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DriveNets Scores $410 Million to Advance Its AI Fabric

Mary Jander — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:57:00 -0600

DriveNets' has $1 billion in funding to keep developing its multivendor approach to AI networking

Michael Burry Says NVIDIA Is Putting your Pension At Risk

Mary Jander — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:36:00 -0600

Famous investor Michael Burry says NVIDIA is putting retirees at risk because of a circular deal. Can that be right?

Itential Launches FlowAI as Agentic Ops Come to the Fore

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:50:00 -0600

With the launch of FlowAI, Itential builds a portfolio on the cutting edge of agentic operations

Qumulo Streamlines Hybrid Cloud Data Management for AI

Mary Jander — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:06:00 -0600

Data management firm Qumulo has integrated a range of products to support multicloud services linked to Cisco UCS

NVIDIA Posts Strong Earnings, But Investors Balk

Mary Jander — Thu, 21 May 2026 09:45:00 -0600

NVIDIA delivered another stellar quarter, illustrating the strength of its hold on the market despite investor pushback

Google and Blackstone to Create TPU Cloud Service

Mary Jander — Tue, 19 May 2026 10:15:00 -0600

Blackstone will invest $5 billion in helping set up 500 MW of Google TPU capacity, with more to follow

Cerebras Shares Soar in Chip IPO

Mary Jander — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:38:00 -0600

Cerebras's blockbuster IPO highlights demand for AI inference chips

Cisco's Record Growth Reflects New AI Infrastructure Mojo

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 14 May 2026 11:12:00 -0600

Cisco shows its new AI infrastructure products are powering enormous growth, as it announces record revenues and double-digit growth

Why Wall St. Picked Akamai Over Fastly

Joe Stanganelli — Wed, 13 May 2026 10:29:00 -0600

Akamai and Fastly posted solid earnings last week: Investor reactions differed radically

Lumen’s Alkira Deal Is About a Faster Path to Services

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 07 May 2026 14:02:00 -0600

Lumen aims to improve speed-to-market with Alkira's multicloud and services platform

CPUs Take Center Stage in AI Earnings

Mary Jander — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:36:00 -0600

Move over, costly GPUs: With inference and agentic AI on the rise, CPUs are in greater demand

The Futuriom Q&A: Inside the Benefits of Isovalent with Nico Vibert

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:26:00 -0600

Futuriom recently interviewed Nico Vibert, a technical leader in Cisco's Isovalent division. Read up and find out what's going on with cloud-native networking, eBPF, and Cilium technology.

With Booming Cloud Earnings, Integrated Infra Stacks Become Key

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:07:00 -0600

Leading cloud providers reported ever growing capex and revenue numbers, but investors are taking a closer look at infrastructure strategies

Nokia Bets Big on Networking for AI and Cloud

Mary Jander — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:27:00 -0600

Nokia's impressive Q1 earnings report features growth in Networking Infrastructure, powered by AI and cloud—and optical technology

Google Piles Into Agentic Enterprise. What Does It Mean for Others?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:08:00 -0600

Google Cloud Next '26 features a slew of agentic AI solutions along with enhanced AI architecture

VAST Data Hits $30 Billion Valuation Amid "AI Revolution"

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0600

VAST Data's scored nearly $1 billion in Series F funding, bringing its valuation to $30 billion

Top Trends in Networking for AI: Connectivity from AI Clusters to the Edge

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:52:00 -0600

Networking for AI is complex and difficult. In a new Futuriom report, we examine the challenges and choices

What Is Cisco Nexus One?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:39:00 -0600

Cisco recently introduced Nexus One, its unified networking solution designed to simplify operations across AI and non-AI datacenter architectures. Here's our overview of what it means.

Why Inference Chips Are on the Rise

Mary Jander — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:21:00 -0600

Demand for agentic AI is stimulating a market in chips specialized for inference that present strong competition for NVIDIA

What's Up with the Stargate Project?

Mary Jander — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:19:00 -0600

Updated 4/15/26--The $500-billion Stargate project faces an existential crisis as it moves toward its goals of national and global AI infrastructure

Why Fastly's Stock is Suddenly on Fire

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:41:00 -0600

Fastly shares are on fire after the company hits higher revenue and profit growth and highlights opportunities in agentic AI

Agentic Infrastructure Operations: What It Is and How to Do It Safely

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:02:00 -0600

Enterprises have spent years trying to build full network and infrastructure automation. There's a new way to do it, with safety and governance.

Why Blue Owl's Hopes for AI Datacenters Pose Risk

Mary Jander — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:28:00 -0600

Blue Owl Capital is betting its future on AI datacenters, but the private credit it extends could boomerang

Hyperscaler AI Spending Doubts Rising

Mary Jander — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:11:00 -0600

The latest Cloud Tracker Pro Update Report indicates that hyperscaler capex points to trouble down the road

Sources: NVIDIA Weighing Bid for Intel and Nokia, as Well as Others

Al Koholic — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0600

In a "Multiverse Ecosystem" expansion, NVIDIA plans to buy key infrastructure assets to expand its influence in most things

Key Trends From RSAC: Agentic AI, MCP, and Supply-chain Risks

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:52:00 -0600

Agentic AI risks are exploding. And so is the number of companies that follow them.

Grassroots Opposition to U.S. Datacenters Swells

Mary Jander — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:04:00 -0600

Datacenter buildouts in the U.S., often driven by hyperscalers, face a raft of questions and concerns from residents of the areas they're targeting

Q&A: Benjamin C. Lee, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Mary Jander — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:20:00 -0600

Dr. Benjamin Lee, a Penn professor and visiting researcher at Google and other hyperscalers, talks about the challenges of AI and how to solve them

Opinion: How NVIDIA's GTC Hype Could Backfire

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:15:00 -0600

NVIDIA is playing a dangerous game of AI hype without considering the risks it poses to markets.

OFC 2026 Heralds Optical Shift for AI Factories

Mary Jander — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:58:00 -0600

The Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) in Los Angeles this week gives a view of the optical technologies that will form the basis for future networking for AI

Enterprise AI Profile: Volkswagen Group

Mary Jander — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:17:00 -0600

The Volkswagen Group is streamlining its factories for AI-driven, software-defined vehicles

Why Arista's New Optical Transceiver Is a Big Deal

Mary Jander — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0600

Arista has signed over 40 companies to an MSA for its new XPO design, which its says halves AI cluster footprints

Resolight Wants to Restart the All-Optical Revolution

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:41:00 -0600

Israel-based Resolight has developed photonic processing technology that has the potential to disrupt the datacenter networking industry.

Iran War Threatens U.S. Datacenters

Mary Jander — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:57:00 -0600

The war in Iran will threaten U.S. datacenters in a variety of ways for a long time to come

Why Identity Is the Foundation of Agentic AI Security

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:39:00 -0600

For an enterprise to shore up its attack surface against AI agents, it must first reconsider the importance of identity, as explained in this Leadership Brief

Startup Profile: LakeSail

Mary Jander — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 08:38:00 -0600

Startup LakeSail says its "drop-in replacement" for Apache Spark improves throughput by 4X to 8X compared to Spark and helps achieve 94% lower infrastructure costs

Exploring Data Management in the Age of AI

Mary Jander — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:36:00 -0700

Our latest report explores the challenges and solutions for enterprises seeking to prepare data for AI

NVIDIA Blowout Earnings Still Raise Questions

Mary Jander — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:32:00 -0700

NVIDIA's latest report beat expectations but failed to reassure investors about the future of AI infra

Inside Michaels’ Three-Week Shift to NIaaS with Alkira

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:24:00 -0700

Global retail chain Michaels leveraged Alkira’s NIaaS across approximately 1,400 stores across the U.S. and Canada in three weeks, enabling a rapid modernization push without new capex investment.

AMD Strikes Meta Deal for Mutual Innovation

Mary Jander — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:40:00 -0700

AMD will provide 6 GW of custom infrastructure to Meta, while building up its own tech arsenal against NVIDIA

Arrcus Cites Growth Surge with AI Inference Focus

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:44:00 -0700

Arrcus announced record 2025 bookings growth of 300% across datacenter as well as the Arrcus Inference Network Fabric (AINF)

Startup Profile: Attimis Unifies Data for AI

Mary Jander — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 11:45:00 -0700

Startup Attimis unifies unstructured data across multiple silos for global AI and analytics workloads.

The Futuriom 50 2026 is Here!

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 13:15:00 -0700

Our annual report covers the top cloud, communications, and AI infrastructure trends as well as the leading private companies.

Cisco Boosts AI Networking Portfolio

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:38:00 -0700

Cisco unveils a new G300 networking chip along with optical modules and a slew of software upgrades

Can Google Keep Its Balance with Gigantic Capex?

Mary Jander — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 17:12:00 -0700

Google is more than doubling this year's capital spending projection. But could that sink some of its gains? UPDATED 2/6 9:00 AM

How a Global Investment Firm Modernized Its Network and Saved Millions

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:07:00 -0700

This Leadership Brief examines how a global investment firm used Alkira’s NIaaS to modernize its global cloud and WAN architecture to save 75% on network costs.

Building a “Recovery First” Cyber Resiliency Strategy

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:41:00 -0700

Executives and organizational leaders, such as CIOs and CISOs, need a plan for ransomware recovery and cyber resiliency

Inside the AI Questions Behind Microsoft's Stock Selloff

Mary Jander — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:15:00 -0700

Microsoft's latest earnings have investors questioning its strength in AI, but doomsaying is premature

Teleport: Agentic AI Forces an Identity Rethink

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:49:00 -0700

Teleport applies its "unified identity" concept in a framework that directs enterprises toward more secure AI agent usage

NVIDIA Tops CoreWeave Stake with $2 Billion

Mary Jander — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:52:00 -0700

A $2 billion investment by NVIDIA sets CoreWeave firmly in NVIDIA's camp

AI Puts Storage Services in the Big Time

Mary Jander — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:56:00 -0700

Object storage services are growing fast as enterprises turn to the cloud for ease of use and rapid deployment for AI

TrustLogix Builds on DSPM with TrustAI Control Plane

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:09:00 -0700

TrustLogix has launched TrustAI, a policy control plane that unifies governance across data platforms, AI pipelines, models, and autonomous agents.

VAST Data Reclaims Flash to Address SSD Crunch

Mary Jander — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:40:00 -0700

VAST Data will repurpose enterprises’ existing flash drives to support VAST’s architecture, which the vendor says reduces data bulk by up to 200%

The Top 10 Cloud Infra Stories of 2025

Mary Jander — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:28:00 -0700

As the year ends, Futuriom takes a look at the top 10 trends that shaped cloud and communications technology in 2025

Where Agentic AI Meets the Network Edge

Mary Jander — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:21:00 -0700

Agentic AI has captured enterprise attention, and it requires a new architecture with robust edge capabilities

Ciena's Datacenter Strategy Has Started to Pay Off

Mary Jander — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:17:00 -0700

Ciena's strategy to serve optical networking inside and around AI datacenters is paying off with increased hyperscaler revenues

Arista Moves Faster Into AI and Campus Markets

Mary Jander — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:50:00 -0700

Arista has set its sights on AI for NetOps and the campus networking markets, and a trio of announcements point the path forward

Building Autonomous Infrastructure with Observability and AIOps

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:21:00 -0700

The convergence of observability, AIOps (AI for Operations), and agentic AI is changing the way that enterprises and cloud providers manage infrastructure.

Modernizing and Unifying Security Against AI and Quantum Threats

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:14:00 -0700

Why next-gen hardware security modules are vital to the coming wave of security challenges, and how they can help modernize an enterprise's security profile

IBM Could Be Saving Confluent's Bacon

Mary Jander — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:26:00 -0700

IBM's acquisition of data streaming and Kafka vendor Confluent could help IBM advance in the market while getting Confluent out of stock market malaise

Marvell Bets Big on Optical (Again)

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:09:00 -0700

The $3.25B acquisition of Celestial AI aids datacenter networking but also boosts Marvell's ASIC ambitions

AWS Challenges GPUs with Trainium3

Mary Jander — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:15:00 -0700

AWS has released Trainium3, its latest XPU, with substantial improvements over its predecessor and plans for future NVIDIA integration

AWS Banks on Innovations to Boost New AI Models, Services

Mary Jander — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:03:00 -0700

AWS' rollout of new Nova models and services highlights innovations that streamline model and agent creation—and that it hopes will catapult Nova in the AI market

AWS and Google Launch Mutual Connectivity Service

Mary Jander — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:08:00 -0700

AWS and Google are expanding their multicloud support, which could threaten smaller players

NVIDIA Invests $2B and Partners with Synopsys

Craig Matsumoto — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:55:00 -0700

After Intel and Nokia, NVIDIA buys a block of Synopsys, forging a partnership to further GPU-accelerated engineering

Microsoft Rethinks RAG for an Agentic AI World

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:45:00 -0700

Microsoft's Foundry IQ brings new context richness to the RAG process, which spells trouble for vector databases and RAG as a service

Enterprise AI Profile: Ford Accelerates Product Design and Safety with AI

Juliet Raynovich — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:00:00 -0700

NVIDIA Slams AI Bubble Talk, Market Talks Back

Mary Jander — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:12:00 -0700

NVIDIA wowed Wall St. with earnings beat (for awhile at least) but still faces questions about the potential for an AI market bubble

VAST Data's Empire Expands to Google & Microsoft

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 14:42:00 -0700

VAST Data scores wins with Google, Microsoft, and TACC, and some large enterprises have onboarded quickly

Itential Intros FlowAI for Infra Intent and Compliance

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:08:00 -0700

Infrastructure orchestration company Itential has unveiled FlowAI, a platform to help safe development of agentic infrastructure orchestration.

What's Up with CoreWeave, Meta, and Oracle Stock Slides?

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:47:00 -0700

CoreWeave, Meta, and Oracle have seen big selloffs in their shares lately, thanks to questions about their level of spending and their deals with OpenAI

Data Management Vendors Promote AI Agents

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:15:00 -0700

Vendors specializing in data management are upgrading their wares to support agentic AI

NVIDIA Strengthens Its Quantum Connection

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 10:13:00 -0700

NVIDIA has unveiled NVQLink, a networking link between a quantum computer and a supercomputer.

Cisco Gains on Strong Results. Is It the “Safer” AI Play?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:42:00 -0700

Cisco bets on AI and campus infrastructure are paying off with 8% revenue growth.

The Datacenter Liquid Cooling Market Heats Up

Mary Jander — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:13:00 -0700

AI demands are making datacenters hotter and racks denser. Air conditioning can't keep up. Liquid cooling can. Here's a look

AMD's GPU Ecosystem Keeps Rolling

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:16:00 -0700

AMD acquired MK1, and Spectral raised seed funding for a toolkit that runs NVIDIA CUDA code on AMD chips

NVIDIA GPU Alternatives Are Gaining Serious Traction

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:52:00 -0700

Hyperscaler chips such as Google's TPU and Amazon's Trainium are gaining momentum as alternatives to NVIDIA GPUs

Enterprise AI Profile: Mastercard Tackles Fraud and Productivity

Juliet Raynovich — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 12:12:00 -0700

Mastercard is focusing its AI efforts on three core areas: security and fraud prevention, personalization, and productivity.

Q&A: Derek Ashmore, AI Enablement Principal, Asperitas

Mary Jander — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:31:00 -0700

As AI Enablement Principal at IT consulting firm Asperitas, Derek Ashmore shares his expertise on agentic AI and its application to cloud computing

How Is AI Being Applied at the Edge?

Craig Matsumoto — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:16:00 -0700

The need for efficient AI inference is growing

Cloud Firms Scale Up Capex, but Expenses Are Climbing Too

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:18:00 -0600

Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft are increasing capex substantially, but depreciation and other costs will follow

The Futuriom 50: 2025 in Review

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:38:00 -0600

We're in the fourth quarter, so it's time to review our Futuriom 50 choices to see who's still in the running and what's changed

AI, GPU Clouds, and Neoclouds in the Age of Inference

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:27:00 -0600

The explosion of GPU clouds and neoclouds is complicated to sort out. In our new report, we did all the work for you.

Qualcomm Wants to Be an NVIDIA Alternative Too

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:11:00 -0600

The AI200 and AI250 bring Qualcomm into datacenter-scale AI inferencing, which also means Qualcomm gets to learn about selling rack-scale products

NVIDIA Invests $1 Billion in Nokia

Mary Jander — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:34:00 -0600

NVIDIA will buy a 2.9% equity stake in Nokia, while enabling a major revamping of the mobile supplier's AI-enabled RAN

Cisco Ramps Its Partnership with NVIDIA—and Both Stocks Are Soaring

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:01:00 -0600

Cisco and NVIDIA are expanding their partnership to provide networking solutions for AI.

Lumen & Equinix Vie to Connect the AI Cloud

Craig Matsumoto — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:17:00 -0600

Multicloud networking is evolving in to 'AI networking,' and Lumen and Equinix both argue they're the ones to help enterprises make the transition

Nokia Shares Vault on AI Networking Growth

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:21:00 -0600

Nokia shows big gains in a pivot toward AI networking infrastructure

Dell Expands Its Role as an AI Data Platform

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:04:00 -0600

New announcements around the Dell AI Factory architecture show how Dell is joining the game of integrating storage with data engines and data management

F5 Breach Puts Enterprises on Edge

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:03:00 -0600

Chinese spies reportedly lurked inside F5's development platform for over a year, stealing source code. F5 is fighting back

Enterprise AI Profile: How GEICO Uses AI

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:40:00 -0600

GEICO has used AI for years to streamline its claims process and address customer service concerns. It's also forging ahead with AI throughout its IT infrastructure

AWS Outage Points to High Risk of Single Cloud

Mary Jander — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:25:00 -0600

The recent massive AWS outage highlights the downsides of cloud infrastructure and the risks of relying on it.

AI Changed the Datacenter Rules, as Seen at OCP Summit

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 15:19:00 -0600

Rapid deployment and intense power demands make AI datacenters different. Vendors and the Open Compute Project have responded in kind

Arista Stakes Its Claim in Neocloud Territory

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:43:00 -0600

Arista says its success with hyperscalers can apply to AI factories, with neoclouds eager to tap that expertise

Trends and Leaders in Platform Engineering and IaC 2025

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:57:00 -0600

Increasing concerns about cybersecurity, data privacy, and AI are likely to accelerate the need for platform engineering.

F5 Beefs Up AI Story with CalypsoAI Acquisition

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:11:00 -0600

With a methodical acquisition strategy, F5 has tied together API and AI security with networking

AMD Expands Market With OpenAI Deal

Mary Jander — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:43:00 -0600

AMD's highly structured, multibillion-dollar deal with OpenAI could boost AMD's market share and help it post $100 billion in revenue over the next several years. It also may be the most sensible deal OpenAI has done this year

Enterprise AI Profile: Nestlé

Juliet Raynovich — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:13:00 -0600

Nestlé created its own chatbot to improve employee productivity, strengthen customer support, and advance supply chain operations

Enterprise AI Profile: Walmart

Mary Jander — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:49:00 -0600

Walmart's years-long AI deployment makes it a bellwether for the direction AI is taking in other large retail operations

Clockwork Helps GPUs Keep Busy

Mary Jander — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 11:26:00 -0600

Clockwork's FleetIQ delivers a "Waze" for GPU clusters, thanks to a software-defined clock synchronization and rerouting technique

Komprise Streamlines Data for AI

Mary Jander — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:06:00 -0600

Targeting the RAG market, unstructured data management firm Komprise has added an intelligent data ingestion engine

Fears Grow About OpenAI Deals with NVIDIA, Oracle

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:01:00 -0600

NVIDIA pledges $100 billion to OpenAI, and Oracle stock goes up. Are we deep into bubble territory?

How the Datacenter Power Issue Is Being Addressed

Mary Jander — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:50:00 -0600

As datacenter buildouts hit the headlines, work is underway to address the power consumption issues they raise

China Has Banned NVIDIA. Did Anybody Notice?

Mary Jander — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:18:00 -0600

China's ban on NVIDIA chips accompanies announcements of advanced domestic designs. But making chips in the PRC could have limits

Futuriom's Enterprise AI Index Has Dropped!

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:15:00 -0600

It's live! Futuriom Cloud Tracker Pro's Enterprise AI Index tracks real-world enterprise AI deployments

How Will H-1B Visa Changes Impact Tech Firms?

Mary Jander — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:39:00 -0600

The latest executive order from Washington has roiled tech firms nationwide; long term, it could leave the U.S. at a disadvantage

Groq Raises $750M for GroqCloud

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:10:00 -0600

Maverick chipmaker Groq now has a valuation of $6.9 billion and is rapidly building out cloud datacenters using its processors

Intel and NVIDIA Hook Up

Mary Jander — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:44:00 -0600

NVIDIA's stunning investment in Intel and the companies' joint collaboration could shift the fortunes of both firms —UPDATED 9/18 4:00 PM

Enterprise AI Profile: Beacon Health System

Mary Jander — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:43:00 -0600

The Beacon Health System in Indiana deployed AI to substantially reduce physican burnout while creating operational efficiencies

WEKA's AI Push Targets Inferencing Tokenomics

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:46:00 -0600

This year has seen WEKA make major product moves to better serve AI and neoclouds, with a message that's focusing on the economics of inference

VDURA Shows Off AI Data Functionality in AMD Blueprint

Mary Jander — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:26:00 -0600

VDURA has released an AMD reference architecture that works with its parallel file system and storage for HPC/AI workloads

Nebius' Monster Microsoft Deal Fuels Further Expansion

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:22:00 -0600

A $17.4B contract with Microsoft kicks off what looks like an aggressive growth push from Nebius

Oracle Shocks Wall Street

Mary Jander — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:17:00 -0600

Oracle's latest quarterly report had investors fawning with congratulations over a backlog of contracts. Now it must deliver

How the Hyperscalers Are Moving Beyond NVIDIA

Mary Jander — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:39:00 -0600

Some hyperscalers have shifted well beyond total reliance on NVIDIA with chips that are powering their AI infra services

What's the Status of Hyperscaler Infrastructure?

