Zeus Kerravala

Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) solutions have now been available for the better part of a decade, and what’s available today isn’t fundamentally different from what was available then. SD-WANs have seen tremendous interest as the WAN architecture used by most companies has not evolved for the better part of 30 years. The shift in application traffic […]

After months of speculation, GPU king NVIDIA announced Sept. 13 that it is acquiring chip developer/designer Arm from SoftBank for $42 billion, comprising $12 billion in cash, $21.5 billion in stock, a $2 billion payment at signing, $1.5 billion in NVIDIA stock for Arm employees and an addition $5 billion payment based in Arm’s performance. […]

It was on June 2, 1897, when author Mark Twain sent a cable from London to the U.S. press after seeing his obituary had been published in the New York Journal. It consisted of the now-famous line: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”  There is a networking parallel. If the network protocol InfiniBand […]

We are fast approaching a time when everything will be connected, because the internet of things (IoT) is now mainstream. Businesses and consumers are connecting traditionally unconnected “things” at an unprecedented rate. This includes everything from security cameras, to medical devices, to point-of-sale devices to building automation systems—and the list goes on.  All in all, […]

This week cloud communications provider Dialpad announced it has acquired video conferencing company Highfive to add room-based video to its portfolio of services that includes computer-based video meetings. For those not familiar with Dialpad, the company has a cloud-native communications platform released in 2014. Its platform is very advanced and addresses the needs of the […]

This week global systems integrator Infosys announced a partnership with contact center solution provider Genesys. The two companies have entered a five-year agreement that will enable both companies to use their strengths to help joint customers provide superior customer experience via the contact center. As part of the agreement, Infosys will market and sell Genesys […]

Since its inception, Arista has always touted the value of its software. While the company ships a tremendous amount of hardware, its competitive differentiator is the quality of its software. Initially it was its EOS operating system, but in 2015 it launched its network management software, CloudVision, which was available as an on-premises solution only. […]

This week Cisco announced its Q4FY20 results. They were a mixed bag of good news and bad news that resulted in the stock price being down a whopping 6% in after-hour trading. The fourth-quarter revenue for the network market share leader came in at $12.15 billion, down 9% year-over-year but still above the $12.08 billion […]

This week Avaya announced it has updated its branding architecture under a single name for all of its products. The single name should help the company sell its products, because it’s simpler to understand than all of the various names used before and allows them to focus on the value and benefits their solutions deliver.  […]

The date July 26, 2015 was a notable day in history for a number of reasons. President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the East African country of Ethiopia. In the world of sports, Aussie Jason Day won the RBC Canadian Open, disappointing all of Canada as he beat Canadian David […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on IT spending, with some areas benefiting disproportionately. One of the areas that has seen the biggest uptick is collaboration applications, because businesses now need tools such as video, team messaging and IP calling to keep workers within digital proximity, even when they are socially distant.  A […]

Drones have been around for the better part of a decade now and are deployed primarily for consumer use cases, such as photography or gaming. There have been a handful of commercial use cases, such as taking pictures for real estate showings and doing flyovers for events, but this amounts to nothing more than mounting […]