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Oct 27, 2025
In this discussion, Kevin Egan, Senior Director at Equinix, dives into the company's vital role in AI infrastructure. He highlights emerging trends in edge workloads and the significance of colocation as a third option for businesses. Kevin explains how Equinix facilitates low-latency, private connectivity for AI applications. He also touches on the increasing network demands from inferencing workloads, advocating for observability and integration. Discover how these innovations shape the future of AI networking!
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Immediate Mitigation For WorkExaminer Flaw
- Lock down access to TCP port 12306 immediately if you run WorkExaminer to mitigate the login bypass vulnerability.
- Restrict network exposure instead of waiting for a vendor patch because none exists yet.
Acceptable Risk Of Cloud Regional Failures
- An AWS regional outage can be a shared loss: if everyone is down, competitive impact may be limited.
- Accepting outage risk can be a strategic choice when redundancy cost outweighs benefits.
Historic Outage Workarounds From Frame Relay Days
- Jonna recalled Frame Relay backup choices where some customers deliberately accepted cheaper workarounds.
- One grocery POS workaround allowed checks under $100 to clear without verification during outages.