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If there’s one thing guaranteed to grab attention in the computer security world, it’s announcing yourself without fully explaining what it is you plan to do. This week, the Linux world got a taste of this enigmatic marketing ploy with the launch out of stealth of Berlin-based Linux security outfit Amutable. While its purpose is only vaguely defined in the launch announcement, nobody could accuse it of lacking ambition: it plans to bring “determinism and verifiable integrity to Linux systems” to address the operating system’s security weaknesses. Most tiny

Network operations teams face a flood of AI-powered tools promising simplified management through natural language interfaces. Many amount to conversational wrappers around existing capabilities, offering convenience but not fundamental changes to how networks are managed and verified. That’s what Forward Networks’ first AI tool, called AI Assist, provided when it launched in 2024. Now in 2026, Forward Networks is taking a different approach with an agentic AI system that goes beyond a conversational interface. Rather than simply answering questions, it d

Oracle is considering cutting 20,000 to 30,000 jobs and selling some of its activities as US banks pull back from financing the company’s AI data-center expansion, according to investment bank TD Cowen. The job cuts would free up $8 billion to $10 billion in cash flow, TD Cowen said in a research report seen by CIO. Oracle is also weighing a sale of its health-care software unit, Cerner, which it acquired for $28.3 billion in 2022. The measures come as multiple US banks have pulled back from Oracle-linked data-center project lending. “Both equity and debt investors have raise

Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO) is the dominant vendor in enterprise networking, and under CEO Chuck Robbins, it continues to shake things up.  Cisco is focusing on strategic AI initiatives and partnerships across various regions to build and power AI data centers and ecosystems. This includes collaborations with major players like BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft and Nvidia to drive investment and scale AI infrastructure. The networking giant continue

System outages plagued organizations of all sizes in 2025, with major incidents exposing vulnerabilities across network infrastructure and the IT dependencies that define today’s distributed environments, according to the latest Internet outage report from Cisco ThousandEyes. The network intelligence vendor’s recap of the most impactful outages highlights key trends, including the frequency of backend configuration changes causing

Cisco next month will deliver a core piece of its security management framework that is aimed at helping customers more effectively create and manage protection policies. Specifically, Cisco is adding the Mesh Policy Engine — which it first talked about the Cisco Live event last

As network automation evolves beyond scripts to a more sophisticated approach to network operations, a new skill set and role are emerging across enterprise environments: NetDevOps. NetDevOps can mean different things across organizations, but general

Network visibility gaps are expanding as enterprises deploy more distributed infrastructure, while at the same time, certificate lifespans are shrinking. Remote sites running on wireless connectivity often lack the same level of observability available in core data centers. Meanwhile, certificate authorities are moving toward 200-day validity periods, creating more frequent expiration events that can trigger cascading outages. These challenges compound existing shadow IT problems where unapproved applications and devices operate without IT oversight. Netscout Systems is addressing these gaps with two additions to its nGeniu

China has begun cautiously reopening access to Nvidia’s advanced AI processors, granting approvals to a small group of its largest technology companies. The companies include ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent, which are expected to collectively purchase more than 400,000 of Nvidia’s H200 accelerators, according to Reuters. Other technology firms may line up for approvals in subsequent rounds. [ Related: 

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