Mary Jander — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 16:25:00 -0600

Hyperscalers are building big, but that doesn't yet show in their footprint statistics, and it may not for a while

Why We're Doubling Down on Futuriom

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:27:00 -0600

Futuriom has doubled staff in the past six months to support a wide variety of new research and services

Cisco Integrates VAST Data into Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA

Mary Jander — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 13:23:00 -0600

Cisco is offering a fully integrated system for delivering enterprise RAG and agentic AI

Arrcus Teams with Fujitsu and 1Finity; Grabs $67M

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 10:29:00 -0600

Arrcus will team with Fujitsu Limited and 1Finity Inc. to build flexible cloud and AI networking solutions

Enterprise AI Profile: The Roche Group

Mary Jander — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 08:13:00 -0600

The Roche Group and its subsidiaries are using AI to advance pharmaceutical R&D and healthcare diagnostics and treatment

Post-Quantum Roundup: IBM, Microsoft, Fortinet

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 05:04:00 -0600

The chatter around post-quantum readiness is getting louder, with larger vendors prodding enterprises to get moving on the years-long process

Inside Valmont's Data Assurance ROI with Graphiant

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:21:00 -0600

We talked with Valmont Industries about solving networking needs with flexibility, security, and governance

NVIDIA Earnings Takeaways: Numbers Are Good, But Investors Hit Pause

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:01:00 -0600

NVIDIA management talks up AI infra opportunities in the trillions of dollars

What to Watch in NVIDIA's Earnings: Blackwell, China, and Margins

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 09:12:00 -0600

All eyes are on NVIDIA, the epicenter of the AI boom, as it reports earnings today

Why We Don't Believe MIT NANDA's Weird AI Study

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:57:00 -0600

An enterprise AI study from MIT's NANDA went viral—but there's not a lot of data behind it

What's Up With Crusoe's Atero Acquisition?

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:37:00 -0600

Crusoe's headlines are dominated by datacenter buildouts, but the company reminds us it's still a cloud technologist too

Can the USA Save Intel?

Mary Jander — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:00:00 -0600

The U.S. Government is taking an $8.9 billion equity stake in Intel. Will that be enough to energize the company's Foundry Services?

TensorWave Is Poised to Be AMD's Loudest Advocate

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 14:16:00 -0600

The neocloud TensorWave offers AMD GPUs exclusively, making it unique among clouds in general. With an 8,192-GPU cluster operating in Arizona and recent receipt of new MI355X GPUs, it's ready to put its thesis to the test

What's Next for CoreWeave?

Mary Jander — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:39:00 -0600

The AI datacenter provider has become and investment darling, but debt is piling up

Are Hyperscalers Spending Too Much on Datacenters?

Mary Jander — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:00:00 -0600

The leading cloud providers have dramatically increased capex with an eye toward AI infrastructure in the form of datacenters. Will it weigh on their future fortunes?

How the Co-op Group UK Makes AI Work

Mary Jander — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:09:00 -0600

The Co-op Group Ltd. in the UK has taken a measured approach to AI, introducing applications for which there is a demonstrable internal or external customer need.

Cisco Produces Growth in AI, But Will it Decelerate?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:03:00 -0600

Cisco shares are down on solid, if unspectacular results

Building Cyber Resilience for Ransomware

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:59:00 -0600

Futuriom explores a series of user profiles of Index Engines' CyberSense to determine how it enables faster data corruption detection, along with rapid and confident recovery from ransomware attacks

AI Chip China Access Tax Has Pros and Cons

Mary Jander — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:54:00 -0600

The U.S. Government says NVIDIA and AMD can be licensed to sell dumbed-down chips in China in return for a 15% cut of the revenues. But where that cut will come from is a question

WhiteFiber Preps Its Neocloud IPO

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 12:54:00 -0600

WhiteFiber is ready to go public, and like CoreWeave and Crusoe, it's a neocloud that's putting heavy emphasis on real estate development and datacenters

Oxide Scores $100M for On-Prem Cloud-Computing Rack

Mary Jander — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:13:00 -0600

Oxide Computer Company has scored $100 million in Series B funding to continue development of its on-premises rack, aimed as an alternative to public cloud services

NSS Labs Launches Managed Cybersecurity Test Platform

Mary Jander — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 04:00:00 -0600

NSS Labs has launched Minion, an independent test platform for cybersecurity products that eliminates the time, expertise, expense, and credibility gaps associated with in-house testing

CTP: The AI Infra Boom Continues, But What's Next?

Mary Jander — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:12:00 -0600

Hyperscalers are throwing billions of dollars into building AI infrastructure. Will all the AI infra demand meet supply? We dive into the data in our latest CTP Update report

CyberArk: The $25B Answer to Palo Alto's Identity Crisis

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:29:00 -0600

CyberArk's identity and access management fill a crucial, AI-related gap, but it also shows that Palo Alto's 'platform' aspirations don't come cheaply

Crusoe: Cloud Company or Construction Kingpin?

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 11:26:00 -0600

As Crusoe announces its next big project, a 1.8 GW campus in Wyoming, the aspiring neocloud is looking more and more like a real estate company

Will Enterprises Struggle to Soak Up the AI Boom?

Mary Jander — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 10:21:00 -0600

AI suppliers are focusing on major buildouts, but enterprises are having trouble keeping up

Stargate Mysteries Multiply

Mary Jander — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:14:00 -0600

Questions swirl about the status of the Stargate project, even as OpenAI claims it's on track and expanding

Elliott Now Eyeing Equinix

Mary Jander — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:29:00 -0600

Equinix, the datacenter REIT market leader, is the latest tech firm to land in the crosshairs of Elliott Management. We take a look at where changes might happen

Vector Databases Get Attention, and Amazon Follows

Craig Matsumoto — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:54:00 -0600

Vector databases are having their moment in the sun, and large players such as Amazon and Oracle are noticing

Teleport Identity Security Gets a Real Time Twist

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:28:00 -0600

Teleport's platform now traces identity across multiple platforms, spotting anomalies real-time as a user flits from system to system

Extreme Ships Agentic AI-Enabled Net Automation Platform

Mary Jander — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:27:00 -0600

Extreme Networks' Platform ONE for automated network security and connectivity is shipping, putting the vendor out front of a growing enterprise trend

RAGs to Riches: The New Era of AI Inferencing

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:49:00 -0600

Why Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is taking over the world of AI inferencing.

The AI Datacenter Boom Continues to Build

Mary Jander — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:34:00 -0600

Recent news involving Google, Meta, President Trump, and the State of Pennsylvania show the trend toward massive AI datacenter funding in the U.S.

NSS Labs Is Back! And That’s a Great Thing

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:10:00 -0600

In launching as NSS Labs 2.0, a new team aims to help the cybersecurity industry with increased testing needs.

IBM Steps Up in AI Inferencing with New Hardware

Mary Jander — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:53:00 -0600

IBM is rolling out new Power11 systems that combine features needed to streamline IT workloads as well as to support AI inferencing. But who's buying?

Fortanix's PQC Central Preps for Post-quantum World

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 10:41:00 -0600

Post-quantum cryptogaphy is necessary, but getting there is a years-long process. Fortanix has launched a product to manage that entire process, and other cybersecurity vendors will likely follow suit

Was CoreWeave's $9 Billion Enough for Core Scientific?

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:35:00 -0600

The $9 billion acquisition of Core Scientific essentially brings committed capacity in-house for CoreWeave—a deal made possible through the magic of stock valuations

Achieving TCO Savings with Unified SASE

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:12:00 -0600

A "Unified SASE" approach to security and networking can deliver operational and direct cost savings of up to 50%

Q&A: Dia Adams, Enterprise Data/AI Strategist, TCG

Mary Jander — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:32:00 -0600

An Enterprise Data/AI Strategist at TCG, a leading technology consultancy to U.S. government agencies, Dia Adams discusses how to make enterprise AI successful

Who Is Oracle's $30 Billion Mystery Customer?

Mary Jander — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 16:30:00 -0600

Here are some candidates for Oracle's $30 billion customer, though it may take two years for the money to show

Cloudflare Pushes Back on AI 'Strip mining'

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:27:00 -0600

CEO Matthew Prince says AI's 'stripmining' of content has accelerated dramatically in six months. He wants to rethink the way we value web content

Healthcare Companies See Many Benefits from AI

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:23:00 -0600

Data from Futuriom's Cloud Tracker Pro Enterprise AI Index shows the healthcare vertical substantially invested in AI, with many benefits reported

Who Will Win from the HPE-Juniper Merger?

Mary Jander — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:14:00 -0600

The U.S. Department of Justice has okayed the HPE-Juniper merger with conditions that could abundantly benefit third parties

HPE Bets Big on Agentic AI

Mary Jander — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:19:00 -0600

HPE has boosted its Aruba and GreenLake products with agentic AI, which could stand it in good stead whether it acquires Juniper or not

Vultr's AI Cloud Ambitions Aim High

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:09:00 -0600

With a $329 million debt financing on the heels of a $333 million funding round, Vultr is poised to pit the alternative cloud model against neoclouds as well as hyperscalers

MinIO Faces Fallout for Stripping Functions from Open Source Version

Mary Jander — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:14:00 -0600

Open-source users of MinIO's S3-compatible object store have lost some Web UI features they freely enjoyed, highlighting an issue for enterprise software vendors

Inside Index Engines' CyberSense Research Lab

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:45:00 -0600

How Index Engines built an integrated cyber resiliency solution to backup, storage, and more to minimize the impact of ransomware attacks using highly trained AI and analytics.

Pure Storage Elevates Management and Automation

Mary Jander — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:28:00 -0600

Pure Storage announced hardware and software designed to elevate the capabilities of its storage arrays to function in hyperscaler and enterprise AI workloads

Databricks & Snowflake Enter Agentic AI's Orbit

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:05:00 -0600

AI is changing enterprises' relationship with data. That means Databricks & Snowflake have to change, too, if they want to remain leading cloud data platforms

AMD's New GPU Could Feed the Neoclouds

Mary Jander — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:57:00 -0600

AMD's MI400 could give NVIDIA a run for its money—if AMD can get it out in 2026, that is. And neoclouds will play a key role

Why Enterprises Prefer Proprietary AI

Mary Jander — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:56:00 -0600

Futuriom's brand-new Enterprise AI Index reveals the top verticals using AI—and why they prefer their own platforms and models

What's Not to Love about CoreWeave?

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:21:00 -0600

CoreWeave's IPO ignited tense hand-wringing over the neocloud business model, but investors have happily driven stock surges for both it and Nebius

Cisco Doubles Down on NVIDIA AI, Portfolio Integration

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:32:00 -0600

As the new Chief Product Officer, Jeetu Patel is putting his imprint on the networking giant as Cisco emphasizes new integrations and partnerships.

Who Will Win the "Scale Up" Challenge?

Mary Jander — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:51:00 -0600

A range of technologies are bidding for the market to interconnect XPUs to operate as a single entity, to create so-called scale-up architecture for AI pods

Broadcom Chip Advances Ethernet for AI

Mary Jander — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 10:23:00 -0600

Broadcom's Tomahawk 6 doubles the switch capacity of its predecessors while supporting Ethernet for "scale up" as well as "scale out" in a swipe at NVIDIA

MCP Gets Ready for the Real World

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:44:00 -0600

The MCP protocol has captured developers' attention. Here's what it needs in order to enable AI automation on a grander scale

NVIDIA Faces Tough Challenge on China

Mary Jander — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:25:00 -0600

NVIDIA's Jensen Huang makes convincing arguments for staying in the Chinese market despite U.S. export restrictions. Now he must make his case clearer to the government

NVIDIA Posts Solid Results Despite China Ban

Mary Jander — Thu, 29 May 2025 10:23:00 -0600

NVIDIA posted strong quarterly results, despite headwinds from U.S. government export controls for China market

Here Comes Post-Quantum Cryptography

Mary Jander — Wed, 28 May 2025 14:10:00 -0600

Updated June 2, 2025—Enterprises are sitting on a ticking cryptographic timebomb due to the potential of quantum computing algorithms, but help is on the way

Itential Puts AI Agents and MCP to Work

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 28 May 2025 10:29:00 -0600

Itential has stepped up its AI-driven network operations via integration with Selector, along with the introduction of a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server

Why Salesforce Will Buy Informatica for $8 Billion

Mary Jander — Tue, 27 May 2025 14:55:00 -0600

Salesforce will buy data management vendor Informatica in an $8 billion deal that could boost the CRM company's agentic AI fortunes

VAST Data Declares Itself an AI Operating System

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 21 May 2025 12:19:00 -0600

All this time, VAST Data had more up its sleeve than storage or even a data platform. The company says it's built a full AI platform for the 'thinking machine.'

Palo Alto Shares Fall on Expense Concerns

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 21 May 2025 10:27:00 -0600

Palo Alto Networks revenue grew 15%, but expenses came in higher than expected

Dell Pushes Disaggregation for the Private Cloud

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 20 May 2025 14:44:00 -0600

Dell is championing disaggreagation, rethinking hyperconverged infrastructure to allow flexibility of software and cloud OS choices.

NVIDIA & AMD Score AI Hub Deals in Saudi Arabia

Craig Matsumoto — Wed, 14 May 2025 13:21:00 -0600

The chip giants announce deals with HUMAIN to build AI factories in Saudi Arabia, but the big numbers involved call for some perspective

What's Next for Networking Infrastructure for AI?

Mary Jander — Wed, 14 May 2025 09:50:00 -0600

Futuriom's latest report digs into the details of what's happening in the marketplace for networking infrastructure for AI

Delivering ROI with Unified SASE as a Service

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 08 May 2025 11:35:00 -0600

How Thetford Increased Reliability and Decreased Operational Costs with Aryaka

Telco Trends Recap: AI-RAN Brings AI to the Edge

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 06 May 2025 15:00:00 -0600

This year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona focused on telco opportunities in AI. In this report, we sum up our findings.

Delivering ROI with Extreme Fabric: Views from the Field

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 06 May 2025 07:18:00 -0600

This Leadership Brief shows how Extreme Fabric's virtualization and automation technology simplifies network switching, routing and security.

Messaging Hack Hints at Broader U.S. Cybersecurity Weakness

Mary Jander — Mon, 05 May 2025 14:54:00 -0600

RSAC: AI Is Helping Hackers; We Need More AI!

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 01 May 2025 14:05:00 -0600

Data and discussions from RSAC indicate the AI security risks and proposed solutions are proliferating at the same time.

Microsoft and Meta Deliver on Earnings

Mary Jander — Thu, 01 May 2025 12:42:00 -0600

Microsoft and Meta posted good earnings reports this week. But macro uncertainty could hinder their goals going forward

MCP for AI is Hot. But Where's the Security?

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 01 May 2025 12:38:00 -0600

MCP has become the de facto option for connecting LLMs to myriad data sources. But only a few firms, including Teleport and SentinelOne, have addressed its security

Neoclouds vs. Hyperscalers: What’s the Difference?

Craig Matsumoto — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:37:00 -0600

Neoclouds' funding coffers helped them keep up in the race to build AI datacenters, but what next? If GPUs stop being scarce, then neoclouds need stronger differentiation -- as do hyperscalers, who have a broader arsenal to draw from.

UALink Offers Fresh Options for AI Networking

Mary Jander — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:32:00 -0600

The UALink Consortium has published its first specification with the aim to offer an open-source alternative to NVLink and to offer support for GPUs besides NVIDIA's

Inside the Tech Tariff Catastrophe

Mary Jander — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:22:00 -0600

Tariffs and export controls meant to promote U.S. technology interests could stall the spread of key manufacturing and datacenter buildouts

Why Hyperscaler Capex Could Drop in 2026

Mary Jander — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:43:00 -0600

Hyperscalers continue to pour money into AI infrastructure this year, but 2026 could see a big change, Futuriom estimates

NVIDIA Hedges Tariff Threat With US Manufacturing

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:51:00 -0600

Chips in Arizona and AI supercomputers in Texas will help NVIDIA hedge against whatever happens with tariffs while also pushing the company's dreams of building more and more AI factories.

What's Next for HPE?

Mary Jander — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:42:00 -0600

HPE faces a series of challenges, including tariffs and the potential loss of its bid for Juniper Networks. Here are some alternatives —Updated 4/15 12:00 PM

Aviatrix's Vision for Multicloud Operations with Colocation

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:37:00 -0600

As distributed application and data needs climb, a unified network management plane will be needed for multicloud environments

Fortanix Aims to Secure GenAI With a Turnkey Pipeline

Craig Matsumoto — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:37:00 -0600

Could GenAI be the moment for confidential computing? Fortanix, with Intel as a partner, offers a secure data pipeline to assuage enterprise fears over GenAI and data privacy

Fidelity Ditches Terraform for OpenTofu

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:26:00 -0600

Fidelity's mass migration from Terraform to OpenTofu raises the stakes in the IaC market

CyberRatings: Cloud Firewalls Have Gaping Holes

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:20:00 -0600

A new test from CyberRatings.org shows that many cloud-hosted firewalls are ineffective

Q&A: Alaa Moussawi, Chief Data Scientist, New York City Council

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:51:00 -0600

The Chief Data Scientist of the New York City Council talks about why companies aren't yet adopting GenAI at scale, and what will help change that

AI Creates New Urgency for Datacenter Optics

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:18:00 -0600

The growth of AI networks has vendors preparing innovations that use optical technology to solve power, space, and speed challenges that come with ever-larger networks

Itential’s CTO Chris Wade: We Need More APIs for AIOps

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:07:00 -0600

Chris Wade, CTO of Itential, thinks that AI is on the cusp of impacting how we think about all applications and infrastructure in general. Here's what he's saying

Welcome Craig Matsumoto!

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:15:00 -0600

Veteran analyst and technology savant Craig Matsumoto joins the Futuriom team!

DriveNets Drives Comcast Network Upgrade

Mary Jander — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 12:55:00 -0600

The disaggregated design of DriveNets' Network Cloud is helping Comcast expand its software-defined, virtualized Janus network nationwide

NVIDIA's CEO Talks Up AI Factories

Mary Jander — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:16:00 -0600

At the annual NVIDIA GTC "Superbowl of AI," CEO Jensen Huang delivered a firehose of announcements focused on the needs of "AI factories"

Google to Pay $32 Billion for Wiz

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 11:56:00 -0600

UPDATED 3/19: Google makes a second run at acquiring cybersecurity startup Wiz, whose platform could potentially add significant value to Google Cloud

Arista Load Balances AI, Gets Oracle Onboard

Mary Jander — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:59:00 -0600

Arista Networks introduces load balancing for AI workloads, along with significant AI-enabled capabilities for network observability and problem-solving

MWC 2025: It's a Wrap

Mary Jander — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:54:00 -0700

Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona featured AI, AI, and more AI. Here's a quick take on some leading trends from the show

CoreWeave IPO Filing Offers a Glimpse Inside

Mary Jander — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 07:39:00 -0700

AI infrastructure service provider CoreWeave has filed its S1 prospectus with the U.S. SEC, heralding a hope for a potential $4 billion IPO this year

Why Network Security Convergence Is Shaking Up the Market

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:08:00 -0700

Networking and security are converging more than ever. Are big changes ahead?

NVIDIA: The "Age of AI" Is Just Beginning

Mary Jander — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:36:00 -0700

NVIDIA delivered solid earnings above expectations last night, and CEO Jensen Huang expects more growth this year. So why aren't investors reassured?

Cisco and NVIDIA Partnership Boosts AI Ethernet

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:47:00 -0700

Cisco and NVIDIA will combine the two vendors’ technologies at the chip level to serve enterprise AI requirements. Who wins—and who's left out?

Teleport Expands Secure Identity Platform for Growth

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:49:00 -0700

Teleport beefs up its infrastructure identity platform to ease the headaches of managing secure access to cloud infrastructure

Markets Spooked By Microsoft AI Demand Questions

Mary Jander — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:33:00 -0700

Word from TD Cowen is that Microsoft is pulling out of many datacenter buildouts. How does this reflect on the AI market?

Lambda Scores $480 Million to Grow AI Services

Mary Jander — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:34:00 -0700

Lamdba has raised $480 million in a Series D round backed by NVIDIA. It plans to use the money to grow its software services as well as add GPUs to its network

The Futuriom 50 2025 Is Here!

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:03:00 -0700

Our annual report on top trends and private companies dives into AI infrastructure, distributed cloud, cloud security, and more ...

