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Unpacking Cisco AI Defense: its implications for customers and the company

Zeus Kerravala — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 02:29:25 +0000

Cisco Systems Inc. this week held its first AI Summit, a thought leadership event on the pivotal topics shaping the future of artificial intelligence — this one focused on the security of AI systems. The summit was small and intimate, with about 150 attendees, including executives from about 40 Fortune 100 companies. I understand why the […]

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HPE Aruba Networking brings a dose of AI networking to IoT and edge for retail at NRF

Zeus Kerravala — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:20:05 +0000

It’s NRF week in New York, which allows technology vendors to showcase innovation for the retail industry, and at the National Retail Federation show, HPE Aruba Networking rolled out several new products to help retailers tackle industry-specific challenges. They included providing backup connectivity for mission-critical apps, supporting pop-up stores and simplifying information technology infrastructure deployment […]

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AWS highlights partnership advancements in bringing AI to automotive at CES

Zeus Kerravala — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:41:36 +0000

Amazon Web Services Inc. made several announcements at the CES consumer electronics show last week regarding partnerships in the automotive industry that are aimed at furthering the rise of software-defined vehicles. Building and delivering cars is increasingly becoming a software game that requires automotive manufacturers to take an ecosystem approach. The rise of software-defined vehicles, or […]

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Roundup: Nvidia’s impressive list of new and upgraded products at CES

Zeus Kerravala — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:13:41 +0000

Although the holiday gift-giving season may be over, Nvidia Corp. co-founder and Chief Executive Jensen Huang was in a very generous mood during his Monday keynote address at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. The leader in accelerated computing, which invented the graphics processing unit more than 25 years ago, still has an insatiable appetite for innovation. […]

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The robots are coming! And Nvidia is going to power them with a revamped Jetson and lower price

Zeus Kerravala — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:00:53 +0000

‘Tis the season to ponder what to get that someone in your life who has everything. If you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping and have $249 to spend for a piece of technology about four inches wide, three-and-a-half inches high, and 1.3 inches thick, then Nvidia Corp. has the perfect gift. The tech giant introduced […]

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Meeting at center ice: The NHL and AWS redefine hockey broadcasting and fan engagement

Zeus Kerravala — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:23:33 +0000

The National Hockey League and Amazon Web Services Inc. are working together to change how hockey is experienced, leveraging cloud technologies and data-driven insights to enhance production workflows and fan engagement. At AWS re:Invent last week, representatives from both organizations joined a panel titled “NHL Unlocked: Live cloud production, sports data, and alternate feeds.” The panelists were Julie […]

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Extreme Networks rolls out its platform to simplify network operations

Zeus Kerravala — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:28:56 +0000

Networking and complexity go hand in hand, like chocolate and peanut butter. Though this has been the norm, it’s playing havoc with business operations. A recent ZK Research/Cube Research study found that 93% of organizations state the network is more critical to business operations than two years ago. In the same period, 80% said the […]

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Nine notable innovations from AWS CEO Matt Garman’s re:Invent keynote

Zeus Kerravala — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 21:03:40 +0000

Amazon Web Services Inc. Chief Executive Matt Garman delivered a three-hour keynote at the company’s annual re:Invent conference to an audience of 60,000 attendees in Las Vegas and another 400,000 watching online, ad they heard a lot of news from the new leader, who became CEO earlier this year after joining the company in 2006. The […]

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$2B secondary funding gives Veeam $15B valuation on path to IPO

Zeus Kerravala — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:00:02 +0000

Veeam Software Group GmbH, the market share leader in data resilience, today announced a new $2 billion investment from several top investment firms. The Seattle-based company said its valuation now stands at $15 billion, which is about the same as the valuation of Commvault Systems Inc. and Rubrik Inc. combined. Investors in what the company […]

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Arista redefines the network stack

Zeus Kerravala — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:52:22 +0000

When it comes to building campus networks, there is a religion around stacking versus chassis-based systems. In my network engineer days, I lived on both sides of that holy war. Initially, it was chassis or nothing, but I worked for a big financial firm with large budgets and didn’t give much credence to other options. […]

