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Performance Benchmarking: Bun vs. C# vs. Go vs. Node.js vs. Python
I took 5 runtimes and built functionally identical REST APIs with each of them. Then I ran load tests for each application to measure their performance.
Part 5 — From Flannel to Cilium: Why Isovalent Enterprise Becomes the Logical Next Step
Let's discuss the natural evolution from just getting things working to adding all the bells and whistles, a Flannel to Cilium discussion, powered by eBPF, as the logical next step for Kubernetes networking. Looking at how Isovalent Enterprise enhances scalability, security and observability, offering a robust, production-ready platform for complex, multi-cluster environments. Transitioning to Cilium signifies embracing advanced capabilities for modern network engineering.
The Overlooked Water Challenge in the Age of AI
AI's growth is driving a massive increase in data center water usage, impacting communities and policies across the world. Innovation around cooling technologies, AI optimization practices and alternative cooling methods can help reduce the impact on water from AI and data centers.
Introduction to XQL: Writing Your First Query
Learning a new programming or query language can be daunting, but if you've used the boolean options in a web search engine before, you can master XQL queries in no time. Like with web searches, we start with a hypothesis of our search, add filters to limit our results, and then validate the results that are returned against our hypothesis.
From Edge to Core: Securing AI Infrastructure with WWT's ARMOR Framework & NVIDIA BlueField-4
As AI transforms the enterprise landscape, infrastructure must advance to meet demands for performance, security, scalability and resilience. At NVIDIA GTC Washington, D.C., 2025, the launch of NVIDIA BlueField-4 marks a pivotal moment in infrastructure innovation. With 6x the compute power of NVIDIA BlueField-3 and 800 Gb/s throughput, BlueField-4 is engineered for gigascale AI factories, enabling secure, high-performance computing from the edge to the core.
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How AI Lets Developers Tackle Unfamiliar Challenges with Confidence
AI coding assistants revolutionize software development by accelerating complex tasks and fostering innovation. This post explores a team's journey from digitizing static data to building APIs, highlighting AI's role in enhancing efficiency and confidence. The real transformation lies in embracing change, experimenting boldly and redefining what's possible in development.
Priority Flow Control: The Stop Light of the AI Networking Highway
Priority Flow Control (PFC) acts like a traffic light, pausing specific data flows to prevent congestion and data loss in AI networks. By enabling lossless Ethernet fabrics, PFC enhances performance in AI workloads, crucial for applications like RDMA. Explore its implementation across various networking hardware for optimal network efficiency.
The New Era with Agentic SOC
Modern SOC architectures are evolving beyond monolithic SIEMs, which struggle with rising telemetry and attacker complexity. New technologies like Security Data Pipeline Platforms (SDPP) and Generative AI are enabling the Agentic SOC, where enrichment, storage, detection and triage operate as independent layers—creating a more scalable, flexible and sustainable security operations model.
Healthcare Insights for 2026
As healthcare leaders look toward 2026, the industry finds itself at a familiar crossroads—one defined by resilience, reinvention and rising expectations. After years of cost-cutting, clinician and staff burnout, and regulatory volatility, healthcare leaders recognize that future success requires reimagining core business models and organizational change.
Network Digital Twin Tools Comparison
A brief comparison of three players in the network digital twin market: NetBrain, IP Fabric and Forward Networks. This blog compares these solutions and lays out functionality, strengths and key applications side-by-side
Introducing VQ Licensing To Support Cisco Unified Communications
Microsoft Teams has become the de facto meeting platform for unclassified calls across the US Army. There's good news coming for anyone who joins Teams meetings via Cisco in-room video devices, since there will soon be support for native Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) on these Cisco endpoints. To benefit from MTR o n your Cisco video devices, you will need to start preparing today, ahead of its release in DoD environments. This blog explains what's coming, why it's great news for the US Army, and what you need to do now.
Closing the Cyber–Physical Gap by Combining Intrusion Detection Systems and Process-Level Monitoring
The post discusses the limitations of Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) in monitoring network behavior without verifying physical process changes in Operational Technology (OT) environments, emphasizing that combining IDS with process-level monitoring at Level 0 provides comprehensive detection, operational clarity and regulatory compliance by confirming actual physical impacts of cyber incidents.
