Tech Update: What can AIOps actually do for networks?

How long before AI becomes not just an add-on, but a transformative force enhancing every aspect of networking from design and deployment to management and optimization. What can AIOps do today? Jean English, Chief Marketing Officer from Juniper Networks, explains:- The importance of starting with experience-first questions to enhance user experience for both the end-user and the operator, and how AI plays a crucial role in this process.- The...

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Tech Update: Can AI proactively predict the user experience?

It is the dream of the CIO that someday IT problems will fix themselves before the user notices. How far are we from this bright future? Sudheer Matta, Group VP Product Management, AI-driven Enterprise from Juniper explains:- The introduction of Marvis Minis, a proactive AI tool that anticipates and resolves network issues before they affect the user experience.- The concept of a 'digital twin' of the user experience, built natively into the...

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Tech Update: AI for Networking-for-AI

You've heard of Networking-for-AI, but how do you leverage AI to better manage this same infrastructure? Amit Sanyal, Senior Director, Data Center Product Marketing from Juniper, provides insightful answers:- Amit discusses the concept of AI native networking, which involves systems and solutions designed with AI in mind. This approach simplifies the management and operation of networks.- He introduces Marvis VNA, a virtual network assistant that...

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Tech Update: Benchmarking Networking-for-AI

Networking-for-AI is certainly a hot topic these days. The race is on to build the most powerful AI cluster. But how do you know if the network is up to the challenge? Infiniband or Ethernet? Praveen Jain, SVP/GM, AI Clusters and Cloud-ready Data Centers from Juniper explains:- The importance of benchmarking for AI in networking and how Juniper has built its own AI cluster to measure performance and ensure optimal utilization of resources.- How...

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Microsoft plans $1 billion data center in La Porte, Indiana

Microsoft will invest $1 billion to build a new data center in northwest Indiana. The new 245,000-square-foot data center will be located on 489 acres at the Radius Industrial Park in La Porte, Indiana. The campus will join Microsoft's worldwide network of cloud computing infrastructure of more than 60 Azure regions, more than 300 data centers, over 280,000 kilometers of network, and over 190 edge sites.“Microsoft is excited to expand our datacenter...

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Ciena posts Q2 revenue of $910.8 million, down 20% yoy

Citing excess inventory with customers, Ciena reported revenue of $910.8 million  for its fiscal second quarter ended April 27, 2024, down 19.6% as compared to $1.13 billion for the fiscal second quarter 2023.Ciena's GAAP net loss for the fiscal second quarter 2024 was $(16.8) million, or $(0.12) per diluted common share, which compares to a GAAP net income of $57.7 million, or $0.38 per diluted common share, for the fiscal second quarter 2023.Ciena's...

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Colt expands in Asia

Colt Technology Services latest strategic move is an expansion into six Asian countries: the Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.Although Colt has been engaging with multiple B2B telecom carriers in the region, a new non-exclusive strategic partnership will offer the following benefits to customers in the region as well as to Japanese and global companies seeking to enter and expand within the region:Competitively priced...

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Cologix acquires 2 data centers in Iowa

 Cologix has acquired two ted data centers in Iowa from Connect Des Moines. Financial terms were not disclosed.DSM1 - Located downtown in the Financial Center building at 666 Walnut Street, DSM1 is 4,000 square feet and 600kW of power and enables connectivity to 26 unique networks in the Cologix Meet-Me-Room with direct access to the DesMoinesIX internet exchange. DSM1 also features an additional 10,000 square feet of expansion capacity with 1.0 MW of power.DSM2 - The DSM2 digital edge data center is 12,500 square feet and 1.0 MW of power...

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