Sean Michael Kerner

NetBrain's new AI agents automate network diagnosis Agentic AI capabilities in the NetBrain 12.3 release can autonomously diagnose network issues, suggest fixes, and support IT teams in the remediation process.

I've had the good fortune to connect with Bernadette Nixon across multiple stops in her impressive career. She's now the CEO of NetBrain Technologies Inc. and like any good CEO she started by talking to customers to really understand what they need.

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'Observational memory' cuts AI agent costs 10x and outscores RAG on long-context benchmarks As AI agents move into production, teams are rethinking memory. Mastra’s open-source observational memory shows how stable context can outperform RAG while cutting token costs.

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There's another contender in the race to replace (some)RAG. It's called -observational memory - it's open-source and it's already being used by some big companies many of us use every day.

NetBox Labs ships AI copilot designed for network engineers, not developers As infrastructure automation demand surges, NetBox Labs is delivering an AI agent that enables natural language interaction with infrastructure data and the ability to automate complex operational pro...

As infrastructure automation demand surges, NetBox Labs is delivering an AI agent that enables natural language interaction with infrastructure data and the ability to automate complex operational procedures. www.networkworld.com/article/4130...

What the 2026 Global Risks Report means for CIOs | TechTarget Global risk is now an IT issue. See how the WEF Global Risks Report 2026 reshapes CIO priorities and enterprise resilience.

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In a world of uncertainty - i got a bunch of analysts to chime on what they think CIOs should be doing.

The latest Linux kernel release closes out the 6.x era - and it's a gift to cloud admins Linux is jumping straight to 7 next.

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Having run of fingers and toes, Linus Torvalds adds that the next version of #Linux will be 7.0.

Ruckus makes some noise with preconfigured switches for AV-over-IP networks Ruckus is expanding its ICX portfolio with switches designed to streamline management of audio and video content over Ethernet networks.

Ruckus is expanding its ICX portfolio with switches designed to streamline management of audio and video content over Ethernet networks. www.networkworld.com/article/4128... @networkworld.bsky.social

Databricks' serverless database slashes app development from months to days as companies prep for agentic AI Credit: Image generated by VentureBeat with FLUX-2-Pro

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Had a marvellous conversation with Reynold Xin the co-founder of Databricks about the evolution of databases in the cloud - culminating in the new Lakebase service that goes GA today.

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What a treat to chat with React pioneer Tom Occhino about the evolution of vibe coding and Vercel's new v0 launch today. As it turns out generating code isn't really the hard part for an enterprise - it's all the stuff around it.

Forward Networks launches agentic AI system built on network digital twin The new Forward AI capability builds on the vendor's digital twin and is designed to allow network teams to ask complex questions, understand network behavior, validate outcomes and safely automate wo...

The new Forward AI capability builds on the vendor's digital twin and is designed to allow network teams to ask complex questions, understand network behavior, validate outcomes and safely automate workflows.
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The trust paradox killing AI at scale: 76% of data leaders can't govern what employees already use Informatica's survey of 600 CDOs reveals why AI pilots fail to scale: Organizations deployed generative AI faster than they built governance frameworks, leaving 76% unable to oversee employee usage despite widespread data trust.

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One of the largest CDO surveys yet exposes AI's data trust paradox: Why 76% can't govern what their teams already use

"The gap now is just, can you trust the data to set an agent loose on it?" Graeme Thompson, CIO at Informatica, told me.

35 cybersecurity statistics to lose sleep over in 2026 These 35 eye-opening cybersecurity statistics cover cybercrime, cybersecurity jobs and industry trends. Here's what to know about cybersecurity in 2026.

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Security in 2026 isn't all bad ....is it?

My annual look at some of the 'fun' stats in the cybersecurity world.

Netscout boosts network observability with Wi-Fi 7 monitoring, certificate lifecycle tracking Additions to Netscout's nGeniusONE observability platform extend deep packet inspection capabilities to Wi-Fi 7 and allow organizations to more accurately inventory their deployed SSL/TLS certificate...

Additions to Netscout's nGeniusONE observability platform extend deep packet inspection capabilities to Wi-Fi 7 and allow organizations to more accurately inventory their deployed SSL/TLS certificates. @networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4124...

From workflow platform to AI orchestrator: Airtable's superagent blueprint Airtable co-founder Howie Liu explains how maintaining full execution visibility solves the context management challenge in multi-agent systems.

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How do you go from workflow/no-code app building to 'superagent'? Howie Liu gave me the deep dive on what Airtable is doing and how it is building its multi-agent system.

Mplify launches AI-focused Carrier Ethernet certifications Mplify has updated its certification program to address the performance requirements of AI across complex network environments, rebranding MEF 3.0 and adding a new Carrier Ethernet for AI certificatio...

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Is AI impacting carrier networks? You better believe it is.Mplify Alliance (formerly known as the Metro Ethernet Forum) is taking direct aim at the challenge. @networkworld.bsky.social

Silver price surge has enterprise technology costs | TechTarget The silver price surge driven by supply deficits and tech demand are quietly increasing hardware and data center costs, forcing CIOs to manage volatility.

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The surging price of silver is good news for those who have invested in it, but it also has significant effects on the enterprise.

