Zeus Kerravala

An old Bob Dylan song titled “The Times They are A-Changin’ ” reminds me of what’s going on in tech today. The reality is the nature of the tech industry is constant change, which is why smaller vendors can come out of nowhere and become market leaders in the blink of an eye.  This forces […]

On April 12-16, NVIDIA virtually held its annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC), showcasing the latest advancements in natural language processing, robotics, accelerated computing, smart networking, collaboration, and much more. GTC was a mix of industry and vision, with artificial intelligence (AI) as the overarching theme. NVIDA is among the vendors developing products and software stacks […]

Cloud security provider Zscaler on April 20 revealed a number of innovations for its Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform designed to help organizations improve cybersecurity. This isn’t just a product update; the company announced new solutions but also resources for IT leaders and practitioners as well as deployment guides to speed up zero-trust adoption. It’s […]

Recently, Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, held its annual Atmosphere user conference in digital format. At the event, the company announced a new set of cross-portfolio, edge-to-cloud security features for its Edge Services Platform (ESP) solution. The new capabilities include the integration of the popular ClearPass policy manager secure NAC (network access control) product […]

It’s been well over five years since John Chambers stepped down as the CEO of Cisco Systems, a company he took from being a relatively unknown router company to the de facto standard in all things enterprise networking, security and collaboration. I recall sitting down with him at his last Cisco Live conference in San […]

A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed Chris MacFarland, CEO of SD-WAN and SASE provider, Masergy. While we talked about the importance of having a robust set of SASE security services and a strong network to power its SD-WAN, a big part of the conversation was around the importance of AIOps. There’s no question that […]

This week NVIDIA is holding its digital GPU Technology Conference (GTC). Historically, the event has been focused on developers, gamers, data scientists, auto manufacturers and other industries that have leveraged NVIDIA’s core product, the GPU. During the past few years, the company has made a number of moves, both through acquisitions and internal development, to […]

In tech, we always like to hype the latest and greatest technologies and promise they are “game-changing.”  One technology that’s reached a massive level of hype is 5G, and that makes sense because it promises to bring wired-like speed to wireless networks. Thinking back, however, 4G and even 3G were both positioned as the “next […]

Last week Cisco held its annual Cisco Live 2021 user conference, and this year’s edition was a bit different than previous years. The first change was similar to last year, where the event was in all-digital format, given the current pandemic. The second change was that this was the first truly global Cisco Live. In […]

Businesses are focusing on customer experience (CX) more than ever before. In 2018, CX became the top brand differentiator outweighing price, product quality, people and every other factor. Businesses that provide customers with a differentiated and personalized customer experience will thrive and those that do not will struggle to survive. This means delivering consistent and […]