The patch window is shrinking fast, and attackers are moving first. Network World reporter Gyana Swain explains what’s happening. spr.ly/6018BDgGAq A Cisco Unified CM flaw is now being actively exploited, weeks after the fixes were released. #NetworkWorldNews #InfoSec

Midmarket AI gap: Small IT teams are being asked to do enterprise-sized jobs spr.ly/6015BHjCUc

Hyperscalers allow more scrutiny of controversial data center plans spr.ly/6013BHjkVH

Google will pay people to use less electricity so its data centers can use more spr.ly/6015BHb2y3

Extreme wants to use idle network compute capacity for local AI spr.ly/6015BHw2lX

Gartner forecasts 15% global IT spending growth, recaps top tech predictions spr.ly/6016BHwRjp

Nvidia’s Berlin GTC: Faster AI factories, lower power use and more secure agents spr.ly/6015BHZQaB

AI networks drive SONiC boom spr.ly/6011BHksnP

Microsoft exits UK AI data center project over electricity delays spr.ly/6014BHk6DM

IT/OT convergence exposes skills gap. Cisco responds with new OT security certification spr.ly/6014BHXnuu

Microsoft expands sovereign cloud offerings as data control concerns grow spr.ly/6010BHnuq0

SONiC momentum continues at OCP Global Summit spr.ly/6010BHVc7e

AI agents drive up telemetry costs, complicate network observability spr.ly/6018BHp7py

AI datacenter capex will far exceed forecast revenue through 2030 spr.ly/6016BHMczs

AMD unveils Helion as agentic AI fuels demand for data center CPUs spr.ly/6016BHKQoA

OPC Global Summit: News spans AI-optimized hardware, cooling equipment spr.ly/6015BHKzS5

IBM, IonQ, Diraq, and Atom Computing advance to DARPA’s quantum hardware testing stage spr.ly/6015BHJ1vN

SolarWinds launches Avior AI agents to automate network operations spr.ly/6019BHyTOv

Ultra Ethernet 1.1 extends the specification to scale-up networks and adds programmable congestion control spr.ly/6010BHHsq6

NetBox Labs adds network design templates and AI agents to streamline infrastructure operations spr.ly/6015BHGxbS

IonQ’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Elisity is trying to position it for quantum cybersecurity spr.ly/6014BHGKeq