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New research report shows rapid, wide adoption of generative AI

Zeus Kerravala — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 00:55:37 +0000

The hype around artificial intelligence is at an all-time high. Sometimes, in tech, the reality never matches the hype. With AI, though, I do believe it’s warranted. I view the adoption of AI as similar to the adoption of internet technologies. We talked about the internet, hyped it, created economic reports, and then we stopped […]

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Palo Alto Networks’ Nir Zuk on what’s coming in cybersecurity in 2025

Zeus Kerravala — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 19:26:39 +0000

One of the highlights at Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s the most recent version of its Ignite on Tour event series, this one at its Santa Clara headquarters, was founder and Chief Technology Officer Nir Zuk’s presentation of the cybersecurity company’s 2025 predictions for the security industry. In the security world, Zuk has a broad following and is […]

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Nvidia’s SC24 special address hints at a new era in computing and AI

Zeus Kerravala — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:10:53 +0000

As the world of high-performance computing is getting together this week in Atlanta for SC24, Nvidia Corp. held a “special address” to showcase the company’s vision for computing and artificial intelligence, with founder and Chief Executive Jensen Huang leading the charge. Joined by Ian Buck, Nvidia’s vice president and general manager for hyperscale and high-performance computing, […]

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Mitel brings AI to its multicloud contact experience offering

Zeus Kerravala — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:49:18 +0000

Communications provider Mitel Networks Corp. today is rolling out a new artificial intelligence-powered customer experience platform to help businesses optimize customer interactions by integrating with existing communication tools. Launching in the spring of 2025, Mitel CX is part of the company’s broader effort to modernize its contact center offerings. While most of the industry has […]

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Branches and factories and clouds, oh my! Zscaler extends Zero Trust Segmentation to distributed locations

Zeus Kerravala — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:06:06 +0000

Cloud security provider Zscaler Inc. updated its Zero Trust Segmentation solutions Tuesday, with an eye to improving security, reducing complexity and lowering costs — specifically targeting organizations with widely distributed infrastructure, such as branch offices, factories, data centers and cloud environments. Historically, these environments have been challenging to secure as they required on-premises appliances but had […]

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Cisco unveils Wi-Fi 7 solutions, bringing AI-native and self-configuring capabilities

Zeus Kerravala — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:21:21 +0000

Cisco Systems today announced its new Wi-Fi 7 access points. During the main keynote at Cisco Live APJC in Melbourne, Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of the Cisco Security Business Group, introduced the products and mentioned that Cisco’s goal with the new APs is to give its customers the ability to “solve for […]

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VMware’s bevy of updates to VCF at Explore Barcelona 2024: Here’s why they matter

Zeus Kerravala — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:00:35 +0000

Broadcom Inc. announced new capabilities for its VMware Cloud Foundation or VCF private cloud platform at this week’s VMware Explore 2024 in Barcelona, focusing on the company’s focus on the growing adoption of artificial intelligence, national digital sovereignty and cyber resilience. These factors have also been causing companies to reevaluate their cloud strategies. Many chief information […]

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Election 2024: Implications to the tech industry if Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins

Zeus Kerravala — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:20:26 +0000

Next week, the U.S. will have its presidential election, and Donald Trump versus Kamala Harris is as close a race as we have ever had in this country. As the election has drawn closer, I’ve talked with many information technology and business leaders who are watching closely as there are implications for the technology industry. […]

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Celona announces beefed-up 5G LAN Security Suite and expanded partner program

Zeus Kerravala — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:15:36 +0000

Celona Inc., a California-based private 5G network provider, today announced two new capabilities to its enterprise clients and partner roster. The company introduced Celona Aerloc, a suite of security features and integrations to address the complex security needs of industrial enterprises, including zero-trust network access and device authentication. It also announced its Frequency Partner Program, a […]

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At WebexOne, Cisco debuts AI-driven tools to enhance employee collaboration and customer service

Zeus Kerravala — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:58:59 +0000

In the communications business, the artificial intelligence wars are on. As an analyst, I tend to focus on market transitions as that’s when significant share change happens. When the cloud first came to unified communications and contact centers, Webex established itself as a leader, which enabled it to be acquired by Cisco Systems Inc. The […]

