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Amazon claims its data centers are 7x more water-efficient than the industry average

New figures position the company ahead of rivals on water consumption as hyperscalers race to prove AI's growing infrastructure footprint is sustainable.

By Taryn Plumb

Jun 11, 20267 mins

Amazon Web ServicesData Center AutomationIaaS

The network automation imperative: ‘Too many devices to copy-paste configs. Automate or die’

By Denise Dubie

Jan 20, 20265 mins

Data CenterData Center AutomationNetwork Management Software

Scattered network data impedes automation efforts

By Shamus McGillicuddy

Jan 12, 20267 mins

Data CenterData Center AutomationNetwork Management Software

AI-driven network management gains enterprise trust

By Maria Korolov

Dec 8, 202511 mins

Data Center AutomationGenerative AINetwork Management Software

Gluware tackles AI agent coordination with Titan platform

By Sean Michael Kerner

Nov 21, 20254 mins

Data CenterData Center AutomationNetwork Management Software

Arista, Palo Alto bolster AI data center security

By Michael Cooney

Nov 14, 20255 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData Center AutomationNetwork Security

Articles

Kyndryl service aims to control agentic AI across the enterprise

Kyndryl rolls out its Agentic AI Framework, an orchestration platform designed to manage agents.

By Michael Cooney

Jul 17, 2025 2 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData CenterNetwork Management Software

NetBox Labs secures $35M as demand for network infrastructure management surges

The core NetBox platform models infrastructure relationships in detail, while NetBox Discovery provides network device and service discovery, and NetBox Assurance adds configuration compliance and drift detection capabilities.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Jul 14, 2025 5 mins

Data CenterNetwork Management SoftwareServers

HPE announces GreenLake Intelligence, goes all-in with agentic AI

At its Discover conference it also unveils new AI factories, and new plans to help pay for it all.

By Lynn Greiner

Jun 24, 2025 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData CenterHybrid Cloud

Keysight tools tackle data center deployment efficiency

The suite of tools is designed to identify weak links that degrade the performance of AI data centers.

By Andy Patrizio

Apr 14, 2025 2 mins

Data CenterNetwork Management Software

NetBrain boosts AI smarts to automatically handle network problems

The 12.1 release of NetBrain's network automation platform incorporates more powerful AI capabilities for network discovery, post-mortem outage assessments, and autonomous troubleshooting.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Apr 10, 2025 4 mins

Data CenterNetwork Management SoftwareNetworking

IP Fabric expands network visibility, automation

Among the updates to IP Fabric 7.0 are greater visibility into AWS networking environments, expanded BGP analytic capabilities, and network digital twin capabilities.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Feb 11, 2025 6 mins

Data CenterNetwork Management SoftwareNetworking Devices

AI-powered automation set for gains in 2025

Infusing automation platforms with greater AI capabilities can help enterprises improve network troubleshooting, avoid configuration errors, and streamline workload management.

By Michael Cooney

Jan 29, 2025 7 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData CenterNetwork Management Software

AI copilots boost Gluware's network automation platform

Gluware's AI copilots offer a natural language interface for managing tasks such as device discovery, attribute updates, and remediation workflows.

By Sean Michael Kerner

Oct 17, 2024 4 mins

Data CenterNetwork Management SoftwareNetworking

Cisco revamps key DevNet sandboxes

New and upgraded DevNet sandboxes from Cisco are dedicated to Catalyst Center, CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure automation, and Meraki products.

By Michael Cooney

Oct 10, 2024 5 mins

CareersData CenterNetwork Management Software

Gartner: Network automation set for 3x increase by 2026

The percentage of enterprises that automate more than half of their network activities will climb from less than 10% in mid-2023 to 30% by 2026, predicts research firm Gartner.

By Denise Dubie

Sep 18, 2024 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData CenterNetwork Management Software

IBM drops $6.4B for HashiCorp and its multicloud automation technology

HashiCorp's automation technology will fit into IBM’s Red Hat, watsonx, data security, IT automation and consulting businesses.

By Michael Cooney

Apr 24, 2024 3 mins

Cloud ComputingData CenterNetwork Management Software

DIY or commercial network automation? Most network teams choose ‘all of the above’

Security and compliance requirements drive IT pros to commercial automation tools, while the prospect of more customizable functionality lures teams to DIY automation.

By Shamus McGillicuddy

Apr 16, 2024 6 mins

Data CenterNetwork Management SoftwareNetwork Security

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Amazon claims its data centers are 7x more water-efficient than the industry average

Red Hat opens Ansible to AI agents, within limits

Kyndryl service targets AI agent automation, security

Enterprise Spotlight: Data Center Modernization

The network automation imperative: ‘Too many devices to copy-paste configs. Automate or die’

Scattered network data impedes automation efforts

AI-driven network management gains enterprise trust

Gluware tackles AI agent coordination with Titan platform

Arista, Palo Alto bolster AI data center security

Articles

Kyndryl service aims to control agentic AI across the enterprise

NetBox Labs secures $35M as demand for network infrastructure management surges

HPE announces GreenLake Intelligence, goes all-in with agentic AI

Keysight tools tackle data center deployment efficiency

NetBrain boosts AI smarts to automatically handle network problems

IP Fabric expands network visibility, automation

AI-powered automation set for gains in 2025

AI copilots boost Gluware's network automation platform

Cisco revamps key DevNet sandboxes

Gartner: Network automation set for 3x increase by 2026

IBM drops $6.4B for HashiCorp and its multicloud automation technology

DIY or commercial network automation? Most network teams choose ‘all of the above’

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