Zeus Kerravala

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

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Arista partners with Zscaler to jump into zero-trust networking

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 ...
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Extreme Networks supports return to office with universal ZTNA for simpler, more secure network access

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 ...
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AI and security highlight day one at Cisco Partner Summit

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 ...
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Real-world generative AI use cases, AWS style

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 ...
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Innovation galore at WebexOne: This isn’t your father’s Webex

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 ...
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At GITEX 2023, Avaya brings generative AI to the future of customer experience

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 ...
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It’s back to the future for Arista with new high-frequency trading switches

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 ...
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Pure Storage pays the freight for storage-as-a-service and aims to simplify data resilience

Pure Storage Inc. today made several announcements aimed at further bringing a cloudlike operating model to storage and simplifying data resilience. First, the company released a set of data resilience offerings, including Pure Protect//DRaaS, which it says is a disaster recovery-as-a-service solution, new energy efficiency guarantees for its Evergreen products, and scalable artificial intelligence-powered storage ...
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Outside the 8½-by-11 box: Five thoughts from Zoomtopia 2023

Collaboration services provider Zoom Video Communications Inc. held its annual user event, Zoomtopia, this week in its home city of San Jose, California. This has become the event for the company to set its vision for the industry and launch new products. In 2022, Zoom used the conference to boldly launch its Mail and Calendar ...
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Veeam gets into the backup-as-a-service game for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure

Veeam Software Inc. Wednesday announced a couple of new offerings in the backup-as-a-service market: Cirrus by Veeam for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure. I had a chance to get a pre-briefing with Veeam Chief Technology Officer Danny Allan and asked him what was behind this move. He said it’s primarily about giving customers the flexibility ...