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Networking

Data centers are moving inland, away from some traditional locations

Two completely separate reports indicate data center construction is moving toward the center of the country and away from the coasts. The first report comes courtesy of Synergy Research Group, which found the center of gravity for planning and building data centers is shifting away from some of the traditional coastal locations and moving inland, with the availability and cost…

Networking

2026 network outage report and internet health check

ThousandEyes, a Cisco company, monitors how ISPs, cloud providers and conferencing services are handling any performance challenges and provides Network World with a weekly roundup of events that impact service delivery. Read on to see the latest analysis, and stop back next week for another update on internet and cloud traffic performance. Note: We have archived prior-year outage updates, including our reports…

Networking

DNS Security is often inadequate, and network engineers should get more involved

Despite widespread adoption of defensive measures, most IT professionals believe their DNS infrastructure is not secure enough. Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) recently published DDI Directions 2026, a market research report that explores enterprise strategies for DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI). In that report, only 28% of DDI experts said they believe that their DNS infrastructure is completely secure.…

Networking

Fixing encryption isn’t enough. Quantum developments put focus on authentication

We are now entering the era of fault-tolerant quantum computing. The computers are getting better. The qubits are getting faster and more reliable, and there are more of them. NIST published its list of quantum-safe encryption algorithms, and now enterprises are racing to upgrade their encryption before Q-day, the quantum apocalypse that will make the previous generation of encryption protocols…

Networking

OpenAI pulls out of a second Stargate data center deal

In the space of one week, OpenAI has pulled out of two European Stargate data center deals, one in the UK and the second in Norway. Observers attribute the move to the company taking a more disciplined approach to its massive expenses, with OpenAI executives trying to make their books look better in a common move among companies preparing to…

Networking

AI shifts IT roles from operator to orchestrator

A new report from SolarWinds finds that artificial intelligence is reshaping IT roles, with 80% of professionals reporting a shift away from hands-on operations toward overseeing automated systems and workflows. IT practitioners are increasingly taking on orchestration responsibilities as organizations expand their use of AI-driven tools and automation, according to the 2026 SolarWinds IT Trends Report: The Human Side of…

Networking

Equinix offering targets automated AI-centric network operations

Equinix has introduced Fabric Intelligence, a service designed to automate and optimize network infrastructure as enterprises scale artificial intelligence workloads across multiple distributed locations. The new platform addresses a growing gap between AI applications, which depend on real-time connectivity across clouds, data centers, and edge locations, and legacy network architectures built around static configurations, ticket-driven workflows, and scheduled change windows,…

Cybersecurity

Mirax Android RAT Turns Devices into SOCKS5 Proxies, Reaching 220,000 via Meta Ads

A nascent Android remote access trojan called Mirax has been observed actively targeting Spanish-speaking countries, with campaigns reaching more than 220,000 accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads through advertisements on Meta. "Mirax integrates advanced Remote Access Trojan (RAT) capabilities, allowing threat actors to fully interact with compromised devices in real

Cybersecurity

In-Depth Analysis Reveals 4x Surge in Critical Security Risks

OX Security recently analyzed 216 million security findings across 250 organizations over a 90-day period. The primary takeaway: while raw alert volume grew by 52% year-over-year, prioritized critical risk grew by nearly 400%. The surge in AI-assisted development is creating a "velocity gap" where the density of high-impact vulnerabilities is scaling faster than

Cybersecurity

108 Malicious Chrome Extensions Threaten 20,000 Users’ Data

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign in which a cluster of 108 Google Chrome extensions has been found to communicate with the same command-and-control (C2) infrastructure with the goal of collecting user data and enabling browser-level abuse by injecting ads and arbitrary JavaScript code into every web page visited. According to Socket, the extensions (complete list