Zeus Kerravala

This week, managed service provider, Masergy unveiled a solution called Performance Edge that brings Ethernet-like performance to a single broadband connection. To understand better how this works, I interviewed Masergy CEO, Chris MacFarland.

On July 20, NVIDIA launched TensorRT 8, a software development kit (SDK) designed to help companies build smarter, more interactive language apps from cloud to edge. The latest version of the SDK is available for free to members of NVIDIA’s developer program. Plug-ins, parsers, and samples are also available to developers from the TensorRT GitHub […]

Whether it’s an e-commerce giant like Amazon or the local shoe repair shop, great customer experience (CX) is a key factor that differentiates a business from its competitors. Consumers are programmed to expect the best service from companies. When a local shoe repair shop promises to have the shoes ready on Friday and delivers a […]

One of the largest public K-12 school systems was faced with a dilemma when the COVID-19 pandemic forced students, teachers, and administrators to go remote. How would one of the largest midwestern school districts communicate with parents and guardians without staff to answer phones at empty school buildings? This school system, which operates 150 schools […]

WiFi 6, WiFi 6E and 5G are the next wave of wireless technologies that are currently on the horizon. All three promise to deliver higher performance, lower latency, and faster data rates to power next-gen devices like the Internet of Things (IoT). However, the differences between WiFi 6, WiFi 6E and 5G are often misunderstood. […]

There is arguably no hotter technology right now than secure access service edge (SASE).  One might think that the rise of work from home driven by the COVID-19 pandemic has been the primary driver of the interest in SASE, but in reality, the momentum started before that. Work from home certainly acted as a catalyst […]

This week Cisco held a hybrid work event, at which it launched an entirely new Webex. Cisco has been the market leader in on-line collaboration since it acquired Webex in 2007.  Over the years, it’s faced many competitors, both big and small, but it’s managed to stay on top.  Most recently, the pandemic created a […]

The COVID-19 pandemic changed many things for workers. A year ago, most workers went into corporate offices to do their jobs. Today, almost all knowledge workers are working from home and this is likely to stay this way for the foreseeable future. A recent ZK Research survey found that prior to the pandemic, 22% of […]

Juniper Networks unveiled the latest version of its Apstra intent-based networking (IBN) software in an effort to help enterprises automate data center operations. Among other enhancements, Apstra 4.0 features connectivity templates for managing connections to attached systems and additional support for multi-vendor integrations. Apstra, which specializes in IBN and intent-based analytics (IBA), has become the […]

This week Extreme Networks held its annual user event, Extreme Connect, in a digital format.  At the event, the company unveiled a new vision – the Infinite Enterprise, as well as a number of new products that can help companies make this vision a reality. The concept of the Infinite Enterprise is an organization that […]

High-performance networking vendor Arista Networks has announced a number of updates to its 7130 line of programmable FPGA switches. SwitchApp for Arista 7130 is built on the layer-1 switch that was acquired with the 2018 purchase of Metamako. The new series consistency delivers round-trip latency under 100ns, but it can be as low as 45ns […]

5G, the next generation of wireless network technology, is causing a radical shift in the telecom space and soon in enterprise networks. While 2G, 3G and 4G were faster versions of the original mobile network, 5G didn’t derive from antiquated standards. It is the first technology standard in networking that was born in the cloud […]