Datacenter Networking Nexus
The Register explores the latest in modern datacenter networking. This week offers insights into how organizations can optimize their infrastructure for performance, scalability, and security.
How Broadcom is quietly plotting a takeover of the AI infrastructure market
analysis AI is a nesting doll of networks, so why reinvent the wheel when you can license it instead
Datacenter Networking Nexus27 Jun 2025 |5
Cisco punts network-security integration as key for agentic AI
Getting it in might mean re-racking the entire datacenter and rebuilding the network, though
Datacenter Networking Nexus27 Jun 2025 |6
Before the megabit: A trip through vintage datacenter networking
When it was all about the baud rate
Datacenter Networking Nexus27 Jun 2025 |80
The network is indeed trying to become the computer
Analysis Masked networking costs are coming to AI systems
Datacenter Networking Nexus27 Jun 2025 |7
Cisco fixes two critical make-me-root bugs on Identity Services Engine components
A 10.0 and a 9.8 – these aren’t patches to dwell on
Datacenter Networking Nexus26 Jun 2025 |4
The SmartNIC revolution fell flat, but AI might change that
Analysis The idea of handing off networking chores to DPUs persists even if it hasn't caught on beyond hyperscalers
Datacenter Networking Nexus26 Jun 2025 |4
Rack-scale networks are the new hotness for massive AI training and inference workloads
Analysis Terabytes per second of bandwidth, miles of copper cabling, all crammed into the back of a single rack
Datacenter Networking Nexus25 Jun 2025 |2
HPE Aruba boasts that when network problems come along, its AI will whip them into shape
NetAdmins may be mere years away from devolving into babysitters for bots
Datacenter Networking Nexus25 Jun 2025 |6
Microsoft is about to retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure
Interview 'Things will break,' Aviatrix CPO tells El Reg
Datacenter Networking Nexus24 Jun 2025 |28
Ivanti makes dedicated fans of Chinese spies who just can't resist attacking its buggy kit
If it ain't broke?
Datacenter Networking Nexus23 May 2025 |1
Human error and power glitches to blame for most outages
Blackouts less frequent in 2024, still a PITA when the datacenter downtime demons visit
Datacenter Networking Nexus07 May 2025 |8
Hyperconverged infrastructure is so hot right now it needs liquid cooling
Lenovo brings its Neptune cold plates to servers packing sixth-gen Xeons to run VMware, Nutanix, and AzureStack
Datacenter Networking Nexus24 Apr 2025 |3
Asia reaches 50 percent IPv6 capability and leads the world in user numbers
India and China deliver a nice milestone, with help from ancient internet history
Datacenter Networking Nexus23 Apr 2025 |42
Why wait to build a datacenter when you can just unpack one?
Prefab SmartRun kit from Vertiv promises 85% faster deployment and fewer plumbing headaches
Datacenter Networking Nexus15 Apr 2025 |5
UALink debuts its first AI interconnect spec – usable in just 18 short months
No-Nvidia networking club is banking on you running different GPUs on one network
Datacenter Networking Nexus08 Apr 2025 |
Nvidia punts silicon photonic switches to keep GPUs fed with data
GTC Power sipping bandwidth bottleneck busters – or that's the hope, anyway
Datacenter Networking Nexus18 Mar 2025 |2
Expired Juniper routers find new life – as Chinese spy hubs
Fewer than 10 known victims, but Mandiant suspects others compromised, too
Datacenter Networking Nexus12 Mar 2025 |5
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