Key Takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2025
A quick recap of AWS re:Invent 2025
From the AI Proving Ground to My Daily Workflow: How MCP Powers My Day-to-Day AI Tools
This article explores how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and the Docker MCP Toolkit are changing the way I use AI in everyday life. It highlights how MCP makes it easy to connect AI clients to external tools, lowering setup friction and turning AI from a lab experiment into something that fits naturally into daily workflows.
A Year in Review: World Wide Technology Sustainability Initiatives 2025
World Wide Technology's sustainability initiatives focus on achieving net-zero emissions, promoting a circular economy and enhancing community well-being. Through global collaborations and innovative practices, WWT advances environmental stewardship and social responsibility, setting a benchmark for sustainable business practices.
Women of the Channel East Recap – NYC 2025
Key takeaways from Women of the Channel East conference, held December 8-9 in New York City. The event featured inspiring speakers, actionable strategies for authentic leadership and practical tips for building successful partnerships in the technology channel.
Azure Local Unleashed: Key Announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2025 and Beyond
Discover the biggest Azure Local announcements from Microsoft Ignite 2025 and the lead-up period. This blog highlights new features like enterprise-scale deployments, SAN support, NVIDIA GPU integration, and Microsoft 365 Local. Get a quick, clear overview of how Azure Local is transforming private and sovereign cloud solutions.
Process-Oriented OT Cybersecurity: The View Beyond the Network
This post discusses the limitations of traditional OT cybersecurity tools that rely on network-layer monitoring, highlighting the risks of compromised control logic and data manipulation at the process layer, and presents SIGA's process-oriented cybersecurity approach using out-of-band electrical signal data and machine learning to provide CISOs with reliable visibility and decision support for operational resilience in critical infrastructure and manufacturing environments.
Part 5 — From Flannel to Cilium: Why Isovalent Enterprise Becomes the Logical Next Step
Let's discuss the natural evolution from just getting things working to adding all the bells and whistles, a Flannel to Cilium discussion, powered by eBPF, as the logical next step for Kubernetes networking. Looking at how Isovalent Enterprise enhances scalability, security and observability, offering a robust, production-ready platform for complex, multi-cluster environments. Transitioning to Cilium signifies embracing advanced capabilities for modern network engineering.
Beyond "Coming Soon": What has Omnissa Delivered?
Omnissa has moved quickly from "coming soon" to real-world delivery of major platform integrations, security enhancements and user experience improvements that continue to transform the digital workplace.
AI Advantage - The Flywheel
In this blog, I examine the latest enterprise research from EY, McKinsey BCG and others to show how a durable competitive advantage, the Generative AI Flywheel, is rapidly taking shape and dividing the global economy into self-reinforcing AI leaders and those falling behind.
The Surprising AI Tool That Made Me a Better Technical Writer
Explores how Grammarly's AI has transformed writing workflow within a highly technical engineering role. It highlights Grammarly's seamless system-wide integration, context-aware suggestions, tone control and specialized focus on clarity and communication. Rather than replacing the writer's voice, Grammarly enhances it by streamlining drafting, editing and expression in ways that general AI tools often miss.
Microsoft 365 Price Increase Announced: What Organizations Need to Know
Microsoft has announced upcoming list price increases for commercial Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites effective July 1, 2026.
FlashStack for the Next Era of Enterprise Compute
FlashStack, a collaboration between Cisco, Pure Storage and Nutanix, redefines enterprise infrastructure by decoupling compute and storage, enabling scalable, flexible, and AI-ready platforms. Leveraging NVMe over TCP and Cisco Intersight, it offers operational simplicity and strategic control, empowering organizations to innovate without legacy constraints. Validate its potential with WWT's Advanced Technology Center.
Cisco Comply-to-Connect (C2C) Training in Partnership with WWT
Cisco's updated Comply-to-Connect (C2C) training, developed with WWT, aligns with DoD Zero Trust pillars and now includes third-party integrations like MECM, Tenable and Trellix to address mixed-vendor endpoint compliance. Delivered through Cisco U, it provides labs, videos, and six technical tracks focused on Cisco ISE configuration, policy and compliance, supporting secure C2C deployment across DoD environments.