EPA Prioritizes Data Center Chemical Reviews Amid TSCA Debate Federal initiative aims to expedite approvals for novel cooling chemicals, though it also bring potential environmental concerns to the fore.

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As demand for AI infrastructure accelerates, data center operators are building larger and denser facilities that generate unprecedented heat loads, creating new challenges at the intersection of technology and regulation.

How OpenAI is scaling the PostgreSQL database to 800 million users and what it means for your enterprise For enterprises deploying AI applications with similar read-heavy workloads and unpredictable traffic spikes, OpenAI's approach provides a tested alternative to distributed databases.

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I've been writing about PostgreSQL for 25 years and I honestly don't think I've ever heard of an organization using the database at the scale and the way that OpenAI does.

Drowning in AI slop, cURL ends bug bounties Daniel Stenberg, founder and lead developer of cURL, has had enough of AI slop and is closing down its bug bounty program.

Drowning in #AI slop, #opensource cURL ends bug bounties: thenewstack.io/drowning-in-... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social

Daniel Stenberg, cURL's lead developer and founder, has had enough of AI-slop bug reports. Who can blame him?

DCN becoming the new WAN for AI-era applications The distributed cloud networking market is forecast to hit $21 billion by 2029 as enterprises abandon fragmented WAN architectures.

The distributed cloud networking market is forecast to hit $21 billion by 2029 as enterprises abandon fragmented WAN architectures. www.networkworld.com/article/4120... @networkworld.bsky.social

Interview: Inside the SIA’s Push for Data Center Security We spoke with Jim Black about the SIA’s new advisory board and its mission to tackle evolving data center security challenges.

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Data center security is now on the agenda at the Security Industry Association (SIA).

“You can’t copy and paste what you might do for other critical infrastructures and have it work for the data center ecosystem.."

F5 tackles AI security with new platform extensions F5's Guardrails blocks prompts that attempt jailbreaks or injection attacks, for example, while its AI Red Team automates vulnerability discovery in AI systems.

It has been ...awhile...since I last wrote on NGINX(The pervasive open source web application server has continue to grow under F5 and (like every other tech) is embracing the AI future
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Ethernet groups keep 2026 focus on higher bandwidth, AI demands As AI networking requirements grow, the Ethernet Alliance will take up a 400G/lane project while the Ultra Ethernet Consortium will prioritize flexible congestion management and small-message performa...

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Thanks to @techjournalist.bsky.social from #NetworkWorld for including me in this article on #Ethernet in 2026

One thing for sure, we don't have time to rest on our laurels :)

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IBM warns AI spend fails without AI literacy AI literacy is a must going forward. But that means far more than just knowing how to write LLM prompts. At a meeting at IBM Raleigh, IBM distinguish...

IBM warns AI spend fails without AI literacy www.thedeepview.com/articles/ibm... by @sjvn.bsky.social

#AI literacy is far more than just knowing how to craft prompts; it requires learning across disciplines to master AI to benefit both businesses and society.

Startup IO River aims to virtualize the edge and break CDN vendor lock-in Former Akamai engineers are behind startup IO River, which is developing an edge platform that creates a virtualization layer across multiple CDN providers.

Former Akamai engineers are behind startup IO River, which is developing an edge platform that creates a virtualization layer across multiple CDN providers. www.networkworld.com/article/4116...

Sweden is over Trump's nonsense about Greenland and is sending in troops.

SWEDEN, PEOPLE.

Power, Not Space: The Colocation Battleground in 2026 Colocation in 2026 is defined by power. AI demand, pre-leased capacity, pricing, and build-to-suit deals shift growth to power-advantaged regions.

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"In 2026, colocation conversations will stop being about space, ping, or how many racks you need, and [become] more about, 'How many megawatts can you deliver, when, and at what price per kW?' " Baffoe told me. "If you can find power, they will come."

DeepSeek’s conditional memory fixes silent LLM waste: GPU cycles lost to static lookups Through systematic experiments DeepSeek found the optimal balance between computation and memory with 75% of sparse model capacity allocated to dynamic reasoning and 25% to static lookups.

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Get ready for (yet another) type of AI memory - DeepSeek AI has come up with - conditional memory and no it's not the same as RAG agent/contextual memory.

Nvidia’s Vera Rubin is months away — Blackwell is getting faster right now Nvidia has been able to increase Blackwell GPU performance by up to 2.8x per GPU in a period of just three short months.

So much hype this week about the new NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPU. Only problem is - it's not going to be available, for month. What can/should enterprises do right now? As it turns out the existing Blackwell GPU are improving too

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Databricks' Instructed Retriever beats traditional RAG data retrieval by 70% Instructed Retriever leverages contextual memory for system-level specifications while using retrieval to access the broader data estate.

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The concept of a 'retriever' is not new in data science (some might even have called it a - solved problem). But with the emergence of Agentic AI requirements have changed. Was great to get the deep dive on Databricks new Instructed Retriever.

How To Install Warp Terminal on AlmaLinux 10 Learn how to install Warp Terminal on AlmaLinux 10 with our step-by-step guide. Get AI-powered terminal features today!

Although this project has been promising to go open source someday down the road, that isn't going to happen: How To Install Warp Terminal on AlmaLinux 10