Aryaka Adds Powerful AI Observability to Its NaaS

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:00 -0700

Aryaka Networks has beefed up its SASE portfolio with AI>Observe, a suite of powerful security analytics functions

Cisco Pops On Earnings, But Is It Sustainable?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:14:00 -0700

Cisco shares gained after an upbeat earnings report, but there's a potential federal government overhang

Saudi Arabia Highlights Shift to Sovereign AI

Mary Jander — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:39:00 -0700

A KSA conference showcased the trend of ambitious nations sponsoring AI efforts with a view to economic opportunity

Nokia Swaps Out CEO

Mary Jander — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:34:00 -0700

Pekka Lundmark is stepping aside for Justin Hotard, who hails from Intel and HPE and could boost Nokia in datacenter, private mobile, and defense networking

HPE Looks Likely to Lose Its Juniper Deal

Mary Jander — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:55:00 -0700

A misstep with the DOJ could have cost HPE its bid for Juniper Networks

Emerging Trends and Players in Object Storage for AI

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:34:00 -0700

In a new special report, Futuriom examines how unstructured data can be mined for use in AI workloads

The DeepSeek Deep Dive: What Experts Are Saying

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:57:00 -0700

The DeepSeek impact on the AI industry was real, but its many nuances will take months to figure out

Why DeepSeek's Rise Could Be Temporary

Mary Jander — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:52:00 -0700

Chinese startup DeepSeek has produced watershed AI, but don't underestimate the ability of the West to catch up

Stargate Has Been Announced. Here Are Our Questions ...

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:45:00 -0700

Project Stargate is an ambitious, $500-billion project to create U.S. AI infrastructure. But what's involved to get it running?

Q4 2024 Capex: A Look at Hyperscalers and Telcos

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:47:00 -0700

As AI deployment accelerates, cloud hyperscalers project greater spending on AI datacenters, while third-party services grow and telcos lag in capital spending

Q&A: Donald Thompson, Distinguished Engineer, LinkedIn

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:13:00 -0700

A Distinguished Engineer in charge of AI at LinkedIn shares his insights into the progress of AI and its challenges

Render Scores $80 Million To Make Cloud Easier

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:52:00 -0700

Cloud application platform provider Render has scored $80 million in new funding, illustrating demand for alternatives to the cloud hyperscaler offerings

X Server Win Demonstrates HPE's AI Potential

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:58:00 -0700

HPE's recent $1 billion win with Elon Musk's X shows where its focus needs to be. Will the Juniper deal distract from that?

AI Storage Play DDN Scores $300 Million in Funding

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 11:21:00 -0700

DDN scores $300 million from Blackstone on a $5 billion valuation, energizing the HPC company's shift to enterprise focus

Wiz Appoints New CFO for Journey to IPO

Mary Jander — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:17:00 -0700

Wiz has appointed Fazal Merchant as president and CFO, and he's aiming to take the CNAPP vendor public

How AMD Is Gaining Ground Against NVIDIA

Mary Jander — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:04:00 -0700

AMD may remain a distant second to NVIDIA in the GPU market, but it's building its share strategically

Can Telco "AI Factories" Succeed?

Mary Jander — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 14:15:00 -0700

Telcos are slowly rolling out datacenters to support new AI services. But can these efforts succeed?

Futuriom Wraps Up Cloud Infra Trends for 2024!

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:49:00 -0700

Another great year for cloud infrastructure is in the books

Why NVIDIA's Acquisition of Run:ai Is a Great Move

Mary Jander — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:06:00 -0700

NVIDIA's laid hold of a crucial technology at a time when demand is rising for control of GPU resources

How Vultr Picked up $333M, with AMD Participating

Mary Jander — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:52:00 -0700

AMD Ventures joined a round valuing Vultr at $3.5 billion, highlighting the red-hot market segment for cloud-based GPU services for AI training and inference

The Futuriom 50: 2024 in Review

Mary Jander — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 15:01:00 -0700

We take a close look back at how the Futuriom 50 private companies fared this past year—and what 2025 might bring

The Secret Behind Arista's AI Ethernet Success

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:14:00 -0700

Arista's hyperscaler gains show that Ethernet can scale for AI

HPE's Future Hangs on Stalled Juniper Deal

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:29:00 -0700

For HPE's networking ambitions, the Juniper merger can't happen fast enough

AWS Piles Features Into SageMaker, Bedrock

Mary Jander — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 12:42:00 -0700

AWS released many new functions at re:Invent, looking to attract enterprises to the AWS platform to build AI applications

AWS Wrap: Blossoming AI Services and NVIDIA Alternatives

Mary Jander — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:51:00 -0700

The AWS re:Invent 2024 conference is in full swing, and the theme is managing data for AI applications

Gelsinger's Surprise Intel Exit: What's it Mean?

Mary Jander — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:52:00 -0700

Pat Gelsinger's departure from Intel won't be a magic cure for the company's many problems. Management must now do some deep soul-searching

Aviz Raises $17M, With Cisco and Qualcomm as Investors

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:11:00 -0700

Open networking startup has raised $17 million, with investors including Cisco

NVIDIA Touts Ongoing AI Growth in Q3 Report

Mary Jander — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:10:00 -0700

NVIDIA posts another strong quarter, though investors are greedy for more

MinIO Adds AI Functions to Object Storage

Mary Jander — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:02:00 -0700

MinIO has added a raft of AI functionality to its object storage platform for exabyte-level enterprise deployments

Trends and Leaders in Platform Engineering and IaC

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Our first report on platform engineering and infrastructure as code (IaC) takes a look at the growing movement to build a better cloud automation and management layer

Cloudian Speeds Up Object Storage Links to GPUs

Mary Jander — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:58:00 -0700

Cloudian's HyperStore object storage system supports NVIDIA's GPUDirect, bypassing the CPU and obviating the need for parallel file systems

Mixed Bag in Cisco Earnings

Mary Jander — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:38:00 -0700

Cisco earnings dropped again, though management is optimistic about AI and security

Inside the Rise of AI Clouds Like CoreWeave and Lambda

Mary Jander — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 08:45:00 -0700

Updated 11/14/2024 — Enterprises are finding an expanding host of choices for AI cloud services outside of the traditional public cloud hyperscalers. This segment is thriving

Hyperscalers Continue to Hyperspend on AI

Mary Jander — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:20:00 -0700

Cloud hyperscalers continue to spend big on AI, prompting questions about the future of their capital spending

Itential Boosts NetDevOps with Automation Service

Mary Jander — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:10:00 -0700

Itential's newly available Automation Service streamlines the creation and deployment of network automations at scale

NVIDIA Ethernet Drives xAI's Supercomputer

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 11:02:00 -0700

NVIDIA's Spectrum-X Ethernet networking technology is at the heart of the world's largest AI cluster, xAI's Colossus, proving NVIDIA's more than an "InfiniBand only" provider

Is It Time for Robbins to Move On at Cisco?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:02:00 -0700

The buzz on the street is that Robbins is close to retirement

View Systems Releases AI Processing Platform

Mary Jander — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 12:06:00 -0700

View Systems releases a platform that lets enterprises create GenAI queries against their own data, on premises or in the cloud

Scality Targets AI with RING Add-on

Mary Jander — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:48:00 -0600

Scality says RING XP, an add-on to its object and file storage system, delivers microsecond response times for feeding AI modeling and fine-tuning workflows

Multicloud Networking (MCN) and NaaS Survey Report 2024

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:06:00 -0600

Our 2024 MCN and NaaS survey report tells you what's happening in cloud networking

F5 Teams with NVIDIA to Streamline AI

Mary Jander — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:12:00 -0600

Application infrastructure provider F5 hitches its load balancing, policy management, and security to NVIDIA's BlueField-3 DPUs to improve AI efficiency

Alkira Beefs Up Security Stack with ZTNA

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:26:00 -0600

Alkira ramps up the security features of its cloud network with ZTNA

Nokia Plugs EDA Into Lenovo for AI Management

Mary Jander — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:13:00 -0600

Nokia's recent deal with Lenovo highlights growing promise for its management and networking of AI in the datacenter space.

A New Look! Inside the Futuriom Upgrade

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:12:00 -0600

The new Futuriom.com has launched. Why we changed lots of things

GEICO Shows the Way to Repatriation

Mary Jander — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:10:00 -0600

GEICO and 37signals have gone public with dramatic evidence of savings from cloud repatriation resulting from high operational costs

Cisco Shrinks Campus and Cuts Staff, Ending an Era

Mary Jander — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:41:00 -0600

Cisco has laid off a significant portion of the workforce and is shuttering offices in San Jose. But is that enough?

CoreWeave Builds Ecosystem Momentum

Mary Jander — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:39:00 -0600

AI-infrastructure-as-a-service provider CoreWeave has scored $650 million in a credit facility to expand its datacenter network and possibly enable IPO in 2025

Xscape Photonics Grabs $44 Million to Speed Up AI

Mary Jander — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0600

CTERA Adds AI Smarts to Object File System

Mary Jander — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 08:42:00 -0600

CTERA has extended its global file system to AI models in a new platform that features intelligent agents for model querying

Aryaka Expands SASE Network with CASB

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 10:54:00 -0600

Aryaka continues its march toward fully integrated networking and SASE by adding CASB and other features

ClearBlade Takes IoT to New Level

Mary Jander — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:35:00 -0600

Internet of Things (IoT) system provider ClearBlade has released additions to its products, incorporating more security, performance, and AI into its platform

Equinix Aims to Raise $15 Billion for AI Data Centers

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:54:00 -0600

Datacenter facilities market leader Equinix has entered a JV to raise at least $15 billion for building out hyperscale datacenters

ZEDEDA and Edge Impulse Bring ML to the Edge

Mary Jander — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:38:00 -0600

ZEDEDA now integrates software from Edge Impulse, a startup specializing in machine learnings model development for edge applications

Panzura Conducts Object Storage Symphony

Mary Jander — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:37:00 -0600

Panzura has released Symphony, a platform that supports data from a variety of object storage systems, including ones from AWS, Azure, GCP, and Wasabi

System Initiative Stalks HashiCorp Out of Stealth

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:20:00 -0600

System Initiative, a maker of IaC tools, aims to become the developer's friend with a visual, multiplayer approach

Barclays Expands a Hybrid Cloud Deal with HPE

Mary Jander — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 12:48:00 -0600

The UK’s Barclays bank has extended a ten-year contract with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) for management of its multicloud and hybrid cloud estate

Microsoft, BlackRock, and NVIDIA are the Big Names in GAIIP

Mary Jander — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:04:00 -0600

The new GAIIP investment partnership will rely on NVIDIA's advice. That could be a big win for the company's accelerated computing technologies

Pulumi Beefs Up IaC Platform with Security, Insights

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:13:00 -0600

Pulumi launches its ESC and Insight security and cloud automation products

Nokia Gains Big with CoreWeave’s AI Networking Deal

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 13:02:00 -0600

Nokia wins big with a CoreWeave cloud AI deal that Wall Street analysts say might be worth $200 million to $300 million

CDNs Plunge into Red-hot Object Storage

Mary Jander — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:54:00 -0600

Providers of content-delivery networks (CDNs) are increasingly adding cloud-native object storage to their roster of services

Inside JCI's Data Streaming Deal with Redpanda

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:18:00 -0600

Confluent losing JCI to Redpanda is indicative of the new economics of data streaming

Can Intel Be Saved? Inside Some Potential Solutions

Mary Jander — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:27:00 -0600

The bad news just keeps coming for Intel. September will be a pivotal month as CEO Pat Gelsinger and the board meet to discuss its future. Will cost cutting be enough?

NVIDIA Has Joined the Ultra Ethernet Consortium

Mary Jander — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:25:00 -0600

NVIDIA quietly joined the Ultra Ethernet Consortium, signaling that it's growing more enthusiastic about Ethernet for AI networking

HPE Releases First Iteration of Private Cloud AI

Mary Jander — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:06:00 -0600

HPE has delivered the first in a series of planned products jointly developed with NVIDIA. And it looks like a win for HPE.

Ciena Earnings Highlight Data Center Connectivity

Mary Jander — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:53:00 -0600

Ciena's Q3 earnings beat analyst estimates, and the company predicts growth in datacenter connectivity as AI and cloud traffic grows

Will the Cisco Reorg Work?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 13:32:00 -0600

Cisco is in the midst of the largest reorg in years. Will it work?

Q&A: Adam Stipkovits, Global Aluminum Manufacturing Company

Mary Jander — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:50:00 -0600

Adam Stipkovits is a multicloud network architect with expertise in Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud. He spoke with us about his work and the industry

Nutanix Vaults 20% in Wake of VMware Buyout

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:48:00 -0600

Nutanix hits new highs in recurring revenue and cash flow after targeting VMware with promotions

NVIDIA's Results Show AI Boom May Be Slowing

Mary Jander — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:42:00 -0600

Despite strong results, investors were disappointed with NVIDIA's latest earnings report. It's time to get realistic about the AI market.

NVIDIA Boosts AI Development for Enterprise Use

Mary Jander — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:53:00 -0600

NVIDIA's unveiled NIM Agent Blueprints that bring readymade GenAI workflows to let enterprise customers develop "AI flywheels."

Lumen Picks Blue Planet to Prep Inventory for AI

Mary Jander — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:10:00 -0600

Lumen has picked intelligent inventory software from Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, to help deliver hyperscaler and enterprise AI networks.

What Can Stop Snowflake's Shares From Melting?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:06:00 -0600

Snowflake beat earnings estimates and issued strong guidance, but that still didn't stop investors from selling

AMD to Buy ZT Systems to Accelerate System Delivery

Mary Jander — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:54:00 -0600

AMD's move to buy AI infrastructure design firm ZT Systems could boost its share of a market AMD estimates will be worth $400 billion by 2027

Are the Hyperscalers Betting Too Much on AI?

Mary Jander — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 08:36:00 -0600

There are signs that hyperscalers' investment in AI mirrors what the telcos spent on 5G. That may not be a fair comparison

CTP Q2 Update: AI Infrastructure Shifts Toward Inferencing

Mary Jander — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:18:00 -0600

Hyperscalers continue to accelerate AI spending, but enterprises are pondering the next steps

Cloud Tech Pro Q&A: Scott Robertson, Co-op Group

Mary Jander — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:17:00 -0600

Scott Robertson, Principal Enterprise Architect, Foundation Technology, at Co-Op Group in the UK, talks hybrid cloud, cloud repatriation, and operating models

IBM Earnings Showcase AI and Automation

Mary Jander — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:16:00 -0600

IBM's Q2 2024 earnings reveal solid progress in AI and in hybrid cloud automation

Crowdstricken! A Lesson in Technology Risks from CrowdStrike

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:46:00 -0600

The CrowdStrike debacle has highlighted many ongoing risks in vendor concentration, supply-chain, and CI/CD practices

Google Bets Big on AI Infrastructure

Mary Jander — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 14:47:00 -0600

Google parent Alphabet is spending big on AI infrastructure. But major progress in enterprise AI cloud isn't yet underway

2024 SD-WAN/SASE Managed Services Survey Report

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:00:00 -0600

See what end users are looking for from SASE/SD-WAN services, according to our 2024 survey of 192 experts

File Systems Prep Hybrid Cloud Storage for AI

Mary Jander — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:17:00 -0600

CTERA, Nasuni, and Panzura are leading a flock of enterprise file systems designed to help bring AI to hybrid and multicloud enterprise environments

Arrcus Lands $30 Million with Help from NVIDIA

Mary Jander — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0600

MCN software player Arrcus scores significant investment from NVIDIA, which is also collaborating with Arrcus on AI networking solutions

Alphabet Wiz Bid Raises Big Questions

Mary Jander — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:45:00 -0600

If Alphabet/Google buys Wiz, it could face questions about the hefty pricetag

The Futuriom Q&A: Shailesh Shukla

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:00:00 -0600

An interview with Shailesh Shukla, CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors at Aryaka

Multicloud Deals Abound: Aviatrix, Megaport, IBM, and Vapor IO

Mary Jander — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:54:00 -0600

Aviatrix and Megaport partner while IBM and Vapor IO team up, highlighting the benefits of marrying MCN and hybrid cloud technology to private edge networking

Diving Into IoT with Infra Expert Bill Brown

Mary Jander — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:18:00 -0600

IoT expert Bill Brown shares insights and experiences on the nature of IoT, its market, and its relation to the network edge

Why Optical Fiber Is Having a Moment

Mary Jander — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:34:00 -0600

Optical fiber and components are increasingly in demand for enterprise and hyperscaler datacenters, thanks to AI and edge computing

AI Appliances Pop Up at the Edge

Mary Jander — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:23:00 -0600

Responding to AI demand, devices are appearing that combine AI with edge compute capabilities and connectivity for multiple IoT sensors and other gear

Axelera Adds $68 Million to Funding for Edge AI Chip

Mary Jander — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:23:00 -0600

Axelera AI has scored $68 million in financing to continue developing an AI chip for edge inferencing, a hot and growing market

How Are Datacenters Coping with Energy?

Chad Sellmer — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 09:11:00 -0600

Datacenters are notoriously massive energy consumers. Here's how some operators coping with the explosive growth of AI and subsequent future power demands

New Report! Observability, AIOps, and NetDevOps

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:01:00 -0600

Why observability, AIOps, and NetDevOps are key trends enabling cloud transformation

Aryaka Rolls Out SASE Networking Targeted at AI

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:00:00 -0600

Aryaka is rolling out networking services specifically tailored for AI

HPE and NVIDIA Look to Simplify Enterprise AI

Mary Jander — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:06:00 -0600

HPE and NVIDIA have taken an existing partnership up a notch by announcing turnkey AI inferencing systems combining their products and services.

The Pitfalls of Sovereign AI

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:42:00 -0600

Nations can benefit economically from their own AI platforms, but explicit policies and collaborative agreements may be needed to ensure long-term success

Oracle Earnings Reflect Cloud Strength

Mary Jander — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 12:22:00 -0600

Oracle's revenue and net income drooped, but the numbers for its cloud services are stunning, and multicloud integration with Google impressed investors

Here's What Cisco Needs to Fix

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 11:46:00 -0600

Cisco's hyping AI, but it needs to fix its core networking portfolio first

F5 Survey Reveals Obstacles to AI Deployment

Mary Jander — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:59:00 -0600

A majority of enterprises plan to use AI and many are trialing it; but few have had success due to data quality and security issues

Here's How Fortinet Could Benefit from Buying Lacework

Mary Jander — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:14:00 -0600

Fortinet will acquire Lacework, and it's up to the the firewall-turned-SASE vendor to make the most of Lacework's AI-powered CNAPP

What Is Private AI?

Mary Jander — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:10:00 -0600

Private AI refers to an architecture designed to ensure the safety and integrity of enterprise data used in AI workloads. Futuriom takes a detailed look at key elements

Inside Cisco's $1 Billion AI Play

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:52:00 -0600

Cisco announces a $1B AI fund to get more skin in the game

Arista Unveils AI Agent for NVIDIA SmartNICs

Mary Jander — Fri, 31 May 2024 10:57:00 -0600

Arista CEO Jayshree Ullal says a software SmartNIC update will solve "acute" interoperability challenges

World Premiere! 2024 Networking Infra for AI Report

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 May 2024 08:58:00 -0600

A technological revolution is underway in networking for AI, driven by demand for faster, more scalable, and more reliable infrastructure

Survey: Telcos Think Big About AI

Mary Jander — Wed, 29 May 2024 10:25:00 -0600

A new survey from Ciena says telcos worldwide are eager to implement AI in their networks. But can they afford it?

Can NVIDIA Keep Up with Itself?

Mary Jander — Thu, 23 May 2024 12:14:00 -0600

NVIDIA reported record earnings again last night. But supply isn't meeting demand, and the competition is growing

Palo Alto Shares Fall On Weak Guidance

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 21 May 2024 09:30:00 -0600

Palo Alto's platformization strategy might be a long slog, based on current guidance

Cisco Earnings a Mixed Bag

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 16 May 2024 14:58:00 -0600

Cisco revenues were down, but the company has high hopes for Splunk and AI

Exabeam to Merge with LogRhythm

Mary Jander — Wed, 15 May 2024 13:32:00 -0600

Exabeam and LogRhythm have merged to create a security information and event management (SIEM) system aimed at “AI-driven security operations.”

Alkira Scores $100 Million Series C

Mary Jander — Wed, 15 May 2024 11:00:00 -0600

Alkira's scored $100 million to advance its network-as-a-service (NaaS) with more MCN features while adding networking functionality for AI workloads

An Overview of Networking for AI at the Edge

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 May 2024 09:37:00 -0600

The progress of AI inferencing has the industry looking to the network edge, where a variety of solutions are emerging from a range of players

RSAC: Networking and Security Convergence Redux

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 10 May 2024 09:45:00 -0600

The RSA Conference once again revealed the theme of networking and security convergence

ServiceNow and Itential Take on the OSS Market

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 08 May 2024 09:30:00 -0600

ServiceNow and Itential have teamed up to help to tackle telco automation

Microsoft, NVIDIA Bet $1 Billion on Wayve Autonomous Car Software

Mary Jander — Tue, 07 May 2024 11:30:00 -0600

UK startup Wayve has scored $1.05 billion in Series C funding from SoftBank, NVIDIA, and Microsoft to advance its embodied AI.

Why Datacenter Cooling's Turning Liquid

Mary Jander — Tue, 07 May 2024 11:26:00 -0600

Denser racks and AI clusters are giving off enough heat to warm small cities, but liquid cooling provides a cleaner and cooler alternative

What Is the Difference Between Network Automation and Orchestration?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 07 May 2024 10:48:00 -0600

Network orchestration differs from network automation by operating across technology domains and adopted business logic

Cloud Firms Are Upping Capex, Citing Demand

Mary Jander — Thu, 02 May 2024 16:14:00 -0600

The top cloud providers say demand is so great for their AI-related services that capex is going through the roof. Investors have questions

Cloud Cost Management and FInOps for the AI Era

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:52:00 -0600

Our 2024 report on cloud cost management and FinOps looks at the effects of AI as well as leading vendors

Is CoreWeave Eyeing an IPO?

