Zeus Kerravala

Zeus Kerravala is a principal analyst at ZK Research, a division of Kerravala Consulting.

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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

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. ...