Meta services appear to be the result of technical problems.

Enterprise Security Gets Personal: Enter the Human Firewall

Rather than focusing on technology, threats, or the security of a site, a human firewall approach seeks to make the end user a full participant in ensuring enterprise security.

Suspected Middle East Sabotage Brings Undersea Cable Vulnerabilities into Focus

Middle East fighting is cause for concern as enterprises and the telecom industry are dependent on undersea cables to carry the bulk of their intercontinental Internet traffic.

Solving the In-building Cellular Signal Propagation Dilemma

5G signal attenuation greatly impacts in-building cellular coverage. A new Corning solution tries to address the issue.

Taming Network Complexity with Digital Twins

Digital twins can help manage and troubleshoot complex networks by providing an accurate replica of the network's configuration and state.

New Processors Help Modernize the Data Center for AI

Enterprise and cloud data centers are using new compute and networking processors to run and speed up today’s more complex AI workloads.

AI Data Centers Need High-performance Networks: HPE to Acquire Juniper Networks

AI has forced many enterprises to re-evaluate their network infrastructure. HPE’s acquisition of Juniper Networks seeks to focus on meeting the performance needs of AI data centers.

Ethernet Holds Its Own in Demanding AI Compute Environments

While InfiniBand is making gains, many enterprises are sticking with Ethernet for their data center switching and interconnectivity needs to run their AI workloads.

2023 Network Computing Words of the Year

Which words captured our attention, piqued our fancy, sparked our interest, made our dreams come true, or kept us up at night in 2023? Drumroll, please ...

Cisco Aims to Address Firewall Complexity with an AI Assist

Cisco introduced the Cisco AI Assistant for Security this week, a tool to help IT administrators manage their firewalls to maintain a robust security posture.

What is an IPU (Infrastructure Processing Unit) and How Does it Work?

IPUs (Infrastructure Processing Units) are hardware accelerators designed to offload compute-intensive infrastructure tasks like packet processing, traffic shaping, and virtual switching from CPUs.

AWS Intros Enterprise Thin Client and More at re:Invent

The new Amazon Workspaces Thin Client is a small unit that is easy for a remote user to set up, and centrally managed via the AWS Management Console.

Weekly Roundup: NVIDIA Addresses AI Infrastructure Issues

NVIDIA announcements this week, like other industry efforts this year, aim to speed up Ethernet networking in an AI infrastructure.

Week in Review: Big Happenings on Multiple Wireless Fronts

A newly announced National Spectrum Strategy seeks to expand access to advanced wireless broadband networks and technologies.

Cisco Flaw Highlights Dynamic Nature of Vulnerability Management

Updating the IOS XE software and disabling the HTTP Server feature should prevent additional system exploits. But what of the systems that are already infected?

Global NaaS Event Roundup: Taking NaaS and SASE Forward

MEF announced the industry’s first NaaS blueprint, a SASE certification program, and an enterprise leadership council.

The Evolution of NaaS APIs and What it Means for the Enterprise

Service provider using APIs to automate common functions like order processing, service provisioning, and security can make it easier for an enterprise to order and use NaaS services.

Cisco Aims to Bolster Cloud Security and Resilience With Splunk

Cisco’s acquisition of Splunk will bring together powerful infrastructure security and observability offerings with advanced data management capabilities.

Wi-Fi 7 May Be Closer Than You Think

Wi-Fi 7 products, due out in 2024, will offer significantly more performance for enterprise users and can support more users in denser environments compared to Wi-Fi 6.

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