Mary Jander — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 09:42:00 -0600

CoreWeave's advertising for an investor relations director and SEC expert. Could an IPO be in the works?

Why IBM Wants HashiCorp

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:06:00 -0600

HashiCorp is going to be purchased, possibly by IBM

Databricks' AI Ambitions Revive IPO Chatter

Mary Jander — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:31:00 -0600

Databricks' large language model DBRX was recently released to general applause. Could it be another step toward IPO?

Aviatrix Adds Observability API in Cloud-Native Push

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:30:00 -0600

Aviatrix adds Network Insights API, which will help networking practitioners integrate with common observability tools

Rubrik IPO Represents Larger Trend

Mary Jander — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:16:00 -0600

Rubrik, the 11-year-old secondary storage and security cloud provider, is going public in a move that reflects an influx of new blood in the public tech markets

Can AI Save Everyone's Bacon?

Mary Jander — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:00:00 -0600

Both hyperscalers and telcos are saying there's a universal delay in closing orders. But AI could make a difference -- at least for the hyperscalers

Google Cloud Next: AI Takes Center Stage

Mary Jander — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:40:00 -0600

At its Google Cloud Next '24 conference this week, the hyperscaler unveiled a slew of AI infrastructure products and services -- and many AI customer testimonials

Why Is Interest in eBPF and Cilium Growing?

Mary Jander — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:36:00 -0600

The technology known as extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) is making headway in the market. Here's why

How Datacenters are Managing the AI Energy Binge

Mary Jander — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:27:00 -0600

By 2027, AI servers could gobble enough electricity annually to power the entire country of Argentina. Here's how AI datacenters are turning down the heat

Astera Labs Blockbuster IPO Reveals Strong AI Market

Mary Jander — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:16:00 -0600

Astera's IPO dazzled the Street. The company is betting on a big market opportunity but may have to grow big in a short timeframe

Startup Profile: groundcover Levers eBPF for Monitoring

Mary Jander — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 11:42:00 -0600

Startup groundcover has leveraged eBPF to offer affordable observability for application performance monitoring (APM)

AI Traffic Is Up, and So is Security Risk

Mary Jander — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:30:00 -0600

Security platform provider Zscaler says enterprise users are diving into AI applications - and facing new AI cyberthreats

Cloud Native Climbs at KubeCon

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:30:00 -0600

CNCF takes on AI -- and much more

NVIDIA Unveils New GPUs, Networking, Enterprise tools

Mary Jander — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 09:25:00 -0600

NVIDIA boosts its GPU position, improves its networking options, and serves up enterprise solutions. But it's still all about NVIDIA

Can Astera's IPO Succeed?

Mary Jander — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:22:00 -0600

Startup Astera Labs is testing the strength of the AI chip interconnection market with a proposed IPO

Why Aryaka's Unified SASE Is Important

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:39:00 -0600

Aryaka rolls out Unified SASE, looking to provide a complete network and security platform

Applying Platform Engineering Principles to Networking

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:48:00 -0600

How infrastructure platform engineering can facilitate and automate the delivery of network services for any application, on any platform

ROI Through Converged Cloud Networking and Security

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:05:00 -0600

This leadership briefs explores ways to reduce cloud costs with distributed Networking and network security convergence

What's Up with the Change Healthcare Attack?

Mary Jander — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:03:00 -0600

A ransomware attack at a major U.S. healthcare service provider highlights the need for better protection driven by AI

What Is Platform Engineering for Networking?

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:53:00 -0700

Platform engineering can streamline and speed up the adoption of cloud infrastructure

Cloudflare’s Nefeli Buy Perks Up the MCN Market

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:34:00 -0700

Here's why Cloudflare snapped up little-known multicloud networking company Nefeli Networks

How 10 Telcos Are Getting Ahead

Mary Jander — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 16:25:00 -0700

While other telcos struggle with legacy infrastructure and 5G disappointment, these 10 are pivoting to transformation

Cloudflare Dives Into AI Security

Mary Jander — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 16:25:00 -0700

Cloudflare has announced a spate of new functions to protect information in GenAI applications

Hybrid Cloud Visibility and AIOps

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:25:00 -0700

Enterprises worldwide are turning to hybrid cloud environments to benefit from cloud technologies while maintaining security and control over data and applications.

What's Up with Snowflake?

Mary Jander — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 13:10:00 -0700

A CEO change and a measured approach to earnings guidance caused a market backlash. Was that fair?

MWC: Arrcus Teams with Red Hat; Microsoft's New Nexus

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:32:00 -0700

More MWC announcements indicate the service provider move to the cloud is in full motion

AI-RAN Alliance, With Microsoft and NVIDIA, Tackle AIOps

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:30:00 -0700

The AI-RAN Alliance goes after opportunities to improve the efficiency of mobile networks

At MWC, Telecoms Look for the Answer in AIOps

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:03:00 -0700

With revenue growth nonexistent and costs escalating, the most practical solution for telecom operators is automation

Telco Troubles Revealed in Financials

Mary Jander — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:35:00 -0700

Telcos worldwide are at a crossroads. It's not clear whether they'll take the way forward fast enough to make a difference in their drooping sales

Prosimo Ups Its AIOps Game

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:12:00 -0700

Prosimo's new AI suite adds a natural language assistant as well as AI data guardrails

Can NVIDIA Boost Nokia's RAN Plan?

Mary Jander — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:56:00 -0700

Nokia will partner with NVIDIA to create cloud-native RAN solutions that apply AI to streamline operations and improve the bottom line. Will it work?

Palo Alto Shares Plunge on Strategy Shift

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:30:00 -0700

Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora announces a new platform strategy designed to combat "cybersecurity fatigue"

Aviz Updates Network Stack with AI

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 11:49:00 -0700

Aviz Networks has upgraded its SONiC network platform with AIOps capabilities using GenAI

How Oracle's Crashing the Hyperscalers' Party

Mary Jander — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:50:00 -0700

Oracle is now a public cloud leader. Here's how it plans to expand its fiefdom via AI, sovereign and private cloud services, multicloud sharing with Azure, and more.

Lambda Scores $320 Million for AI Infrastructure Cloud

Mary Jander — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:21:00 -0700

Lambda, a cloud firm offering access to AI infrastructure via NVIDIA GPUs, has scored $320 million in Series C funding on a valuation of $1.5 billion

Cisco Drops on 'Uncertainty,' Layoffs to Come

Mary Jander — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:50:00 -0700

Cisco reported reduced product and services revenues, citing slow telco sales. As a result, the company reduced guidance and plans a 5% companywide layoff

Equinix, Others Expand on AI Demand

Mary Jander — Tue, 13 Feb 2024 09:08:00 -0700

Datacenter service providers are aggressively expanding their facilities in response to rising demand for AI processing

Cohesity and Veritas Will Form a New Data Protection Firm

Mary Jander — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:30:00 -0700

Cohesity and Veritas' data protection division are combining in a new company focused on data security and management with AI in mind

F5 Goes Big in Multicloud Visibility and Security

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:30:00 -0700

F5 unveils API security and AI tools to help professionals manage multicloud environments

ZEDEDA Grabs $72 Million Amid Market Momentum

Mary Jander — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 10:07:00 -0700

ZEDEDA has scored $72 million in Series C funding, signaling the renewal of interest in edge management as demand for AI/ML builds

Inside Cisco's Blizzard of Product News

Mary Jander — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 09:30:00 -0700

Cisco's latest announcements target AI, observability, and security -- areas where the company faces market growth and internal challenges

Microsoft Results Reflect AI Growth and Challenges

Mary Jander — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:31:00 -0700

Microsoft reported strong quarterly results this week, but investors want to see even more progress with AI in cloud and other products

The 2024 Futuriom 50 Is Here!

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 06:36:00 -0700

Our annual report tracks the key cloud infrastructure and top private companies to watch in 2024.

Arrcus Adds Cloud Egress Cost Control Tool

Mary Jander — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:00:00 -0700

Arrcus has added an automated Egress Cost Control (ECC) capability to its multicloud networking platform

2024 Trend Preview: Cloud Visibility and Automation

Mary Jander — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:46:00 -0700

Visibility and automation are essential tools in cloud applications and services. This area is highly technical but also high growth and will continue to expand in 2024

2024 Trend Preview: AI Infrastructure Startups

Mary Jander — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:15:00 -0700

AI is serving as an infrastructure enabler while facilitating a new computing paradigm. In the run-up to our Futuriom 50, we examine some startups in the area

The Secret War Against Multicloud

Mary Jander — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:40:00 -0700

Despite the elimination of some data migration services by Google Cloud, it seems the hyperscalers remain intent on preserving their fiefdoms

How Big Is the Datacenter AI Chip Market?

Mary Jander — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:54:00 -0700

AMD's prediction that the datacenter chip TAM will total $400 billion by 2027 may be off the mark, though NVIDIA's success indicates meteoric growth in the space

Microsoft-Vodafone Points to Cloud-Native Telco Future

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:00:00 -0700

Vodafone taps into Microsoft Azure and AI for $1.5 billion

2024 Trend Preview: Edge Cloud and Data Management Convergence

Mary Jander — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 09:56:00 -0700

A major trend in the cloud tech space is edge cloud and data management. As part of our Futuriom 50, we're scoping out the top private players in the segment

How Bitcoin ETFs Will Boost Crypto On Network Effect

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:42:00 -0700

After years of court battles and anticipation, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency finally hits mainstream financial markets

DriveNets Boosts Acacia Optical Integration

Mary Jander — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 08:23:00 -0700

DriveNets has added 400-Gb/s modules from Cisco subsidiary Acacia Communications to its disaggregated Network Cloud stack

Does an HPE-Juniper Deal Make Any Sense?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:12:00 -0700

HPE's shares are plunging on fears about a tie-up with Juniper Networks

Telco and Cloud Finances in 2024: What to Expect

Mary Jander — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 10:03:00 -0700

Will 2024 be a down financial year for telecom and cloud services? We look at some indicators

Futuriom's Top Ten Stories of 2023

Mary Jander — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 13:44:00 -0700

Looking back at the year 2023, we at Futuriom tally the articles and blogs that got the most reader attention. Some may surprise you

F50 Profile: Fivetran Grows Data Pipelines and Customers

Mary Jander — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:25:00 -0700

In 2023, Fivetran grew 50% in ARR and added thousands of customers because its data pipeline technology is meeting enterprise demand

Why Cisco Is Buying Isovalent

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:00:00 -0700

Cisco will acquire Isovalent, a startup that brought eBPF technology for cloud-native networking into the enterprise mainstream

Startup Profile: Enfabrica's Got a Hot AI Switch

Mary Jander — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:51:00 -0700

Three-year-old Enfabrica says its Accelerated Compute Fabric Switch (ACF-S) makes AI systems 50% faster and more efficient

SASE Ecosystem Growth: What to Expect in 2024

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:30:00 -0700

Futuriom believes the secure access service edge (SASE) market is in the early innings of a long-term shift helping cybersecurity pros consolidate distributed cloud security

AWS re:Invent 2023: Customer Deals Revealed

Mary Jander — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:28:00 -0700

AWS issued 25 press releases as part of its annual re:Invent customer event, revealing details about how AWS is actually executing its strategies

IBM Releases Hybrid Cloud Mesh Networking

Mary Jander — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 14:46:00 -0700

IBM has released its Hybrid Cloud Mesh, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) featuring application-centric connectivity for hybrid and multicloud environments

Aviz Follows Up Cisco Deal with $10 Million Round

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Cisco joins a group of investors putting $10M into SONiC networking supplier Aviz Networks

Fermyon Is Using Wasm to Build a More Efficient Cloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 08 Dec 2023 10:59:00 -0700

Colorado-based Fermyon's Wasm-based technology aims to solve many cloud efficiency problems

Ciena Touts Top Line Growth

Mary Jander — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 15:37:00 -0700

Optical equipment provider Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) posted robust fourth fiscal quarter and year-end results today, citing strong demand among cloud hyperscalers

Can Edgio Turn Things Around?

Mary Jander — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:03:00 -0700

Content delivery networks (CDNs) and "the edge" are in the spotlight. Can Edgio grab its second chance?

Enterprises Are Testing Public Cloud GenAI

Mary Jander — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:57:00 -0700

Enterprises seem intent on adopting GenAI models and tools from their cloud providers; many are testing use cases based on past work with machine learning

AWS re:Invent Roundup: Cost Optimization, Vector Search, and More

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:57:00 -0700

AWS re:Invent 2023 was big on AI, but here are some other announcements in hot cloud technology areas

How Hyperscalers Are Hooked Into Generative AI

Mary Jander — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 11:59:00 -0700

The recent OpenAI debacle highlighted the gamble cloud providers are making on key AI startups -- and how dependent they are on those companies

Amazon Zeroes In On Diverse, Safe AI

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 11:56:00 -0700

At re:Invent, Amazon Web Services took control of the AI message, focusing on safety and business customization.

Amazon's Kuiper Will Expand Private Satellite Network

Mary Jander — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:33:00 -0700

AWS has plans to extend worldwide private connectivity to its cloud services via Project Kuiper, Amazon's emerging satellite broadband service

Altman Returns to OpenAI, But What’s Next?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0700

Microsoft drives resolution to five-day drama after Sam Altman is returned to lead OpenAI

How OpenAI Crisis Could Benefit Microsoft

Mary Jander — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:39:00 -0700

The OpenAI drama isn't done yet, but recent news hints that Microsoft could stand to benefit from it all in the end

One Network, One Cloud, One Extreme: A Unique Architecture

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:13:00 -0700

A consistent architecture for a diverse networking portfolio can deliver many benefits – including ease of use, better worker productivity, lower operational costs, and improved security.

What Does Cloud Observability Mean for FinOps?

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Cloud observability is a red-hot area of development that will be needed for cloud-cost management

Smart Ports Build on Private Wireless

Mary Jander — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:57:00 -0700

Despite general grousing about a lack of wireless “monetization,” there’s at least one industry sector where it’s taken off like a rocket -- smart seaports

Cisco Shares Plunge After Sales Expectations Reduced

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:23:00 -0700

Networking market leader Cisco's growth has stalled and the management has reduce revenue guidance, casting a pall over enterprise tech markets

Itential, Kentik Partner on Network Automation

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:51:00 -0700

Kentik and Itential to cooperate to deliver network automation solutions

Ciena Passes 100,000 in 800-Gb/s Sales

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:59:00 -0700

Ciena's sold over 100,000 800-Gb/s coherent optical modems since 2019, and growth isn't slowing down

KubeCon Katchup: Managing Sprawl, Observability, and Cost

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:13:00 -0700

At Kubecon, maybe it's become about managing the sprawl

Hybrid Cloud Index: Where Do Hyperscalers Do Best?

Mary Jander — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:52:00 -0700

Futuriom's growing Hybrid Cloud Index reveals the strengths and weaknesses customers perceive in their public cloud services

Qumulo Drives Hybrid Cloud Storage

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0700

Qumulo has launched hybrid storage product Scale Anywhere, which provides flexible options for file-based storage

Futuriom 50: The 2023 Standouts

Mary Jander — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:29:00 -0700

The year's ending and Futuriom is starting to pick the Futuriom 50 list of top private companies in key markets for cloud and communications infrastructure.

CAST AI Raises $35M, Expands with New Features

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:14:00 -0700

FinOps firm CAST AI has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round, while announcing new features for its K8s automation platform

Aviz Strikes New SONiC Partnership with Cisco

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 09:49:00 -0600

Cisco's partnership with Aviz Networks should take SONiC to the next level.

How Telcos Are Prepping for Generative AI

Mary Jander — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:00:00 -0600

Communications service providers have traditionally been slow on the uptake when it comes to new technologies. But they are prepping for generative AI

Arista Sees Ethernet and AI in the Future

Mary Jander — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 14:49:00 -0600

Arista latest earnings beat estimates on nearly all fronts, and the switch vendor sees Ethernet and AI as key to ongoing success

How Do Cloud Hyperscalers Compare?

Mary Jander — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:36:00 -0600

In areas such as earnings reports, infrastructure additions, and gen AI investments, AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI are both pulling ahead and getting left behind

Cloud Tech Earnings Send Mixed Messages

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:04:00 -0600

The earnings season has been disappointing for cloud services and infrastructure companies, driving shares down

AWS Unveils Sovereign Cloud Services in Europe

Mary Jander — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 16:34:00 -0600

AWS announced AWS European Sovereign Cloud, demonstrating growing demand for this alternative across all cloud players

2023 Multicloud Networking and NaaS Survey Report

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:38:00 -0600

Our survey of 125 qualified IT and networking professionals indicates a critical need for MCN and NaaS technology

Databricks Hones AI Strategy with $100 Million Arcion Buy

Mary Jander — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:00:00 -0600

Databricks will incorporate data replication startup Arcion into a strategic platform for honing generative AI to fit specific enterprise needs

Vector Databases Take the Spotlight

Mary Jander — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0600

Vector databases designed to assist the training of generative AI models are taking off like rockets

Here Are the Top 5G Use Cases by Region

Mary Jander — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:00:00 -0600

After general broadband connectivity, every global region's leading telcos have different views of the top use cases. Here's a rundown

DriveNets Advances Its AI Networking

Mary Jander — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:05:00 -0600

DriveNets' Network Cloud-AI runs on new chips for AI workloads. And independent testing showed the value of its cell-based, scheduled architecture

When Will the Tech Sector Rebound?

Mary Jander — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:30:00 -0600

Despite economic issues and a downturn in capex, telcos and hyperscalers could see more growth by this time next year

Pulumi Piles into Infrastructure as Code

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0600

Pulumi has raised $41 million and introduced two new product sets, including secrets management

PlainID Uses Policies for Access Control

Mary Jander — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:32:00 -0600

By using policies instead of databases of qualified users, IAM provider PlainID claims to more efficiently govern access to enterprise resources

A Look at Cloud Networking ROI

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 08:30:00 -0600

For this Leadership Brief, we dive into the key approaches to cloud networking that can deliver ROI gains of 20%-50%

Guide to Implementing Reserved Instances Management

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0600

Reserve Instances (RIs) and Reserve Instance Management is a growing segment of cloud cost management that helps organizations automate and optimize the use of discounted compute workloads

Telco Spending Slowdown: No End in Sight

Mary Jander — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 10:05:00 -0600

Telcos worldwide are spending less and earning less, and there's no solid indication of a turnaround anytime soon.

Preview: The 2024 Futuriom Research Calendar

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 10:56:00 -0600

Our preliminary 2024 research calendar is out!

Companies Work to Bring Generative AI to the Edge

Mary Jander — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:14:00 -0600

BrainChip, Numenta, Innatera, IBM, Intel, Qualcomm, and others are forging ahead with neuromorphic technology that could run LLMs in IoT devices

Cloudflare, Akamai Join the AI Effort

Mary Jander — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:32:00 -0600

Cloudflare and Akamai see opportunities to bring generative AI inference processing to customers' network edge

What's Up with 5G Network Slicing?

Mary Jander — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:43:00 -0600

Network slicing was supposed to be one of the hottest capabilities of 5G. As trials ensue, issues and opportunities are surfacing around the technology

Arrcus Ups the AI Networking Game

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:20:00 -0600

Arrcus introduces the Connected Edge-AI (ACE-AI) to deal with the explosion of AI data being transferred among edge, datacenter, and telco PoPs and the cloud

Amazon Will Invest Up to $4 Billion in Anthropic

Mary Jander — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:45:00 -0600

Amazon plans to invest up to $4 billion and will take a minority stake in generative AI startup Anthropic, prompting questions about Anthropic's partnership with Google Cloud

Why Cisco Bought Splunk

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0600

Cisco finally gets its Splunk prize -- but is the SIEM market healthy?

Betacom and UScellular Streamline Multisite Private 5G

Mary Jander — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:30:00 -0600

Private wireless company Betacom has partnered with cellular carrier UScellular to streamline communications among multiple private 5G sites nationwide.

Cato Scores $238 Million on $3 Billion Valuation

Mary Jander — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:00:00 -0600

Cato Networks has landed $238 million in a late-stage round at a $3 billion valuation, and the company is eyeing an IPO next year

Arm IPO Soars, But Will the Party Last?

