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 ...

It has been about a year since OpenAI LP launched ChatGPT. That thrust generative artificial intelligence into the spotlight, creating more hype around a technology than anything I can remember. The intense focus on generative AI has made many information technology and business leaders I have talked to ask how generative AI can transform their ...

It has been a busy few days this week at WebexOne in Anaheim, where Cisco Systems Inc. revealed a number of new products and solutions for its conferencing and collaboration unit, including devices powered by Nvidia Corp.’s artificial intelligence engine. The company also unveiled its broad AI strategy and some AI solutions it hopes will fight ...

The GITEX Global show kicked off this week in Dubai. For those unfamiliar with the event, it is the largest enterprise tech show in the world, with hundreds of thousands of attendees spanning 41 halls across two venues. I have been looking forward to this show as the 2023 edition of GITEX theme is “AI ...

High-frequency trading markets have relied on 10G infrastructure for more than a decade, and  Arista Networks Inc. has been at the forefront, providing essential equipment to financial institutions such as trading firms and exchanges. In fact, it was almost 20 years ago that Arista was founded to provide networking products to the financial industry. Its ...