Cisco Systems Inc. is holding the Asia-Pacific, Japan and China version of Cisco Live this week in Melbourne, Australia, where the highlight was the security news, as the company gave its cyber portfolio a shot of artificial intelligence. Historically, Cisco and security have had somewhat of an on-again, off-again relationship – like Cardi B and Offset. ...

Australia is surrounded by water, so swimming is as much a part of the culture as throwing another shrimp on the barbie, but for Swimming Australia, it’s more than recreation. It’s about performance and gleaning as much from data as it can. Jessica Corones, general manager for performance support and Olympic campaign for Swimming Australia, ...

A key highlight of Amazon Web Services Inc. Chief Executive Adam Selipsky’s re:Invent keynote Tuesday was the announcement of Amazon Q. Selipsky (pictured) set it up by looking at the uses of generative artificial intelligence and how almost everyone has experimented with it by now. “What the early providers in the space have done is ...

Before AWS re:Invent opened today, Amazon Web Services Inc. held a Sports In Action Showcase, which included a sports panel with three AWS executives who outlined how the company is working with sports organizations. The executives were Julie Souza, head of sports for AWS Global Professional Services, Sam Schwartzstein, producer for analytics and insights for Prime Video ...

Thanksgiving has passed in the U.S., so it’s on to the December holiday season — but before we can deck the halls and jingle some bells, an important event is coming up: AWS re:Invent 2023. This upcoming week, an estimated 60,000-plus people will descend upon Las Vegas to check out the latest and greatest from the ...

Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. reported good news/bad news numbers in its fiscal first-quarter 2024 results this week, handily beating expectations but lowering its outlook. Revenue and earnings for the quarter were $14.67 billion and $1.11 per share, respectively, compared wth Street expectations of $14.61 billion and $1.03 per share. However, Cisco’s outlook was lower ...

The onslaught of press, research and perceived urgency has done little to prepare business and information technology leaders to deploy artificial intelligence-powered technologies. That’s according to the first Cisco AI Readiness Index, issued Tuesday. The company used a double-blind survey of over 8,000 business and IT leaders worldwide. The findings are alarming. Although 97% of ...

High-performance network leader Arista Networks Inc. announced today that it’s partnering with cloud security pioneer Zscaler Inc. to enhance network security for businesses by integrating its cloud networking solutions with Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange platform. The coming together of these two best-of-breed companies will offer enterprises a practical way to improve their defense against a ...

Extreme Networks Tuesday introduced a cloud-based universal zero-trust network access or ZTNA solution that will provide remote access, network access control, ZTNA and mobile device management integration in one software-as-a-service offering. Andy Leong, vice president of product marketing at Extreme, shared details about Extreme Cloud Universal ZTNA at the company’s investor day Tuesday. “This is an ...

Cisco Systems Inc. typically announces some new products at its annual reseller event, Partner Summit this week in Miami. But equally important are initiatives to enable its global ecosystem of partners to be more successful by directing them into emerging areas, since about 90% of its business flows through the channel. As expected, artificial intelligence is a ...