Mary Jander — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:57:00 -0600

Arm's IPO today was a soaring success. But it may be a short-lived joyride

Databricks Grabs $500 Million on $43 Billion Valuation

Mary Jander — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:56:00 -0600

NVIDIA and Capitol One helped fund the mammoth round that will help fuel Databricks' foray into generative AI

Oracle Shares Take a Hit on Cerner

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:30:00 -0600

The health records business is currently a drag on Oracle's growth

Salesforce Adds Databricks to Growing AI Ecosystem

Mary Jander — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:49:00 -0600

Salesforce partners with Databricks to give customers bidirectional access to data from either vendor and to Databricks models as Salesforce ecosystem expands

IBM Intros Multicloud Data Security

Mary Jander — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0600

IBM takes aim at protecting data in hybrid cloud and multicloud environments -- right down to the field level

Who's Supporting the Most AI Startups and Why

Mary Jander — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 13:11:00 -0600

Cloud Tracker Pro investigates the vendors and VCs that are funding the top AI startups

Google Cloud Joins with NVIDIA to Advance AI

Mary Jander — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 21:31:00 -0600

Google Cloud’s Next 2023 conference intros a slew of generative AI announcements, including a partnership with NVIDIA to buttress Google’s own supercomputing chips

Group to Fork Terraform after HashiCorp Licensing Shift

Mary Jander — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:33:00 -0600

An OpenTF group has begun a full-scale fork of Terraform in the wake of HashiCorp's decision to ditch the infrastructure-as-code solution's open-source status

Hybrid Cloud Index: Microsoft Leading in Hybrid Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 10:54:00 -0600

Futuriom research shows Microsoft Azure pulling ahead of AWS in a set of hybrid cloud implementations. But AWS and Azure are tied in security

Inside Nvidia’s Full AI Stack Stickiness

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 15:00:00 -0600

Nvidia's dominance comes down to more than GPU chips -- it's achieved full AI stack stickiness

VMware Unveils Edge Solutions at Explore

Mary Jander — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:30:00 -0600

VMware has released several products based on its VMware Edge Compute Stack that herald a new "software-defined edge" strategy

VMware's CEO and NVIDIA's Unveil New AI Environment

Mary Jander — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:56:00 -0600

VMware CEO Raghu Raghuram and NVIDIA's Jensen Huang teamed at VMware's Explore conference to announce a "private AI" architecture for enterprises

Arm Reveals Good and Not-So-Good in IPO Document

Mary Jander — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:46:00 -0600

Chip giant Arm's prospectus outlines its perceived strengths and weaknesses as it prepares to test the markets with its upcoming IPO

Cisco Touts Its Ethernet for AI

Mary Jander — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:01:00 -0600

Cisco reported solid quarterly and year-end results last night, with management touting webscaler wins in high-speed Ethernet for AI

HashiCorp's Licensing Move Under the Spotlight

Mary Jander — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:44:00 -0600

HashiCorp started a brushfire of criticism when it shifted from free to Business Source Licensing last week. Will it be enough to boost the company's fortunes?

SK Telecom Invests $100 Million in Anthropic

Mary Jander — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:17:00 -0600

South Korea’s SK Telecom is investing $100 million in generative AI startup Anthropic as part of an effort to create large language models (LLM) for telecom applications

Is the Cohesity IPO Back?

Mary Jander — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:23:00 -0600

Cohesity is taking decisive steps toward its long-awaited IPO, adding top execs and aiming for positive cash flow. Will it beat Rubrik to Wall Street?

No Slowdown in Optical Networks

Mary Jander — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:15:00 -0600

Despite slower growth in overall telecom spending, sales of optical networking gear remain strong

Alkira and Itential Hook Up for Multicloud Solution

Mary Jander — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:09:00 -0600

Alkira and Itential have integrated their two platforms in a groundbreaking move that brings more control and visibility to hybrid and multicloud networks

NVIDIA CEO Unveils New Generative AI Solutions

Mary Jander — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:07:00 -0600

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a slew of generative AI solutions this week, including a new Grace Hopper Superchip and a service with Hugging Face

Itential Patents Its Approach to Hybrid Cloud Automation

Mary Jander — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 13:08:00 -0600

Itential has patented its essential technologies, validating cloud-native, low-code approach to hybrid cloud automation

Extreme Keeps Rolling

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:46:00 -0600

Extreme's revenue grew 31% year-over-year, indicating market gains from Cisco

John Chambers' Nile Scores $175 Million Series C

Mary Jander — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:24:00 -0600

John Chambers' latest project looks well funded and off to a good start. But it's poked the Cisco bear with a stick in the process

Why 5G for Manufacturing Hasn't Taken Off

Mary Jander — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:03:00 -0600

5G service providers target manufacturing as a key vertical. Too bad manufacturers don't yet agree

Startup Profile: CoreWeave's NVIDIA-Powered Cloud Service

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:46:00 -0600

CoreWeave is outstripping the public cloud titans by offering an alternative compute cloud powered by hard-to-get NVIDIA H100 processors UPDATED 8-4

The Future of Hybrid Cloud Automation and NetDevOps 2023

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 10:10:00 -0600

Our 2023 Future of Hybrid Cloud Automation and NetDevOps report is live!

Cloud Tech Pro Q&A: Vinh Tran, RBC

Mary Jander — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:21:00 -0600

Vinh Tran, Head of Cloud Engineering & Distinguished Engineer at the Royal Bank of Canada, talks in depth about his hybrid cloud experience

Alphabet, Microsoft Earnings: AI Success Linked to Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:22:00 -0600

Cloud leaders Alphabet and Microsoft expect AI and cloud services to grow, with one hand helping the other

Verizon 5G Healthcare Network Spotlighted in VA Hospital

Mary Jander — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:08:00 -0600

A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital in California has become a proving ground for 5G services in healthcare

Celona Enhances Private 5G for Industry

Mary Jander — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:14:00 -0600

UPDATED 7/26/23: Celona says it's found a way to encapsulate traffic in private LTE/5G networks in manufacturing settings, leading to better performance and cost savings.

Telcos Face More than the Lead Cable Issue

Mary Jander — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:00:00 -0600

U.S. carriers' stocks have had a rough couple of weeks, but their troubles may extend beyond the lead cable expose recently published in the Wall Street Journal

Operational Efficiency Tops List of Cloud Benefits

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:20:00 -0600

Of cloud's major benefits, operational efficiency tops the list. Here's what that means for real-world implementers

Orca v. Wiz: Cloud's Latest Patent Fight

Mary Jander — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:02:00 -0600

Orca Security has accused rival Wiz of alleged patent infringement and copycatting

The Futuriom Q&A: Doug Merritt

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 09:08:00 -0600

Futuriom interviews new Aviatrix CEO Doug Merritt

Meta's Threads Raises New Questions About APIs

Mary Jander — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:56:00 -0600

Meta's new social site Threads is building momentum, prompting questions about how it will present user data to marketing applications

Hitachi Boosts Arrcus Series D to $65 million

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:00:00 -0600

Arrcus expands Series D round by $15 million to about $65 million with Hitachi Ventures

5G Providers Cling to Huawei Despite U.S. Ban

Mary Jander — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:55:00 -0600

Despite four years of trade restrictions on Huawei equipment, 5G providers worldwide keep using its gear, which could lead to some trade difficulties internationally

Prosimo Free Offering Gives MCN a Boost

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 13:35:00 -0600

Prosimo introduces MCN Foundation, a free multicloud networking tool

Cloud Tracker Pro Quarterly: Navigating the AI Goldrush

Mary Jander — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:03:00 -0600

Generative AI is revolutionizing cloud infrastructure. Our latest subscriber research examines the impact on leading hyperscalers and telcos

Databricks and Snowflake Adapt for Generative AI

Mary Jander — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 08:47:00 -0600

This week, competitors Databricks and Snowflake announced an acquisition and a partnership to make generative AI work for enterprise applications

What Are the Top Use Cases for ZTNA?

Mary Jander — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 07:26:00 -0600

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) improves the security of remote workers, multicloud environments, and SaaS applications

5G Standalone Networks Grow Slowly

Mary Jander — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:34:00 -0600

Standalone 5G networks remain roughly one-third of all 5G networks worldwide. Will telcos accelerate their adoption to fuel enterprise private networks?

Aviatrix Switches CEOs

Mary Jander — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 16:11:00 -0600

CEO Steve Mullaney passes a growing firm to ex-Splunk CEO Doug Merritt

HPE Highlights Intelligent Edge and the AI Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:49:00 -0600

At HPE's Discover 2023 event this week, the company rolled out multiple GreenLake services and topped things off with a blockbuster generative AI solution

2023 SD-WAN/SASE Managed Services Survey Report

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:05:00 -0600

See the full results of our survey of 196 IT experts and what they need for SASE/SD-WAN

Virtana's OpsCruise Deal Expands Cloud Platform

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:32:00 -0600

Virtana adds cloud observability capabilities with the acquisition of OpsCruise

Private 5G Interest Surges

Mary Jander — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:37:00 -0600

Private 5G is growing, and providers are homing in on specific areas of most demand. Partnerships are key to the trend

Hashi Shares Up in Smoke

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:30:00 -0600

HashiCorp shares have lost 75% of their value in two years

Generative AI Startup Cohere Scores $270 Million

Mary Jander — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0600

Series C includes contributions from NVIDIA, Oracle, Salesforce, and Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners. Google may also be included, but its role is downplayed

Itential Upgrades Network Automation for the Hybrid World

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 15:55:00 -0600

Itential upgrades its IAP with low-code workflow, management, and container features

Why SmartNICs are Key in the Broadcom-VMware Deal

Mary Jander — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 14:57:00 -0600

Broadcom sees compute offload and networking via merchant silicon as it key growth areas. VMware's support of multiple DPUs just might fit that plan

How Big Is WebAssembly?

Mary Jander — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 13:39:00 -0600

WebAssembly is a lightweight application platform that could significantly boost the speed and efficiency of cloud applications. So what's happening with it?

NVIDIA Leads Trend in Generative AI

Mary Jander — Tue, 30 May 2023 14:30:00 -0600

NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang is delivering the message: NVIDIA is leading the charge in the twin trends of accelerated computing and generative AI

DriveNets Dives Into AI Networking

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 25 May 2023 13:30:00 -0600

DriveNets says its new Network Cloud-AI has been validated by leading hyperscalers in recent trials as a cost-effective solution to networking AI clusters

Will Telcos Miss Out on Generative AI?

Mary Jander — Thu, 25 May 2023 09:30:00 -0600

Telcos have a habit of lagging behind trends while cloud vendors charge ahead. Generative AI could be another missed opportunity

How Anthropic's Massive Funding Impacts the Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 24 May 2023 13:30:00 -0600

Anthropic is taking a leading role in the matchup between top cloud providers and key generative AI startups

Could Cloud Firms Be Fined Next by the EU?

Mary Jander — Tue, 23 May 2023 07:30:00 -0600

Meta's been fined $1.3 billion for allegedly violating European Union data transfer laws. Will cloud providers, who also deal in cross-border data transfers, be next on the list?

Cisco’s Earning-zzzzz: Revenue Grows, Orders Shrink

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 18 May 2023 13:30:00 -0600

Cisco shares are flat on inconclusive numbers

How Do Cloud Hyperscaler Infrastructures Compare?

Mary Jander — Thu, 18 May 2023 12:28:00 -0600

We compare the cloud networks of AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and other hyperscalers. But counting regions and availability zones is just a baseline

Aviatrix Builds a Firewall for the Cloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 18 May 2023 09:30:00 -0600

Aviatrix is taking on the firewall status quo with network security built for the cloud

What Is API Security?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 17 May 2023 10:55:00 -0600

API security focuses on ensuring the protection of data transmitted between clients and servers

Profile: Luminous Powers AI Optics at the Edge

Mary Jander — Tue, 16 May 2023 09:50:00 -0600

Luminous Computing, founded and run by top optical innovators, could change the future for edge devices

APIs and Shift Left Security Report w/ RSAC Wrap

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 16 May 2023 08:35:00 -0600

Shift left, API security, and AI were the top topics at the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco

Cisco Viptela Customers Deal with SD-WAN "Time Bomb"

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 11 May 2023 11:49:00 -0600

CA expiration issues causing headaches for Cisco’s Viptela customers

Nutanix Unveils Hybrid Cloud Solutions

Mary Jander — Wed, 10 May 2023 15:51:00 -0600

Nutanix debuts Nutanix Central to manage multiple hybrid cloud domains, while touting development of a universal multicloud and hybrid cloud development environment

Drones Take Off at the Edge

Mary Jander — Tue, 09 May 2023 11:44:00 -0600

Drones are uniting with cloud services at the edge to enable a range of enterprise applications

Arista Networks Adds to the Cloud Fog

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 02 May 2023 10:37:00 -0600

Arista management says visibility into hyperscaler growth has gotten foggier

Cloud Firms Plan Infrastructure Overhaul for AI

Mary Jander — Tue, 02 May 2023 10:29:00 -0600

The world's largest public cloud providers are building out infrastructure to meet demand for generative AI. Can they expand their infrastructure fast enough, and will it be worth it?

What Are Network APIs?

Mary Jander — Tue, 02 May 2023 10:23:00 -0600

Network APIs are used by software developers to build applications that can communicate over a network. Increasingly, they're helping to monetize 5G

Arm Files Confidential IPO Request

Mary Jander — Mon, 01 May 2023 09:39:00 -0600

Arm Ltd. confidentially filed an F-1 with the U.S. SEC in preparation for IPO. But SoftBank will still own Arm, and the size and scope of the deal are unclear

Juniper Posts Strong Enterprise, Weak Cloud Results

Mary Jander — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 11:35:00 -0600

Juniper Networks remains optimistic on cloud sales that slowed last quarter. Meanwhile, enterprise is growing fast and the metro edge looms large. UPDATED 4/28/2023

Cloud Cost Management and FinOps 2023

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:07:00 -0600

Our debut report details the trends and technology leaders behind cloud cost management and FinOps

What To Watch at RSA

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:06:00 -0600

The RSA Conference might be bigger than ever -- but it's time to integrate the acronyms

Prosimo's Networking Suite Gains More Control Over Cloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:47:00 -0600

Prosimo's cloud-native networking suite enables full control of application traffic inside of clouds

Aviz Launches ONE Center to Accelerate SONiC

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:30:00 -0600

Aviz has a new service to help speed up SONiC networking deployment

Survey: NaaS Is Growing with Hybrid Workforce

Mary Jander — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:06:00 -0600

Aryaka's Enterprise Network Transformation Survey shows IT pros are focused on network-as-a-service as they expand their hybrid cloud estates

What's Up with the Alibaba Group?

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 10:45:00 -0600

China's Alibaba Group continues a shapeshifting, with SoftBank pulling its stake and a corporate reshuffling. But signs of growth in cloud and AI remain positive

Cloud Providers Rush to Offer Generative AI

Mary Jander — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:33:00 -0600

As the rage for generative AI builds, cloud titans are adding tools to their platforms to accommodate demands from enterprise customers

Ciena Hits Metro Market with IP/Optical Router

Mary Jander — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:30:00 -0600

Ciena's new WaveRouter combines coherent optics and IP networking in a high-capacity modular system manageable from a single pane

Edgio Revamps Application Platform for CDN

Mary Jander — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:30:00 -0600

CDN provider Edgio has combined several of its key acquisitions into a development platform for webscale apps operating at the edge

Why the Cloud May Not Be Cheaper

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:38:00 -0600

Concerns about cloud costs and management are rising. That's why we've introduced our Cloud Cost Management report

Google Says Its AI Accelerator Outperforms NVIDIA's

Mary Jander — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 08:20:00 -0600

Google calls out NVIDIA, claiming the Google TPU v4 supercomputer is faster and more energy efficient than NVIDIA's A100

Who Are the Biggest Multicloud Customers?

Mary Jander — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 08:26:00 -0600

Here are a few of the largest customers of various combinations of AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle

Is Cisco Ready to Get Back in the M&A Game?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:30:00 -0600

Cisco's M&A activity has been muted. Will valuations change that?

Survey Shows Frustration Over Lack of Cloud Control

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:47:00 -0600

A Virtana survey of 350 IT professionals reveals costs and capacity planning "all over the place" and public cloud losing some of its luster

Startup Profile: Graphiant Scores $62 Million

Mary Jander — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:05:00 -0600

Graphiant, an cloud networking startup led by Khalid Raza, closes $62 million in Series B funding, bringing its total raised to $96 million since its emergence in September 2022

Alibaba Cloud Looks to Get Stronger in Breakup

Mary Jander — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:31:00 -0600

Alibaba Cloud's independence from parent could make it more agile as it looks to AI and international IT business for growth

Startup Profile: What's Up with Orca Security?

Mary Jander — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:46:00 -0600

Orca Security is plowing ahead with a new CEO and many product upgrades

Tech Firms Praise China While Tiptoeing Out of It

Mary Jander — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:52:00 -0600

CEOs of Apple and Qualcomm spent the weekend in Beijing praising their interests there. Meanwhile, they're shifting production to other countries

CTP Quarterly: What's Up with the Edge Cloud?

Mary Jander — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 11:10:00 -0600

Hyperscalers and telcos are providing edge services to improve operational efficiency. Our latest subscriber research gives details on key trends

NEW! The Cloud Tracker Pro 5G Services Tracker

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:12:00 -0600

Available now to Cloud Tracker Pro subscribers -- our 5G services Tracker

NVIDIA Takes AI Supercomputer to the Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:52:00 -0600

NVIDIA unveils a suite of AI components, including ones that power a supercomputer service offered through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and other clouds

What Does the Banking Crisis Mean for Cloud Tech?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:37:00 -0600

The main driver of tech investment -- interest rates -- may now swing tech investment back into favor

Maximizing Success with SONiC

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:55:00 -0600

How Aviz Networks worked with a major Fortune 500 e-commerce company to streamline the management and deployment of SONiC switching

HPE Adds One More to String of Acquisitions

Mary Jander — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:36:00 -0600

HPE's purchase of OpsRamp could significantly add to the momentum building behind HPE's GreenLake marketing strategy

Arista Shares Hit All-Time High

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:00:00 -0600

Arista Networks' stock hit an all-time high after more than doubling over the past five years. The company's secrets? Prediction, execution, and hyperscaler customers

Intrinsic ID Debuts Software-Only, Chip-Based Cybersecurity

Mary Jander — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 12:27:00 -0600

Intrinsic ID uses physical unclonable function (PUF) technology to safeguard data in IoT chipsets and devices. Now it's released a software-only edition

Inside the Shift Left for Networking

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 11:30:00 -0600

NetDevOps is on the rise, as networking shifts left toward infrastructure-as-code

What's Up with Cloud Spending?

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:04:00 -0600

Enterprise spending has slowed in some areas in response to macroeconomic conditions, but edge technologies delivered as services are growing.

HashiCorp Is Cruising Along

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:10:00 -0700

Amid the tech slowdown, infrastructure-as-code is still a strong trend

pgEdge Offers Distributed Database for the Edge

Mary Jander — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 17:02:00 -0700

Startup pgEdge enters the distributed cloud database fray with an edge-worthy solution compatible with PostgreSQL

Cloudbrink Has 600 PoPs for VPN Replacement

Mary Jander — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 10:24:00 -0700

Startup Cloudbrink counts 600 PoPs in its VPN-alternative network, which runs a special protocol to speed up remote access to cloud resources

Ciena Posts Record Sales, Sees No Slowdown

Mary Jander — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:48:00 -0700

Ciena's latest quarter hit over $1 billion in sales, and management says growth in both of its top segments exceeded 35%. And the party's not over

Cloud Vendors Join Telcos to Boost Private 5G

Mary Jander — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 10:59:00 -0700

Cloud hyperscalers are formalizing telco alliances to reduce cost and complexity of private 5G for enterprise customers

Living the Monetization and Efficiency Dream at MWC

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 08:30:00 -0700

Service providers are grumpy and want more revenue. But they also need to focus on efficiency

GSMA Opens APIs for Telco-to-Cloud Development

Mary Jander — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 06:45:00 -0700

GSMA, the world's leading mobile carrier association, released Open Gateway APIs to encourage development of 5G apps across carriers and between telcos and clouds

Why Cisco and HPE Both Targeted Network Deals

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0700

HPE buys Athonet for private wireless and Cisco buys Valtix for cloud security

EC to Confront Broadcom About VMware Merger

Mary Jander — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:50:00 -0700

Broadcom's planned $61 billion acquisition of VMware reportedly prompts European Commission to issue anticompetitive warning

MWC: Hoping for Less Augmented Marketing Reality

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 09:08:00 -0700

The hypefest know as MWC suffers from chronic overpromising. Is there any way to get back to reality?

Ciena Breaks New Optical Ground

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:30:00 -0700

Optical pioneer Ciena has unveiled the next generation of its optical core components, claiming records in performance and operating efficiency

Content Providers Shift to Edge Computing

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0700

Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, and other providers of content delivery networks (CDNs) now support edge cloud development and multicloud strategies

Cisco: No Recession Here

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:30:00 -0700

Cisco shares get a bump on earnings guidance raise, dividend hike

Akamai Extends Cloud Capabilities

Mary Jander — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:28:00 -0700

Akamai is building a distributed, global cloud development environment based on its purchase of Linode in 2022

Mobile World Congress Preview: 5G Where Art Thou?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 14:06:00 -0700

There are many reasons why 5G hasn't lived up to the hype, but more use cases are emerging

Telco Capex Wanes as 5G Disappoints

Mary Jander — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 07:51:00 -0700

The world's carriers may be easing up on capex while contemplating the way forward for 5G services that haven't panned out as promised

Arrcus Scores $50 Million, Doubles Valuation

Mary Jander — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 06:00:00 -0700

In a move highlighting demand for multicloud networking (MCN), Arrcus scores $50 million in Series D funding for its MCN solution

What’s Driving the Shift to Multicloud: AI/ML for Cloud AIOps

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 12:00:00 -0700

Why artificial intelligence (AI) and network-as-a-service (NaaS) presents a potent combination for multicloud operations

Where's the 5G Pot of Gold?

