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Schneider Electric and Cisco have unveiled a wall-mounted micro data centre for edge environments.

Announced at Cisco Live in Barcelona, the micro data centre is housed in Schneider’s 6U compact wall mount, which allows large edge servers, networking equipment and a UPS to be safely fixed to a wall. Schneider claimed the mount is 60 percent less intrusive than traditional wall mount enclosures.

Cisco patches multiple flaws in authentication mechanisms of Data Center Network Manager platform Users of Cisco Systems’ Data Center Network Manager have been told to apply software updates released Thursday to fix three authentication vulnerabilities. The networking giant said there are no workarounds to the flaws that could allow hackers to bypass authentication and execute… Read More

Cisco has entered the silicon routing space with the launch of what the company claims is the industry’s first universally adaptable networking chip architecture.

The networking giant said the new single-chip architecture, dubbed Silicon One, will handle data far better than processors currently found in networking and switching gear, as well as providing the versatility needed to support complex new technologies like 10G and adaptive cyber security.

Critical flaws found in Cisco’s network management software for data centres A security researcher has found critical vulnerabilities in Cisco’s Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) software that if exploited could allow attackers to upload files and execute code with root privileges. Four bugs were found in total, all exploiting vulnerabilities in the web-console of DCNM…. Read More

Analytics and automation to help IT teams understand network behaviour and pre-emptively prevent issues Cisco has released a series of software updates that will see AI and machine learning capabilities become more deeply embedded into the network. The central idea is that new analytics and automation features will provide IT teams with tailored insights and… Read More