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Extreme Networks is relying heavily on a number of key technologies—including its network fabric and cloud management portfolios to build toward the future—but more immediately, it is leaning on a system memory advantage, Wi-Fi 7 development and the changing competitive landscape to drive growth. For now momentum is represented as five consecutive quarters of double-digit financial growth—its most recent 3Q ended March 31 with sales of $316.9 million, an 11% year-over-year increase and eight consecutive quarters of product growth. “Our results reinforce our momentum as the fastest-growing enterprise networking player,” president, CEO & executive director,

American citizens and politicians alike have turned on the expansion of data centers in their communities with incredible rapidity.  Data centers have gone from curiosities that few paid any attention to, to pariahs blame for ruining the local climate, driving up electric bills, and consuming way too much fresh water. Every day a new fight springs up on the Facebook group “Say NO to Data Centers,” which has 75,00 followers and climbing.  A roundup of the most recent notable anti-data center news includes: The Recall: The small town of Festus, Missouri (population: 14,000) immediat

Artificial intelligence has had an immediate and profound impact on software development. Coding practices, coding tools, developer roles, and the software development process itself are all being reimagined as AI agents advance on every stage of the software development life cycle, from planning and design to testing, deployment, and maintenance. Download the May 2026 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World and learn how to harness the power of AI-enabled development. Get the Spotlight report here:

Churchill Downs may be best known for the Kentucky Derby’s two-minute spectacle, but behind the scenes, the historic venue is undergoing a network transformation that offers lessons for any enterprise grappling with massive scale, security complexity, and extreme demand variability. The company recently designated Cisco as its official partner for enterprise networking and network infrastructure and will deploy more than 7,000 switches across its 26 properties, including 12 regional casinos and 18 racing venues. What makes this deployment particularly instructive isn’t just its scale but how Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) navigated the transition from a collection of disparate n

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 s

Cash pay premiums for 663 IT certifications jumped sharply, posting their strongest quarterly jump in roughly a decade, according to new data from Foote Partners’ IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index. Conversely pay for 746 noncertified IT skills dropped 2.2% in Q1 2026, representing the steepest single-quarter decline since 2002, the data revealed.

Quantum computers are prone to high error rates, so, to make qubits usable, a lot of redundancy is required. It typically takes hundreds—even thousands—of physical qubits to make one usable, “logical” qubit. This has been a major obstacle to the development of practical quantum computers. If thousands of qubits are needed for a quantum computer to do anything useful, and it takes a thousand physi

HPE has expanded its Proliant server family with a trio of new boxes aimed at supporting distributed AI and other workloads in all manner of edge locations. The new servers include two Gen12-based boxes known as HPE ProLiant Compute EL2000 chassis and the HPE ProLiant DL145 Gen11 server, all optimized for harsh or remote edge environments across branch offices, retail, manufacturing, factories, power plants, and national security-related operations, the company stated. “Purpose‑built infrastructure is not a feature or a certification. It is a system‑level design approach that accounts for environment, performance, security, and operations together,” wrote

A few years back, Bhaskar Ramachandran read the tea leaves and what he saw was clear: With all the enhancements hyperscalers continuous make, there was no value in having on-premises data centers any longer. “There is just no way for a private company to match that,” says Ramachandran, global vice president and CIO of paints and coatings manufacturer PPG. “This is their business, and they’re really good at it, and it was clear that the size of the hyperscalers is just going to win over the infrastructure game. So it didn’t make sense for us to keep up with the infrastructure.�

Cisco has bolstered the security and AI control features in its latest release of SD-WAN software. The company rolled out Cisco SD-WAN 26.1.1 with a number of new features that, for example, let enterprise customers define security policies once and apply them consistently across the network, gain end-to-end visibility, and pivot from a traditional WAN to a high-performance, AI-ready fabric—all without requiring a major ar