Mary Jander — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 10:00:00 -0700

The world's biggest 5G equipment suppliers, including Ericsson, Nokia, and Huawei, have consistently overpromised and underdelivered on 5G expectations

Dell Grabs Cloudify on the Sly

Mary Jander — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:18:00 -0700

In a secretive acquisition to boost its enterprise strategy, Dell has paid a reported $70 million to $100 million for DevOps automation service supplier Cloudify

Cloud Cover: Tech Earnings Not So Bad

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:00:00 -0700

So far, the tech earnings season has had a positive effect on stock prices

IBM's Earnings Are Boring

Mary Jander — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 11:27:00 -0700

IBM continues to plod along, but its relatively boring numbers contain some positive news about IT enterprise cloud buyers

What's Up with Salesforce?

Mary Jander — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:46:00 -0700

Low shareholder profitability, coupled with Salesforce's strong market position, have made it a target for activist investors

Introducing the 2023 Futuriom 50!

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 10:00:00 -0700

We have expanded our Futuriom 50 list of the top private companies in cloud infrastructure and communications

What Is NetDevOps?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:35:00 -0700

NetDevOps is a way to build network automation into the application development process. Here are the details

Data Observability Is Just Getting Started

Mary Jander — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:05:00 -0700

IT observability solutions are proliferating and getting big funding. Cue Chronosphere and its $115 million round this week

Ready for the Golden Age of Industrial Automation?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 09:30:00 -0700

Heavy industry is being reinvented with technology before our eyes

Fungible's Been Bought by Microsoft

Mary Jander — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:00:00 -0700

Microsoft has purchased DPU startup Fungible to enhance the performance of its cloud services

Amazon Cuts Show Layoffs Will Continue This Year

Mary Jander — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:27:00 -0700

Amazon, Salesforce, Meta, and other tech vendors are engaged in massive layoffs. Here's why -- and what to expect in the coming months

Top Public Cloud Companies to Watch in 2023

Mary Jander — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:26:00 -0700

Heading into 2023, Futuriom looks at the potential successes and pitfalls for specific publicly traded cloud tech companies

Futuriom's Top Ten Stories of 2022

Mary Jander — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 12:16:00 -0700

At year end, we at Futuriom take a look back at the blogs and news stories that garnered most attention

More Cloud Tech Surprises from 2022

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 11:30:00 -0700

Broadcom's bid for VMware tops our list of surprises for 2022

The Top Ten Cloud Deals of 2022

Mary Jander — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 11:03:00 -0700

Here's Futuriom's list of the top ten cloud deals of 2022 -- including funding, acquisitions, and contract awards

Big Cloud Surprise for 2022: No Big Deal for Cisco

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:55:00 -0700

Cisco's M&A strategy has become stagnant

The Top Tech Disasters of 2022

Mary Jander — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 09:14:00 -0700

It was a year of macroeconomic and geopolitical strife. We offer a handful of the top disasters of the tech world for 2022. Got anything to add?

Critics Raise Questions on Meta's Crisis

Mary Jander — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 10:36:00 -0700

Meta Platforms is allegedly managing its Reality Labs virtual reality division poorly, but it continues to pour money into it

T-Mobile, Cisco Point to Emerging Converged Core Trend

Mary Jander — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:29:00 -0700

T-Mobile's converged 4G/5G core from Cisco is one of several solutions emerging in this area. There are likely to be lots more

Private Wireless 5G: Top Tests and Deployments

Mary Jander — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 08:12:00 -0700

Private wireless 5G networks are proliferating worldwide, many in test mode and others in early production. Futuriom has gathered a list of top projects

Cloud Edge Tracker Q4: Use Cases and 5G Acceleration

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:44:00 -0700

Our latest Edge Cloud Tracker report for Cloud Tracker Pro details the growing use cases for 5G

Aruba's SASE and XaaS Power HPE Progress

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 11:42:00 -0700

Investors may be ignoring the growth of HPE's networking and cloud services, which are growing revenue more than 20%

Ciena Predicts Strong Broadband Demand

Mary Jander — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:12:00 -0700

Ciena beat analyst expectations on the top and bottom lines in its fiscal year-end earnings report today. And the vendor’s outlook for next year is positive

Aviatrix Pairs with Equinix at the Network Edge

Mary Jander — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 14:10:00 -0700

Aviatrix has partnered with Equinix to offer secure, edge-powered multicloud networking and control across over 25 Equinix points of presence (PoPs) worldwide

Futuriom 40 Update! Gearing Up for 2023

Mary Jander — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 10:26:00 -0700

Here's an update to our Futuriom 40 list of top private companies, with a potential expansion to 50 in 2023

Military Edge Startup Anduril Scores $1.48 billlion

Mary Jander — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 14:39:00 -0700

Anduril's latest $1.48 billion funding shows its a winner with U.S. military. What about the private sector?

Is AWS Gonna Get Squeezed?

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 09:53:00 -0700

AWS re:Invent brought new data services, but little mention of hybrid or multicloud

Making Sense of Multicloud Network Security

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:25:00 -0700

SASE and NaaS can now be combined to give customers instant access to secure, multicloud networking

SASE Growth and Ecosystem Report 2022

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 10:16:00 -0700

SASE technology is gaining momentum as end users look to combine SD-WAN functionality with cloud-orchestrated security

Ciena Deepens Foray Into Access with Two Acquisitions

Mary Jander — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 12:08:00 -0700

Optical WAN pioneer Ciena announced two acquisitions in the broadband access arena, where its switches and routers have proved a lucrative new business

Startups Link Satellites to Earth Via 5G

Mary Jander — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:27:00 -0700

A growing number of satellite networking startups are intent on linking LEO networks to earthbound IoT devices via 5G

Cisco Earnings Highlight Shifting Market Climate

Mary Jander — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:30:00 -0700

Cisco reported solid earnings thanks in part to supply chain improvements but cited a slowdown in European purchases and acknowledged layoffs will be underway

What’s Driving the Shift to Multicloud: Cost Containment

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:16:00 -0700

Neutral, third-party connection services will be key to enabling enterprises to build multicloud networking

Akamai Strengthens Ties to Macrometa

Mary Jander — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 12:51:00 -0700

Content delivery network titan Akamai has strengthened its partnership with edge data management startup Macrometa in a move that could shift both vendors' fortunes

Futuriom 2023 Research and Editorial Calendar

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 10:04:00 -0700

Welcome to our 7th year of coverage of the cloud infrastructure market

Who Will Cisco Buy? Sources Say a Big Deal is Near

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:47:00 -0700

Several industry sources say that Cisco has a “big deal” brewing.

Wib Grabs $16M for API Security Platform

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 11:26:00 -0700

Israeli startup Wib is building a platform for API management and security

Fortanix Adds Free Tier to Cloud Security Platform

Mary Jander — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:25:00 -0700

Security firm Fortanix now offers a series of free-tier options that allow would-be customers to try specific functions of the company’s DSM security platform

Inside the 5G Edge Hype: Most Use Cases Are Tests

Mary Jander — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 12:27:00 -0600

5G edge use cases promise much but remain stuck in testbeds and trials. The fault lies with 5G itself

Cloud Hyperscalers Cut Capex

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:43:00 -0600

The leading U.S. cloud providers report reductions in capex matched by lower revenues. One exception is Meta Platforms. The short term is a mixed bag

Versa Raises $120 Million to Target IPO

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:09:00 -0600

Versa believes new round of funding is enough to carry it through IPO

Mako Networks and Scale Computing Partner for HCI Scalability

Mary Jander — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:51:00 -0600

Mako Networks, a secure access service edge (SASE) solution vendor, joins with HCI supplier Scale Computing to offer a scalable edge solution for multi-branch enterprises

Microsoft, Google Roughed Up on Earnings; Juniper Raises

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 11:37:00 -0600

Despite a few shaky earnings reports, the feared technology growth slowdown doesn't look terrible

Augtera Extends NetOps Solution to AMD DPUs

Mary Jander — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0600

Startup Augtera Networks has added AMD's datacenter smartNICs to the roster of devices managed by its NetOps automation platform

AT&T Reveals 5G Edge Zones, Points Ahead

Mary Jander — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:00:00 -0600

AT&T has reinforced its strategy for the 5G network edge with the announcement of 12 “5G Edge Zones” built near cores of its 5G Standalone (SA) network

Exabeam Releases New SIEM Lineup

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:34:00 -0600

Exabeam has reworked and enhanced its SIEM portfolio, making its tools easier to integrate with a broad ecosystem of data management applications

Megaport Partners with Zenlayer

Mary Jander — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:58:00 -0600

MCN player Megaport is joining forces with Zenlayer, a purveyor of edge services, to expand its network substantially in the APAC region, South America, and elsewhere

2022 Multicloud Networking (MCN) Survey and Report

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 09:30:00 -0600

Our updated multicloud networking (MCN) survey tells you what's hot in MCN and hybrid cloud networking

Thoma Bravo to Buy ForgeRock

Mary Jander — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:10:00 -0600

Identity management firm ForgeRock is the latest in a series of security companies rescued by Thoma Bravo's investment focus on enterprise software

Hedgehog Digs Into SONiC Automation

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:30:00 -0600

Hedgehog's experienced networking team looks to expand the market for open-source networking with better automation tools

What Is a Serverless Database?

Mary Jander — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:40:00 -0600

Serverless databases are helping DevOps teams save operational and capital costs by delivering -- and charging for -- only the DBMS resources required

Aryaka Adds SWG and FWaaS to Security Suite

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:59:00 -0600

Aryaka expands its managed security services with SWG and firewall-as-a-service

Mavenir Raises $155 Million, Aims for Integration Services

Mary Jander — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 09:46:00 -0600

Mavenir has raised $155 million in funding to help push its strategy as an integrator of multivendor Open RAN hardware and software

Ampere Is Poised for Something Big

Mary Jander — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 09:43:00 -0600

Ampere Computing is streaking past Intel, AMD, and other competitors with its Arm-based cloud chips. And it's just getting started

Cloud Edge Tracker: All In on 5G Enterprise Services

Mary Jander — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 01:00:00 -0600

Sneak Preview: Futuriom data on 5G services from 52 providers shows a range of service types supporting key vertical markets and use cases ramping worldwide

What We Learned from Q2 Cybersecurity Earnings

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:30:00 -0600

Technology markets are under pressure, but so far cybersecurity companies have kept growth intact

NVIDIA Intros Faster Chips, Cloud Services

Mary Jander — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:30:00 -0600

NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang announces powerful new processors and a cloud SaaS in GDC keynote stressing specific automotive, robotics, and 3D metaverse apps

Fortanix Secures $90 Million Series C

Mary Jander — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:30:00 -0600

Confidential computing pioneer Fortanix has scored $90 million in Series C funding despite a subdued investment environment.

Arrcus Gets Flexible on MCN

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0600

Arrcus has introduced a new portfolio of multicloud networking software designed to help CSPs, colocation providers, and telcos build managed multicloud networking services.

Telia, Nokia Say Slicing's Live in 5G Network

Mary Jander — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:25:00 -0600

Nokia and Telia claim to have implemented network slicing in a 5G Standalone (SA) Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) commercial network offering.

High-Performance Networking from Edge to Core

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 11:12:00 -0600

The Graphiant Network Edge is a solution that can solve the challenges of hybrid networking by putting policy, control, and QoS into the hands of any organization

Graphiant Launches Edge Networking with “Stateless Core”

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:00:00 -0600

With a new spin on hybrid networking, Graphiant puts routing in the cloud core and application prioritization at the edge

Kevin Mandia Lends a Hand to Cohesity

Mary Jander — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 15:05:00 -0600

Kevin Mandia, CEO and founder of Mandiant, will head up a new Cohesity Security Advisory Council and join Cohesity's board

VMware Tackles "Device Sprawl" with Compute Stack 2

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:19:00 -0600

VMware aims to unify IT and OT with a single stack for running workloads at the edge

VMware Multicloud Services Get DPU Boost

Mary Jander — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:00:00 -0600

VMware allows NSX and vSphere 8 to offload processes to data processing units (DPUs), achieving substantial performance and security benefits in premarket testing

Tech Markets Stabilize During Earnings Season

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 12:26:00 -0600

Cloud tech earnings have been uneven, but they weren't as bad as investors had feared

Cisco Eases Supply Chain Worries, Stock Pops

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:59:00 -0600

Cisco CEO Robbins says inflation and components shortages likely to ease

DriveNets Scores $262 Million Series C

Mary Jander — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:05:00 -0600

DriveNets has secured $262 million in Series C funding to expand its cloud-native networking solution for telcos and hyperscalers

Prosimo Launches DevNetOps Toolkit for Multicloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:00:00 -0600

Prosimo targets DevNetOps with a new multicloud networking toolkit

Cisco's Supply Issues Loom Large Ahead of Earnings

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 11:19:00 -0600

Several customers and Wall St. analysts are concerned about Cisco's capability to solve supply-chain issues.

Traceable AI Enhances API Security Platform

Mary Jander — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 15:21:00 -0600

API security startup Traceable AI has made its platform capabilities more granular in response to a slew of fresh threats

Why Is ZTNA Important and Who Are the Leaders?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0600

Zero trust network access (ZTNA) uses new authentication techniques such as identity and applications behavioral analytics to beat the bad guys

Verizon Picks Juniper to Revamp Network Core

Mary Jander — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:40:00 -0600

Verizon picks Juniper Networks for a major overhaul that will quadruple its present core network capacity in anticipation of rapid 5G growth

Pelosi Visit Highlights TSMC's Role as World Power

Mary Jander — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 12:22:00 -0600

U.S. House Speaker Nancy's Pelosi's Taiwan visit included a powwow with TSMC officials, signaling the importance of getting the chipmaker on side

Infiot and Pluribus, Both F40 Companies, Acquired

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:49:00 -0600

Arista will pick up Pluribus Networks to beef up cloud networking while Netskope is buying Infiot to extend security out to the edge and beyond

Sanjay Poonen Is the New Cohesity CEO

Mary Jander — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:30:00 -0600

Data management startup Cohesity has appointed ex-VMware COO Sanjay Poonen as CEO. Mohit Aron is stepping into a deeper technical role

What's Behind the Cloud Slowdown

Mary Jander — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:26:00 -0600

The top three public cloud providers were down an average of 5% in cloud growth this past quarter. They blame customer uptake and infrastructure costs

ZTNA Trends and Leaders 2022

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:00:00 -0600

Our second annual ZTNA report covers the leading trends and companies in this popular cybersecurity technology category

Calix Earnings Get a Broadband Boost

Mary Jander — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:24:00 -0600

Calix is leveraging momentum among small broadband service providers (BSPs) in the U.S. who are bringing fiber to areas neglected by telco incumbents

Rogers Comes Clean on July 8 Outage

Mary Jander — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:34:00 -0600

Canada's Rogers Communications explained what led to its catastrophic July 8 network outage -- and what will be done to avoid a repeat

ZEDEDA Grabs $26 Million

Mary Jander — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 13:37:00 -0600

The edge orchestration startup has scored $26 million in Series B funding to help expand an already-impressive ecosystem of partners

Datacenter Cooling Goes Immersive

Mary Jander — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 10:25:00 -0600

An ecosystem of hyperscalers and innovative startups is building around a technique called immersion cooling that replaces datacenter AC

It's Crunch Time for the CHIPS Act

Mary Jander — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 09:45:00 -0600

Congress is mulling approval of government funding for semiconductor manufacturing and design. Decisions could come this week

Cohesity IPO on Hold After Executive Exodus

Mary Jander — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:00:00 -0600

Economic conditions may have Cohesity backing down on IPO, but there are hints of other issues at the data management-as-a-service startup

Ciena Networks the Ocean Floor

Mary Jander — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 14:30:00 -0600

Ciena provided the optical infrastructure for the new NEXT trans-Pacific submarine cable from Southern Cross

The Curious Case of the $1B Cisco Gear Fraud

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 09:00:00 -0600

A Florida man shipped as much as $1 billion in counterfeit Cisco gear over a number of years

Digital Realty Intros Multicloud Networking Service

Mary Jander — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 10:46:00 -0600

Digital Realty is the latest datacenter real estate investment trust (REIT) to unveil a multicloud networking fabric. Will it offer sufficient control?

HPE Weds Hybrid Cloud and Private Wireless

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:12:00 -0600

HPE this week unveiled HPE GreenLake platform integrations with Red Hat's OpenShift and its own Aruba management system. Could Celona follow?

Chanos Targets Datacenters. Should They Worry?

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 16:06:00 -0600

The cloud hyperscalers are investing billions in their own datacenters -- some say to the disadvantage of independent datacenter service providers

Google Pushes Forward on Private Wireless with Celona

Mary Jander — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 08:56:00 -0600

Celona and Google Cloud have integrated the startup's LTE/5G LANs with Google Distributed Cloud Edge to advance private wireless networks

How Fiber Brought an Oregon County Into the 21st Century

Mary Jander — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:16:00 -0600

Douglas County, Oregon, spent $25 million to install its own fiber optic network, which now delivers over $28 million annually in benefits

Can Alkira Pull off CAN?

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 12:09:00 -0600

Alkira debuts the concept of Cloud Area Networking -- network services hosted entirely in the cloud

New Zscaler Services Target Growing Threats

Mary Jander — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:42:00 -0600

Zscaler adds AI/ML, expanded AWS capabilities, and CI/CD protection to Zero Trust Exchange SaaS platform

Arrcus Adds Multicloud Networking to CoreSite Service

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 15:06:00 -0600

Datacenter service provider CoreSite has chosen Arrcus' ACE MCN platform to fuel portions of its OSX cloud automation service

Fiber Connect Showcases Broadband Boom

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:11:00 -0600

The annual conference of the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) was both a celebration of the broadband bill and a call to action to realize its vision

RSA Showcases API Security

Mary Jander — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 09:42:00 -0600

API security took a spotlight at the RSA Conference 2022 in San Francisco this week

The Future of Hybrid Cloud Automation

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:57:00 -0600

Our first report on hybrid cloud automation points to increased needs for automation tools to connect multiple clouds

The Future of Hybrid Cloud Automation

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:57:00 -0600

Our first report on hybrid cloud automation points to increased needs for automation tools to connect multiple clouds

Perimeter 81 Scores $100 Million on $1 Billion Valuation

Mary Jander — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:38:00 -0600

ZTNA provider Perimeter 81 has secured $100 million in Series C funding on a unicorn valuation

KX Scores Montreal Exchange with Streaming Analytics

Mary Jander — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0600

Streaming analytics provider KX has added the Montreal Exchange to its roster of financial customers, as it pursues more verticals

Juniper Adds CASB and DLP to Security Platform

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 09:00:00 -0600

Juniper now has a full-fledged SASE suite for both the cloud and on-premises networking

Meta (Facebook) Shuffles the Executive Deck

Mary Jander — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:48:00 -0600

As Sheryl Sandberg departs, Meta, formerly Facebook, is quietly reshuffling the executive deck. Here are some names to note

Broadcom Will Buy VMware for $61 Billion

Mary Jander — Thu, 26 May 2022 08:57:00 -0600

Broadcom will pay $61 billion to unite with VMware, increasing its reliance on software revenue vs. silicon to a 50/50 ratio

Startup Profile: Exium Blends XDR with SASE

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 25 May 2022 14:00:00 -0600

Exium is promoting the concept of a cloud-based security network using open standards and the 5G architecture.

U.S. Releases Big Broadband Funds

Mary Jander — Tue, 24 May 2022 12:26:00 -0600

The NTIA says that over $44 billion in broadband funds are up for grabs by unserved or underserved states

Why Would Broadcom Buy VMware? Here's Why

Mary Jander — Mon, 23 May 2022 09:00:00 -0600

Broadcom is in talks to buy VMware, which could boost the chipmaker's claim to DPU/smartNIC fame

Inside Cisco’s No Good, Horrible Quarter

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 19 May 2022 12:14:00 -0600

Cisco shares plunge 13% as it projects revenue falling as much as 5%

Fortanix Partners with Keyfactor for IoT Security

Mary Jander — Wed, 18 May 2022 12:08:00 -0600

Fortanix's Data Security Manager will be able to manage PKI and certificates from Keyfactor in one interface across multiple clouds

U.S. Fiber Optic Infrastructure Expands

Mary Jander — Fri, 13 May 2022 11:27:00 -0600

Demand for fiber optic infrastructure for cloud and 5G is leading a series of trends -- and a conference in Nashville June 12 -15

Court Locks Down Clearview AI Facial Recognition

Mary Jander — Wed, 11 May 2022 11:30:00 -0600

Clearview AI is prohibited from selling its facial-recognition data to private firms nationwide in a win for ACLU and Illinois privacy law.

CIQ Gets $26 Million to Support Linux HPC

Mary Jander — Wed, 11 May 2022 00:00:00 -0600

CIQ gets fresh $26 million in funding to supports Rocky Linux, the CentOS replacement favored for HPC

SafeGraph Slammed for Location Tracking

Mary Jander — Wed, 04 May 2022 11:41:00 -0600

SafeGraph has limited at least one of its location-tracking apps, which an online pub used to pull data on abortion clinic visitors

Traceable AI Scores $60 Million for API Security

Mary Jander — Tue, 03 May 2022 13:12:00 -0600

Traceable AI uses machine learning and distributed tracing to guard against API hackers

Startup Profile: Augtera Unveils NetOps Automation Tools

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 03 May 2022 13:11:00 -0600

Augtera Networks is digging deep into AI/ML to detect network anomalies and automate network remediation

CIA Backs Google Spinoff Sandbox AQ

Mary Jander — Mon, 02 May 2022 14:10:00 -0600

Sandbox AQ has scored backing from the CIA's In-Q-Tel, signaling government interest in the startup's "post quantum cryptography"

Futuriom's New CTP Report: Telcos and Hyperscalers: Who Has the 5G Edge?

