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OTT data from early 2026 shows streaming hierarchies holding steady while AI platforms reshuffled rapidly. Claude has substantially increased traffic since January, overtaking Gemini, and is on pace to challenge ChatGPT by fall. Doug Madory digs into the data in this new analysis.

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is reshaping connectivity across Asia, Africa and Europe, creating new opportunities for trade, innovation and digital growth. Last year saw record BRI engagement, with USD128.4 billion in construction contracts and around USD85.2 billion in investments.

How do you know if your network is actually healthy right now? For most IT teams, answering that question means jumping between multiple tools, dashboards, and alerts, only to end up with more uncertainty than clarity. The problem is not missing data. It is knowing which signals matter, what normal really looks like, and when performance issues start affecting users and business operations. Modern networks generate thousands of metrics every minute, but not every spike or alert deserves attention.

Power networks (DSOs, TSOs and generation) are under pressure from every direction. They need to improve reliability and sustainability, deliver real-time customer insight, and meet increasingly stringent regulations. In response, power generation has evolved from a simple centralized model, through to a decentralized model with generation from a mix of diverse sources such as centralized generation from carbon-based, nuclear and renewable generation plants, through DERs even located at people premises.

Most network teams monitor uptime. A lot of them track CPU. Almost none of them consistently monitor memory utilization on routers, firewalls, and switches, and that gap causes more unexplained outages and intermittent issues than most people realize.

Small businesses are now among the most frequently targeted organizations in the world. Attackers focus on them not because they have the most to steal, but because they tend to have fewer defenses, smaller teams, and less time to spend on security. The good news is that the majority of attacks rely on a small set of well-understood techniques, and most of them can be prevented or contained with practical, affordable controls.