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Dubai Police taps Avaya for its AI-based virtual assistant

Zeus Kerravala — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 19:54:43 +0000

Artificial intelligence was a big topic this year at GITEX Global 2024. As the world’s largest tech event got underway in Dubai, Avaya LLC announced it would implement an AI-based virtual assistant for Dubai Police. One of the things I like about GITEX is that it showcases the “art of the possible,” particularly with government services. In […]

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AMD’s AI networking solutions aim to enhance performance and scalability in AI environments

Zeus Kerravala — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:10:45 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. last week introduced its next-generation AI networking components — the Pensando Salina data processing unit and the Pensando Pollara 400 AI network interface card, both of which are core components in the artificial intelligence infrastructure landscape. The components address the growing demands of hyperscale data centers and AI workloads, with implications for […]

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C1 unveils new IT services for digital transformation and hybrid workforces

Zeus Kerravala — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 21:04:55 +0000

C1, a technology solutions provider focused on integrated information technology services and digital transformation strategies, recently unveiled a set of solutions intended to address some key trends in the enterprise IT sector, particularly around modernization, cloud services and security. Organizations face increasing complexity due to remote and hybrid work environments and fast-evolving security challenges. This […]

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Seattle Seahawks tap Amazon Web Services for digital media processing

Zeus Kerravala — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:43:32 +0000

The Seattle Seahawks today extended the team’s partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc. to continue employing its cloud, machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies. Since 2019, AWS has been the team’s official cloud provider and key technology partner for football and business operations. As part of the renewed agreement, the Seahawks will use AWS generative AI […]

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Aiming to streamline enterprise productivity, ServiceNow and Zoom expand strategic AI alliance

Zeus Kerravala — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:00:15 +0000

ServiceNow Inc. and Zoom Video Communications Inc. announced today at the annual Zoomtopia event an expanded strategic partnership to integrate their generative artificial intelligence technologies — ServiceNow’s Now Assist and Zoom AI Companion — by the first half of 2025. With this integration, Zoom hopes to enhance enterprise productivity by automating workflows based on meeting […]

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How Commvault is transforming cloud-first cyber resilience

Zeus Kerravala — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 18:05:30 +0000

It continues to be a busy year for Commvault Systems Inc., a provider of cloud data protection. The New Jersey-based company is in London this week for its annual SHIFT event. Then, Commvault will take its data resiliency story and solutions on the road to provide customers, partners and prospects with a close-up look at […]

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Five takeaways from New York Climate Week and the Global Citizen Festival

Zeus Kerravala — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 20:53:23 +0000

At last week’s Climate Week and the Global Citizen Festival in New York, both committed to making the world a better and more livable place for future generations, technology was viewed by many as the driving force to shift to a cleaner, more sustainable future. One of the more interesting events was held at the Midtown […]

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The top five AI lessons learned from IBM’s presence at SaaStr 2024

Zeus Kerravala — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:38:42 +0000

Earlier this month, I attended the SaaStr event for software-as-a-service providers. The event is geared toward smaller SaaS companies that want to share ideas to learn how to scale and grow. The biggest company, by far, in attendance was IBM Corp. I was surprised to see it there, given the show’s focus on smaller SaaS providers, […]

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Intermedia to gain from NEC’s exit from cloud communications

Zeus Kerravala — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:56:40 +0000

In a surprise move, global communications provider NEC Corp. has decided to exit the cloud communications sector in most regions of the globe. Earlier this year, NEC announced it would exit the on-premises PBX business everywhere except Japan. It would shift its focus by reselling Intermedia’s Cloud Communication solution under the brand name of UNIVERGE […]

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Analysis: Infoblox looks to change the ops game with Universal DDI Product Suite

Zeus Kerravala — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:00:47 +0000

Cloud networking and security company Infoblox Inc. today launched a new suite called the Universal DDI Product Suite with an aim to improve collaboration and efficiency among NetOps, SecOps and CloudOps teams. The new Infoblox suite should help remove operational silos and enhance the management of DNS, DHCP and IP address services, collectively known as DDI, […]

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