Mary Jander — Mon, 02 May 2022 09:10:00 -0600

Our latest Cloud Tracker Pro report explore how telcos and hyperscalers are dealing with 5G demand

AWS Brightens Amazon's Dull Report

Mary Jander — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:58:00 -0600

AWS grew 37% annually compared to 7% for Amazon overall, and the cloud segment's profitability continues

Microsoft, Google Earnings Calm Markets

Mary Jander — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 09:01:00 -0600

Google Cloud was a bright spot in Alphabet's quarterly report; Azure came out swinging for Microsoft

Survey: Cloud Migration Has a Ways to Go

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:00:00 -0600

Survey from Next Pathway shows low hybrid cloud penetration and enterprises still struggling with automation

What's Up with the Cohesity IPO?

Mary Jander — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 13:54:00 -0600

The cloud data management startup has stalled on the path to IPO. What's going on?

Could Musk's Twitter Clash with AWS?

Mary Jander — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:12:00 -0600

AWS's history of censorship could clash with Elon Musk's libertarian plans for Twitter content

Are We Really Getting Excited About IBM Again?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 15:10:00 -0600

IBM's share price is up again on a Red Hat sales boost, but is it sustainable?

U.S. Reviews Russian Cybersecurity Threats

Mary Jander — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:10:00 -0600

U.S. and international agencies cite increased danger to IT and OT networks from hackers affiliated with Russia

d-Matrix Debuts with $44 Million and an AI Solution

Mary Jander — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:00:00 -0600

Startup d-Matrix has a digital in-memory compute platform comprised of chiplets and software for AI transformer processing

TSMC Earnings Guidance Grows Despite Supply Chain Woes

Mary Jander — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:00:00 -0600

TSMC reports record earnings and upward guidance, while acknowledging ongoing supplier constraints

Google Cloud Unleashes Data Management Services

Mary Jander — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:55:00 -0600

Google Cloud releases BigLake to bridge data lakes and BigQuery warehousing, while announcing BI and AI integration

SD-WAN/SASE Managed Services Survey Report 2022

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 10:32:00 -0600

Our annual survey shows growing momentum behind adoption of SD-WAN/SASE managed services, with service providers and vendors partnering on value-added services

The Futuriom Q&A with Rajiv Ramaswami

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:42:00 -0600

Inside Ramaswami's vision for how Nutanix can become a hybrid cloud automation leader

AMD's $1.9B Pensando Buy Confirms Hot DPU Market

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:30:00 -0600

Startup Pensando takes advantage of recent momentum in DPUs to get acquired by chip giant AMD

Musk's Team to Debut Brain-to-Space Metaverse

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:13:00 -0600

Your brain will soon be connected to the metaverse via Starlink and SpaceX

Ericsson Woes Widen After Investor Meeting

Mary Jander — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:55:00 -0600

Ericsson's shareholders have failed to shield company officers from future litigation in the wake of an ongoing Iraq scandal

HPE Brings Aruba into the GreenLake Fold

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:30:00 -0600

Aruba networking products are now positioned as cloud service products with a central management component

Celona Scores $60 Million Funding Round

Mary Jander — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 13:44:00 -0600

Fresh funding brings Celona to $100 million in total investment for its CBRS-fueled private wireless LTE/5G networking platform

GTC Wrap: NVIDIA's Building an AI Factory for Factories

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:17:00 -0600

With new a new GPU, CPU, interconnects, and networking technology, NVIDIA is reinforcing its dominance as a supplier of arms for AI

PlanetScale Adds Fast Cloud Database Recovery

Mary Jander — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:25:00 -0600

Serverless database provider PlanetScale leverages announcement of PlanetScale Rewind to showcase its progress

Okta Faces a Crisis of Confidence

Mary Jander — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0600

Okta failed to reveal a security breach two months ago, and it faces questions about that -- and about how it handled the situation

Here Are the Datacenters Still Operating in Russia

Mary Jander — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:23:00 -0600

Updated 3/24 -- Not all cloud technology providers have abandoned Russia over its invasion of Ukraine

Pluribus Plugs Cloud Fabric into NVIDIA DPUs

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0600

Pluribus has unveiled an expanded architecture that adds NVIDIA DPUs to its software-defined fabric networking solution

Top Trends in Cloud Chips

Mary Jander — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 08:15:00 -0600

The market for components that power cloud hyperscalers is booming despite chip shortages. Here are the top trends to watch in that industry

Google to Pay $5.4 Billion for Mandiant

Mary Jander — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 10:05:00 -0700

Google LLC will pay $5.4 billion to acquire cybersecurity SaaS provider Mandiant to bolster Google Cloud Platform defenses

What Are the Use Cases for Dent?

Mary Jander — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0700

The lightweight Dent network operating system (NOS) fits a range of distributed applications for small and mid-size enterprises

Linux Foundation Unveils Dent 2.0

Mary Jander — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 10:30:00 -0700

The new release of the Dent lightweight network operating system (NOS) features additional scalability and security

Ciena Stockpiles Chips to Meet Robust Demand

Mary Jander — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:40:00 -0700

Ciena claims huge backlog will be released this year as stockpiled chips help meet demand for hardware, software, and services

The Edge Is Back with MWC: What’s New?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:30:00 -0700

The edge blitz is back with companies such as Amazon, Arrcus, Nokia, Ori, and VMware rolling out new products and services at Mobile World Congress

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Mirrored in Cyberspace

Mary Jander — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0700

As Russia advances its horrific military assault on Ukraine, warfare is raging in cyberspace as well

Striim Offers SaaS Version of Data Integration Platform

Mary Jander — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:30:00 -0700

Striim addresses the problem of moving data in real time across multicloud data stores. Now it offers this from a fully managed SaaS

Cisco Hints that Splunk Deal Not Happening

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0700

In its quarterly earnings call, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins says company will use "discipline" in M&A approach

Futuriom 40 Webinar On Demand

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:14:00 -0700

Check out our first ever Futuriom 40 webinar outlining the top trends and private companies in cloud infrastructure and communications technology

Aviatrix Extends Secure Cloud Networking

Andrew Braunberg — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:30:00 -0700

Aviatrix recently added network behavior analytics to its ThreatIQ with ThreatGuard distributed threat visibility and control solution, upping the ante of its multicloud CoPilot platform

MetaCX Launches a Digital Ecosystem Network

Mary Jander — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:55:00 -0700

MetaCX, co-founded by former Salesforce Marketing Cloud CEO Scott McCorkle, draws on graph database and blockchain to create a neutral collaboration service for B2B partners

Inside the Rise of Confidential Computing

Andrew Braunberg — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:39:00 -0700

The foundation of confidential computing is a hardware-based Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) that is created by building physically isolated areas within a CPU’s main processor

The Top 3 Public Cloud Providers Compared

Mary Jander — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:56:00 -0700

Recent earnings reports reveal how each of the three public cloud giants -- AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform -- compare to one another in the market

NVIDIA and SoftBank Scotch Arm Deal

Mary Jander — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 13:40:00 -0700

NVIDIA won't buy Arm from SoftBank, thanks to regulatory and customer disapproval. Instead, SoftBank will seek an Arm IPO

Pluribus Beefs up NetVisor for Kubernetes, 400G

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 09:17:00 -0700

Pluribus' Netvisor 7 adds application visibility features including insight into Kubernetes workloads

Cato Adds CASB to SASE

Andrew Braunberg — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0700

Cato Networks has added cloud access security broker (CASB) functionality to its SASE services, including the ability to create and control access security policy

Directus Takes Aim at Database Democracy

Mary Jander — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0700

Directus, a small firm from Brooklyn, N.Y., has revamped its data management platform to unify SQL data from multiple databases without changing underlying schema or content

Gauging the Cost of Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 08:59:00 -0700

Demand for cost optimization of cloud services -- including for hybrid and multicloud environments -- is gaining momentum. Here's what to know about leading platforms

The 2022 Futuriom 40

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 13:51:00 -0700

After some major exits in 2021 including five IPOs, the Futuriom 40 list of top private companies in cloud tech has some fresh blood

Citrix Sold for $16.5 Billion

Mary Jander — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:00:00 -0700

Citrix will be taken private and combined with TIBCO by investment firms Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital Partners in a cash transaction worth $16.5 billion

Is IBM Turning Around?

Mary Jander — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:30:00 -0700

Fourth-quarter 2021 was a watershed for IBM, but can its new segment strategy carry it forward to true turnaround?

The Broadband Renaissance Is Here

Mary Jander — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 15:32:00 -0700

As passive optical networks (PONs) grow in popularity with the spread of broadband services, Nokia, Adtran, Calix, and others are seeing dramatic growth that's forcing some soul searching

Cato Scores MSP Deal with Expereo

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:57:00 -0700

Cato's latest channel deal brings a network of 12,000 locations in 190 countries, highlighting Cato's strategy to sell its SASE services via partners

Spyware Scandal Illuminates Cyber Weaponry

Mary Jander — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:19:00 -0700

Israel's NSO Group makes headlines for contributing tech to police surveillance, bringing criticism of the company to a head and casting light on other spyware firms worldwide

Aryaka Survey Reveals WAN Transformation

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:22:00 -0700

Aryaka's sixth annual "State of the WAN" report reveals a tectonic shift toward cloud networking, SASE, and managed services

The Futuriom 40 Webinar - 2022

Kyle Steiner — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:09:00 -0700

Join our analysts as they discuss the details of our 2022 Futuriom 40 report, including the top trends in cloud infrastructure as well as the 40 new companies on our list.

Microsoft to Buy Gaming Giant Activision for $68.7 Billion

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:25:00 -0700

Microsoft's plan to buy gaming giant Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion could further energize Redmond's cloud, mobile, and metaverse offerings

DISH Network Bets Big on Spectrum

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:21:00 -0700

DISH Network just spent $7.3 billion in hundreds of wireless spectrum licenses. Will it finally make it as the fourth biggest 5G carrier in the U.S.?

TSMC: Big Growth, Big Plans

Mary Jander — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 17:12:00 -0700

TSMC revenues grew to US$56.8 billion last year, and the world's biggest chip manufacturer plans even more growth for 2022

Army Paper Points to TSMC's China Challenge

Mary Jander — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:39:00 -0700

The U.S should consider destroying TSMC to avoid war with China, state the authors of a U.S. Army War College paper, highlighting the enormous influence the chipmaker enjoys

What Is Hybrid Cloud Network Automation?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 15:34:00 -0700

Better tools will be needed to orchestrate and automate network connections for multicloud and hybrid cloud operations

Google Acquires Siemplify

Andrew Braunberg — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:30:00 -0700

Google announced this week that it has acquired privately held Siemplify, a cybersecurity startup with a leading security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform

Data Center Service Providers Head to Africa

Mary Jander — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:12:00 -0700

Digital Realty and Equinix are buying regional data center and interconnection service providers in Africa, where new infrastructure could set off enormous market growth

AT&T and Verizon Pivot on FAA Standoff

Mary Jander — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:39:00 -0700

[Updated 1/3/2022] After initially refusing a government request to postpone their 5G rollout this week, Verizon and AT&T have agreed to delay their C-band rollout two weeks more

How Cisco Missed HashiCorp

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 08:48:00 -0700

Cisco may have created a monster by letting HashiCorp go public

The Top 10 Cloud Tech Trends of 2021

Mary Jander — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:34:00 -0700

Futuriom takes a look back at the top trends in cloud technology for the year 2021 and peeks at what's ahead

BlackBerry Announces XDR Partnership with Exabeam

Andrew Braunberg — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:08:00 -0700

Exabeam Fusion SIEM and Fusion XDR are now integrated with the BlackBerry Guard 2.0 extended detection and response (XDR) managed service

Cohesity Files for IPO

Mary Jander — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0700

Data management firm Cohesity has confidentially filed with the U.S. SEC to go public

Futuriom's New Cloud Tracker Pro: Getting Real About 5G

Mary Jander — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:34:00 -0700

Futuriom's latest Cloud Tracker Pro report examines the reality of B2B 5G applications, including a Heat Index of the hottest -- and the coolest

Who'll Replace the Chinese IoT Drones?

Mary Jander — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 10:48:00 -0700

In the wake of U.S. blacklisting, enterprise drone maker DJI could cede market share to U.S.-based Skydio and Parrot SA from Europe

What Is Dent?

Mary Jander — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:54:00 -0700

The Linux Foundation has created Dent, a network operating system (NOS) designed for the world of decentralized enterprises. And it's as easy to install as Linux

Oracle to Pay $28.3 Billion for Cerner

Mary Jander — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:29:00 -0700

Oracle is set to pay about $28.3 billion to add Cerner, a market-leading electronic medical records company, to its list of cloud-enabled enterprise applications

Cockroach Labs Scores $278 Million, Eyes IPO

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:07:00 -0700

Cockroach Labs, maker of CockroachDB, has scored $278 million in Series F funding on a valuation of $5 billion

Why Fixing the Log4j Flaw Will Take a Lot of Work

Andrew Braunberg — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:30:00 -0700

Wide distribution of the open-source software Log4j will present cybersecurity headaches for quite a long time

HashiCorp Market Value Holds at $15B

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:54:00 -0700

HashiCorp is now public with a $15 billion valuation

China AI Firm's IPO Stalls After U.S. Criticism

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:05:00 -0700

China's SenseTime machine-vision firm put its IPO plan on hold after the U.S. Treasury Department condemned its contribution to human rights abuse in the PRC

Aryaka Expands Network-as-a-Service, SASE Options

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:30:00 -0700

Aryaka introduces private IP networking as well as integrated SASE services

Cyber Command Takes Gloves Off on Ransomware

Andrew Braunberg — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0700

The head of U.S. Cyber Command indicates that high-profile ransomware attacks may call for government action, and a "hackback" bill has been introduced in the Senate

Fungible Boasts Hyperscale Datacenter Record

Mary Jander — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 11:41:00 -0700

Fungible Inc.'s data processing unit (DPU) has broken a storage performance record at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, and the vendor says it's working in public cloud networks too

Amazon Updates Inspector Vulnerability Management

Andrew Braunberg — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:42:00 -0700

This week at re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a significant update to Inspector, its vulnerability management solution

Why AWS Private 5G Will Stir Up the Enterprise Market

Mary Jander — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 11:27:00 -0700

AWS Private 5G models an ideal way for enterprises to adopt the technology while raising interesting questions about ecosystem go-to-market strategies

Aviatrix Augments Multicloud Security Features

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 10:30:00 -0700

Aviatrix introduces new tools to build distributed threat visibility and control directly into the network data plane

AWS' Selipsky Reveals One-Cloud Strategy

Mary Jander — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 10:03:00 -0700

Adam Selipsky's keynote on Day 2 of AWS re:Invent demonstrated AWS's resistance to any multi-cloud approach

AWS re:Invent Day 1: Performance, Security, IoT, & More

Mary Jander — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 11:53:00 -0700

AWS's annual conference features efficiency, performance, and security announcements for developers and managers, with a slew of offerings for industrial IoT

Futuriom 40 Update: Who's Hot, Who's Not

Mary Jander — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0700

It's time to revisit our Futuriom 40 list of top private companies. Here's who has lived up to our expectations, who's disappointed, and who we're keeping an eye on

Why WebAssembly is Building Momentum

Mary Jander — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:54:00 -0700

A programming technology called WebAssembly is emerging as key to the rollout of IoT and edge applications in cloud environments

Why Ericsson Will Spend $6.2 Billion for Vonage

Mary Jander — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:34:00 -0700

Ericsson is betting big that API specialist Vonage will bring enterprise 5G riches within two years to justify its $6.2 billion pricetag

Inside Cisco's FY 2022 Q1 Earnings Scare

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:30:00 -0700

Cisco's costs are rising and it warns that margins may get squeezed, sending investors to the exits.

Datacenter Chips Drive NVIDIA Results

Mary Jander — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:15:00 -0700

NVIDIA shares vault higher again on a datacenter chip boom.

SASE Partnerships Heat up with MSSPs

Andrew Braunberg — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 15:26:00 -0700

Managed security services providers (MSSPs) are increasingly embracing SASE services.

IIoT Gateways: Where Factory Meets Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 15:12:00 -0700

Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) gateways link factory automation systems to cloud infrastructure in support of Industry 4.0

Fortanix Introduces Confidential AI

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:55:00 -0700

Fortanix targets security of data in AI models.

Data Center Providers Sold for Over $25 Billion

Mary Jander — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:44:00 -0700

The data center market is booming: CyrusOne is taken over by KKR and GIP for $15 billion; CoreSite sells to American Tower for $10.1 billion.

Why McAfee Went Private, Again

Andrew Braunberg — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:29:00 -0700

Investors look at opportunities to fix McAfee's slow-growing enterprise cybersecurity division.

VA Featured in 5G Healthcare Trial

Mary Jander — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:12:00 -0700

Working with Verizon, Microsoft, and Medivis, a hospital in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) network claims to be among the first to deploy 5G-enabled virtual reality for medical use

NVIDIA Parades Futuristic Tech at GTC

Mary Jander — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 16:10:00 -0700

NVIDIA showcased its Omniverse platform, new developer libraries, AI all over the place, data center networking and security, and a Jensen Huang avatar at its GTC conference this week

Ransomware Drives a Re-Thinking of Remote Access

Andrew Braunberg — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:30:00 -0700

Ransomware is the prime threat to organizations, and remote access and VPNs are particularly vulnerable. It's time to transition to SASE solutions

Cloud Secure Edge and SASE Trends: 2021

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:57:00 -0700

Our SASE analysis finds that the convergence of SD-WAN and security products underlines a larger trend toward consolidating cybersecurity and networking tools.

DISH Plans $4 Billion Sale of Senior Secured Notes

Mary Jander — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 13:34:00 -0700

DISH Network plans to sell $4 billion worth of senior secured notes to help pay for the buildout of its wireless 5G network

Arista Gains Big on Cloud Boom

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:30:00 -0600

Arista projects 30% revenue growth after Facebook boosts capital spending by 66%

Microsoft Talks AI, Azure, and Avatars

Mary Jander — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 12:00:00 -0600

Microsoft's virtual conference for developers and IT pros features a slew of enhancements to Azure's capabilities in hybrid cloud, security, AI, and mixed reality

Ciena and Samsung Team on Carrier 5G

Mary Jander — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:01:00 -0600

Ciena and Samsung have integrated their 5G hardware and software in an effort that could spur the adoption of 5G services

What's in Cloud Security? Illumio Looks to Evolve It

Andrew Braunberg — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:48:00 -0600

The definition of cloud security is getting squishy. Illumio tries to clear that up with CloudSecure

Microsoft Shares Hit a New High, Fueled by Cloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:39:00 -0600

Despite enormous growth, Google still can't catch Microsoft in cloud.

Can the U.S. Beat China in AI and 5G?

Mary Jander — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:27:00 -0600

In recent news, a former Pentagon chief software officer says the U.S. has lost out to China in artificial intelligence -- and by extension 5G. This may not hold true

HPE and Pensando Rack Up New Distributed Switch

Mary Jander — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:27:00 -0600

Partners HPE and Pensando launch a "distributed services switch" comprising an Aruba top-of-rack switch with Pensando's DPU to secure traffic in hybrid cloud environments

Third Wave of Networks: Multi-Cloud Networking Market Growth Drivers

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:56:00 -0600

Futuriom's second annual multi-cloud networking survey indicates large demand for the transformative technology.

Cato Networks Scores $200 Million on $2.5 Billion Valuation

Mary Jander — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:36:00 -0600

Cato Networks has raised $200 million in a Series F funding round, which valued the company at $2.5 billion, more than double its valuation less than a year ago

CAST AI Raises $10 Million from Cota, Samsung Next

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:25:00 -0600

CAST AI will target cloud cost reduction with a $10M Series A round.

Why Forcepoint Acquired Bitglass

Andrew Braunberg — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:38:00 -0600

Long-time security player Forcepoint has acquired one of the few remaining independent cloud access security broker (CASB) vendors, Bitglass, to add more SASE to its portfolio

Google Cloud Heads to the 5G Edge

Mary Jander — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 16:31:00 -0600

Google Cloud has unveiled a Google Distributed Cloud portfolio, featuring a Distributed Cloud Edge geared to 5G providers and their customers, and a Distributed Cloud Hosted for regulated users

TriggerMesh Goes Open Source

Mary Jander — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0600

TriggerMesh's Application Platform, which integrates apps across hybrid cloud environments, is now available as an open-source project under Apache Software License 2.0

Takeaways from VMworld's Multicloud Onslaught

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:00:00 -0600

VMware pumped up its multicloud strategy at VMworld. Will it pay off?

Inside VMWorld’s 2021 Security Announcements

Andrew Braunberg — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:30:00 -0600

VMware's been busy integrating its many cybersecurity acquisitions as part of its intrinsic security strategy.

Speculation Swirls Around Facebook Outage

Mary Jander — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:16:00 -0600

Facebook's outage this week called the efficiency of the company's internal network into question, while launching speculation about the nature of the crash

Akamai to Pay $600M for Ransomware Mitigator Guardicore

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:30:00 -0600

CDN leader Akamai will pay $600 million in cash for Guardicore, an Israeli startup that uses micro-segmentation and visualization to find and halt ransomware attacks

Why the Chip Shortage Could Last Through 2022

Mary Jander — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:11:00 -0600

Semiconductor makers say supply can't meet demand for all kinds of chips, and the crisis will likely last through 2022

Telefonica Picks IBM and Oracle for Network Upgrades

Mary Jander — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:04:00 -0600

Spain's Telefonica SA is building on existing relationships with IBM and Oracle to automate its 5G core and cloudify its business systems in a long-awaited infrastructure upgrade

Fortanix and Snowflake Team Up on Tokenization

Mary Jander — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 13:10:00 -0600

Fortanix has integrated its Data Security Manager SaaS with Snowflake's environment to protect sensitive data

Fivetran Double Header: $565 Funding and an Acquisition

Mary Jander — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:44:00 -0600

Fivetran has scored $565 million in Series D funding on a $5.6 billion valuation and has agreed to purchase HVR Data in a $700 million cash and stock deal

Versa Adds Native 5G to SASE

Mary Jander — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:09:00 -0600

Versa Networks has integrated native 5G into its SD-WAN-based SASE appliances, reflecting its ongoing strategy and supporting one of the hottest trends in networking

Persona Identities Scores $150 Million

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:19:00 -0600

Startup Persona Identities, whose technology ensures that a user is who they claim to be, has landed $150 million in Series C funding at a valuation of $1.5 billion

Security Upstarts Dominate Growth, While Cisco Trails

Mary Jander — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:07:00 -0600

Enterprise customers are turning to newer companies for solutions to an onrush of cyber threats. But it may be too soon to discount incumbent players

Juniper and Apstra Up the SONiC Ante

Mary Jander — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:32:00 -0600

Juniper and Apstra Up the SONiC Ante -- Leadership Brief sponsored by Juniper

U.S. Government Proposals Promote ZTNA

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:36:00 -0600

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency have opened proposals for ZTNA and cloud computing for public comment

Aviatix Valuation Soars on New Funding

Mary Jander — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:29:00 -0600

Aviatrix has raised $200 million in Series E funding, bringing its valuation to $2 billion, up from $700 million in February 2021

Introducing Futuriom's New 5G Edge Cloud Tracker

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:09:00 -0600

Futuriom's 5G Edge Cloud Tracker will analyze how the communications and cloud infrastructure industries are building out the future platform for digital services

Exium Works with IBM to Deliver Edge Solution

Mary Jander — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Startup Exium will support IBM's Edge Application Manager with zero-trust security for AI- and IoT-based edge environments

Behind HPE's $2 Billion NSA Win

Mary Jander — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:47:00 -0600

HPE's GreenLake platform has been chosen to host and analyze data for the U.S. National Security Agency in a $2 billion contract. Here's a look behind the win

Databricks Adds $1.6 Billion for $38 Billion Valuation

Mary Jander — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:31:00 -0600

Databricks' "data lakehouse" strategy brings in another $1.6 billion in funding and a $38 billion valuation. Here's what's behind all the fuss

Cradlepoint Ships 5G Enterprise Router

Mary Jander — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:49:00 -0600

Cradlepoint delivers its E3000 Series 5G Enterprise Router, which addresses a series of use cases for companies looking to link WiFi, LTE, CBRS, and other connections to private 5G

Alarms Sound on "Cyberwar" Escalation

Mary Jander — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:44:00 -0600

Facing continual attacks from cybercriminals, Microsoft, T-Mobile, and other firms mount defensive action. Will it be enough?

Why Comcast Wants Masergy

Mary Jander — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:15:00 -0600

Comcast Business said it will acquire SD-WAN managed service provider Masergy for an undisclosed sum to boost its enterprise strategy

Microsoft Invests in Rubrik, Plans Joint Development

Mary Jander — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 10:52:00 -0600

Microsoft has made an equity investment in data backup specialist Rubrik, and the two plan joint development of anti-ransomware solutions for Microsoft 365 and Azure-based data

T-Mobile Breach is One of Many. Can it Be the Last?

Mary Jander — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 07:29:00 -0600

Amid the ransomware pandemic, T-Mobile US has suffered its fifth data breach in four years. This one has affected over 47 million customers

Cloud Hyperscalers Expand Subsea Connections

Mary Jander — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:48:00 -0600

AWS, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft continue to fund costly subsea cabling projects to extend their Internet connectivity to key markets

HashiCorp Posts Multi-Cloud Survey Results

Mary Jander — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 08:46:00 -0600

HashiCorp has released results of a 3,205-respondent survey on multi-cloud, indicating that challenges remain though the approach is here to stay

PacketFabric Adds IPsec VPN and NAT to Cloud Router

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:09:00 -0600

PacketFabric enhances multi-cloud networking functions by adding IPsec VPN and NAT support

OwnBackup Gets $240 Million, Plans to Extend Saas Backup

Mary Jander — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:57:00 -0600

OwnBackup has scored $240 million in Series E funding, to be used to expand the firm's backup and recovery capabilities beyond Salesforce

What the Infrastructure Bill Means for Telcos

Mary Jander — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:42:00 -0600

The U.S. infrastructure bill recently passed by the Senate includes $65 billion to extend broadband service to all citizens. Telcos and their vendors stand to benefit too

Snorkel AI Scores $85 Million for AI Data-Prep Platform

Mary Jander — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:19:00 -0600

Snorkel AI, a startup specializing in data labeling for machine learning applications, has scored $85 million in Series C funding, highlighting the growing momentum in AI

Databricks/MIT Report Tells What's Lacking in Analytics

Mary Jander — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:50:00 -0600

A Databricks-sponsored survey on data analytics and machine learning reveals that most C-level data managers think they could do better

Azure Space Director Heads Back to Washington

Mary Jander — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:41:00 -0600

Chirag Parikh, senior director of Microsoft's Azure Space program, is leaving to work for VP Kamala Harris, highlighting the caliber of talent and commitment at Azure Space

What's Behind Marvell's Innovium Deal

Mary Jander — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 13:25:00 -0600

Marvell's low-ball $1.1 billion bid for Innovium has analysts asking why. The answer lies in Innovium's success and Marvell's ambitions

What is Network Compliance for Cloud Networking?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 08:38:00 -0600

With an explosion of networks and devices, a new way is needed to automate network compliance and security.

Cloud Firms Turn to Green Power

Mary Jander — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 11:49:00 -0600

Providers of cloud and data center services are intent on reducing carbon emissions in order to please conscientious customers, reduce costs, and increase dividends

Couchbase's Big Month: IPO and New Database Release

Mary Jander — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0600

Couchbase's biggest release yet of its database software adds transactional NoSQL, spotlighting the success that led to the vendor's $230 million IPO

Why Google Cloud Platform Is on the Rise

Mary Jander — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Google Cloud's latest earnings report shows 54% revenue growth, outstripping rivals AWS and Azure

Inside Identity-based Security and ZTNA

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:01:00 -0600

How the Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) security model has evolved as the best practice for securing networking and computing in cloud environments.

Why NVIDIA Could Lose Arm Deal

Mary Jander — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 09:55:00 -0600

NVIDIA's proposed $40-billion Arm merger faces multiple antitrust inquiries, resistance from powerful companies, and trouble in China. Here's how it could end

Cloudflare Takes Aim at Digital Divide

Mary Jander — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 10:48:00 -0600

A new Project Pangea extends Cloudflare's secure, cloud-native Internet onramp to community and nonprofit networks, helping them avoid high-priced ISPs

Cato Decries Pseudo-SASE

Mary Jander — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:09:00 -0600

Cato Networks this week outlined the technological underpinnings of its successful SASE approach

DISH Shoulders Aside T-Mobile with AT&T Deal

Mary Jander — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:04:00 -0600

DISH Network has signed a 10-year, $5-billion contract with AT&T, making AT&T's network -- instead of T-Mobile's -- the basis for DISH's retail mobile services

Zoom Flexes Muscle with $15 Billion Buy of Five9

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:38:00 -0600

Zoom's announced $15-billion deal to purchase Five9 Inc. gives it a path to diversify its product line and upsell conferencing products.

Inside Ericsson's $8.3-Billion Deal with Verizon for 5G

Mary Jander — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 12:51:00 -0600

Ericsson has made a five-year, $8.3-billion deal with Verizon to supply the carrier's 5G network with cloud-native RAN solutions

TriggerMesh Gets Funding from Cisco

Mary Jander — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:01:00 -0600

TriggerMesh has been funded an additional $5 million from Cisco Investments and previous investors to help boost its cloud-native, multi-cloud/on-prem integration platform

Netskope Grabs $300 Million, Hits $7.5 Billion Valuation

Mary Jander — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 13:43:00 -0600

Netskope has completed a $300 million investment round of funding, bringing its valuation to $7.5 billion, a vote of confidence in the vendor's multifunction security approach

Couchbase Scopes Out IPO

Mary Jander — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 13:42:00 -0600

Cloud-native database vendor Couchbase has filed its S-1 registration statement, the first step to IPO. But it faces some challenges

Pentagon Scraps JEDI Plan for Multi-Cloud Alternative

Mary Jander — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:00:00 -0600

The U.S. Department of Defense has canceled the JEDI contract originally awarded to Microsoft and replaced it with a proposal that includes multiple vendors and clouds

AT&T Picks Azure for 5G Cloud

Mary Jander — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0600

AT&T will run its 5G core on Azure, and it's selling its Network Cloud to Microsoft as an addition to Azure for Operators

What Is Needed for SASE?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:15:00 -0600

SASE and Secure Edge have emerged from SD-WAN to drive digital transformation at the edge.

IBM Extends 5G Products and Partnerships

Mary Jander — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 01:00:00 -0600

IBM has released an automation and orchestration platform for 5G carrier rollouts and extended its relationships with Verizon and Telefonica

Defining (and Redefining) Zero Trust

Andrew Braunberg — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Microsoft and other vendors rightly declare that Zero Trust security is not a specific product or service, but a philosophy about how to work in a digital world

env0 Scores $17M for Infrastructure as Code

Mary Jander — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:26:00 -0600

Startup env0, which specializes in automating infrastructure-as-code tools for DevOps teams, has landed $17 million in Series A funding to expand its solutions

The 2021 SD-WAN Growth Report is Here!

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:00:00 -0600

Boosted by demand for cloud networking and digital transformation, SD-WAN hardware and services are set to maintain CAGR of 34%

HPE Powers Up GreenLake

Mary Jander — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:58:00 -0600

HPE's new GreenLake solutions leverage the company's technological assets and boost its mission to move to a cloud-based, subscription-payment model

NVIDIA Releases Edge AI "Commander"

Mary Jander — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:40:00 -0600

NVIDIA adds Fleet Command to artificial intelligence-at-the-edge solutions for IoT and IIoT applications, including retail, smart cities, automotive, and industry

Cybersecurity Startups Got Over $2 Billion This Quarter

Mary Jander — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:33:00 -0600

Cybersecurity startups scored over $2 billion in funding this past quarter, as momentum built in the fight against cybercrime

Comcast Picks Versa for SASE Service

Mary Jander — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 15:14:00 -0600

Comcast Business has chosen longstanding partner Versa Networks to provide SASE architecture for its ActiveCore enterprise services

Macrometa Gets $20 Million for Database and Edge Network

Mary Jander — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:44:00 -0600

Macrometa has scored $20M in Series A funding to grow its serverless, NoSQL database and expand its Global Data Network of 175 edge PoPs

Experts Define the Network Edge

Mary Jander — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 07:51:00 -0600

On a recent panel, Ciena, Equinix, Telenor, and IXcelerate execs talked the true nature of the network edge and what it means for the future of data centers

Amplitude Grabs $150 Million on $4 Billion Valuation

Mary Jander — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:48:00 -0600

Amplitude, a late-stage startup specializing in digital product behavior analytics, gets $150M and a $4B valuation. A public offer is next

What Fastly's Outage Means for Enterprise Customers

Mary Jander — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 15:23:00 -0600

CDN vendor Fastly's recent network outage apparently resulted from an internal misconfiguration, a reminder that network operations should be automated

What Alation's $110M Says About Data

Mary Jander — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:12:00 -0600

Alation, which searches and catalogs data at scale, gets $110M in Series D funding from an investor team that includes Snowflake, Dell, and Salesforce

Cloudera Reconfigures for the Future

Mary Jander — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:05:00 -0600

Data analytics pioneer Cloudera, going private via equity investors, grabs fresh acquisitions of Datacoral and Cazena in quest for brighter prospects

Exabeam Scores $200M and a New CEO

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 15:04:00 -0600

Exabeam, a Futuriom 40 company, has raised $200 million in Series F funding and hired ex-McAfee president Michael DeCesare as CEO

Service Providers Scale with Optical-Powered 400G

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:58:00 -0600

Colt, AT&T, Telia, Telecom Egypt, and other carriers are outfitting routers and switches with optical modules to provide lightning-fast 400G services

Zscaler Pops on Earnings, Buys Smokescreen

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 26 May 2021 14:00:00 -0600

Shares of Zscaler rose 20% on an earnings beat and raised forecast

Stacklet Commercializes Cloud Custodian

Mary Jander — Wed, 26 May 2021 09:00:00 -0600

Startup Stacklet has announced Stacklet Platform, a commercial version of the open-source Cloud Custodian multi-cloud governance software

Leadership Brief: ZETO Architecture

Kyle Steiner — Tue, 25 May 2021 10:02:00 -0600

The rise of cloud services and the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), digital transformation, and Work from Home (WFH) are expanding the enterprise networks beyond corporate offices.

Palo Alto Report Highlights Cloud Dangers

Mary Jander — Tue, 25 May 2021 07:27:00 -0600

A survey report from Palo Alto Networks reveals how organizations moving to cloud environments also expand their vulnerabilities to attack

Cisco Reports Upbeat Earnings, Despite Supply Constraints

Mary Jander — Thu, 20 May 2021 15:45:00 -0600

Cisco's latest quarterly earnings spotlight key industry trends and reveal surprising strengths in Cisco's response to them

Saguna Networks Is Sold

Mary Jander — Thu, 20 May 2021 09:14:00 -0600

MEC pioneer Saguna Networks has been sold to COMSovereign Holding Corp. for $13.1 million in stock

AT&T Spins off WarnerMedia to Focus on 5G

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 May 2021 09:45:00 -0600

AT&T will sell its WarnerMedia division to Discovery, creating a new media titan and allowing AT&T to focus on 5G and fiber

Devo Soups Up Cybersecurity Platform

Mary Jander — Thu, 13 May 2021 11:13:00 -0600

Devo Technology has added threat intelligence, in-memory threat detection, and partner integrations to its cloud-native analytics platform

VMware Gets New CEO, President

Mary Jander — Wed, 12 May 2021 10:00:00 -0600

VMware names Raghu Raghuram as CEO and Sumit Dhawan as President, reaffirming the company's multi-cloud direction

API Gateway KrakenD Is Donated to Linux Foundation

Mary Jander — Tue, 11 May 2021 10:30:00 -0600

The originators of API gateway KrakenD have donated the technology to the Linux Foundation's Lura Project

Department of Defense JEDI Project Could Go Multi-Cloud

Mary Jander — Tue, 11 May 2021 08:18:00 -0600

The U.S. Department of Defense is reportedly considering scrapping its single-vendor JEDI contract in favor of one that supports multiple cloud vendors

Imperva's CloudVector Buy Highlights API Trend

Mary Jander — Fri, 07 May 2021 10:35:00 -0600

Imperva's planned acquisition of API security startup CloudVector highlights a red-hot area in cybersecurity

Itential Adds Forward Networks Integration

Mary Jander — Thu, 06 May 2021 14:31:00 -0600

Itential now offers its Automation Platform as-a-service, which is also integrated with network assurance from Forward Networks

Cradlepoint Boosts 5G Portfolio

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 06 May 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Cradlepoint ups the ante in enterprise 5G routing with an impressive array of new products targeting business mobility and 5G

The Building Battle in Data Center Chips

Mary Jander — Wed, 05 May 2021 11:31:00 -0600

Intel, AMD, and their rivals are battling for shares of the burgeoning market for data center server components

Why Juniper’s SASE Move Makes Sense

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 05 May 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Juniper's Security Director Cloud launch is designed to bridge the gap between traditional networking and security and SASE

Aryaka Buys Secucloud for SASE

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 04 May 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Aryaka's acquisition of Hamburg-based Secucloud GmbH will beef up its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offerings

Darktrace IPO, Vectra Funding Highlight AI in Cybersecurity

Mary Jander — Mon, 03 May 2021 10:49:00 -0600

Vectra AI's $130-million funding round and Darktrace's blockbuster IPO show the key role artificial intelligence (AI) is playing in fighting online crime

Private Wireless and Local Cloud Trends

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:50:00 -0600

Inside the market opportunity, key use cases, and ecosystem around the 5G private wireless market.

PacketFabric Announces 100G Cloud Router

Mary Jander — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:31:00 -0600

PacketFabric says it has the first 100-Gbit/s cloud router for connecting multiple clouds, but speed may not be the top demand in that market

Rancher Parent SUSE Announces IPO

Mary Jander — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:35:00 -0600

SUSE, the parent company of the Futuriom 40 company Rancher, plans to go public on the Frankfurt stock exchange

Juniper Focuses on Automation Strategy

Mary Jander — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 10:39:00 -0600

IT networking is changing faster than humans can keep up, calling for automated solutions, said a recent panel of Juniper execs

Koch Industries Takes $500 Million Stake in Mavenir

Mary Jander — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:33:00 -0600

Koch Industries has taken a $500 million stake in 5G radio technology leader Mavenir

What Are the Top SASE Use Cases?

Mary Jander — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:52:00 -0600

This primer on Top SASE Use Cases examines a unified approach to SASE for the modern enterprise and the convergence of networking and security

Stateless and PacketFabric Streamline Data Analytics

Mary Jander — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:41:00 -0600

Stateless Inc. integrates its NFV platform with PacketFabric's global network to speed retrieval of data from multiple sources for use in analytics

Scale AI Scores $325 Million to Grow AI Solution

Mary Jander — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:50:00 -0600

Late-stage startup Scale AI gets valued at over $7B as it expands AI APIs

Aruba Edges up to SASE

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:30:00 -0600

Aruba builds up edge strategy with security, SD-WAN, and management features

VMware Finally Splits from Dell

Mary Jander — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:31:00 -0600

Dell is relinquishing its majority stake in VMware, boosting share prices bu raising questions about the future of both

Intrigue.io Debuts to Manage Attack Surface

Mary Jander — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:08:00 -0600

Texas startup Intrigue.io scores $2M in funding to expand asset discovery and protection service

NVIDIA CPU Debut Makes Waves in AI World

Mary Jander — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:31:00 -0600

CEO Jensen Huang intros HPC CPU, says NVIDIA's now a "three-chip company"

Itential Gets $20 Million, Will Expand SaaS

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:47:00 -0600

Itential dives into enterprise with SaaS automation tools.

Survey: Pandemic Drives Digital Transformation

Mary Jander — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:49:00 -0600

Survey of 450 IT decision-makers by Couchbase reveals the pressures of accelerated digitization

Redis Labs Gets $110 Million, Will Expand In-Memory Database

Mary Jander — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 11:00:00 -0600

Software player to boost worldwide use of cloud-native high-performance data management system.

Prosimo Lands $25M to Optimize Multi-Cloud Apps

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:04:00 -0600

Former co-founders of Viptela are on to their next gig with multi-cloud app performance play Prosimo

Verizon Adds AWS Outposts to Private 5G MEC

Mary Jander — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:49:00 -0600

Telco touts deployment of MEC with cloud at a factory edge.

Darktrace Prepares for UK IPO

Mary Jander — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:51:00 -0600

Futuriom 40 cybersecurity company could start trading this month, reports state.

VMware Charts a SaaS Path to Multi-Cloud

Mary Jander — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:44:00 -0600

With VMware Cloud Universal, customers subscribe to a trip from prem to multi-cloud.

Cohesity IPO Is On the Horizon

Mary Jander — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 13:51:00 -0600

With $145 million tender offer, CEO Mohit Aron says going public is "not far off."

Sources: Cisco to Form SPAC to Buy Itself for $300B

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 08:38:00 -0600

Cisco's mega-SPAC plan could also include acquisitions of IBM and HPE

How 128T Fits into Juniper's SASE Strategy

Mary Jander — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:43:00 -0600

Momentum Telecom's on track to tap into Juniper's strategy

5G Catalysts: Telco Cloud and Edge Trends 2021

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Futuriom's 5G Catalysts report highlights the services, infrastructure, and companies most likely to grow in the 5G deployment

Aryaka Report Reveals Growing Cloud Complexity

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 15:53:00 -0600

Aryaka's recent survey demonstrates the challenges of a virtual workforce and increasingly complex hybrid cloud environments

Is Cisco Eyeing HashiCorp Again?

Mary Jander — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:56:00 -0600

Nearly two years after acquisition rumors, Cisco expands HashiCorp partnership.

Orca Security Scores a Whale of a Series C

Mary Jander — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:45:00 -0600

Two-year-old cloud-native security startup gets $210 million on a $1.2 billion valuation.

Gelsinger: The Old Intel Is New Again

Mary Jander — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:12:00 -0600

Intel's new CEO charts a manufacturing path forward.

EDJX Fuels Smart Cities Trial

Mary Jander — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:50:00 -0600

EDJX is one of two companies picked for Autonomy Institute trial in Austin.

Is Intel's Secret Weapon 5G?

Mary Jander — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:07:00 -0600

Years of throwing its hat into 5G rings could help, if Intel gets the rest of its act together.

Telcos Plan C-Band Spending Blitz

Mary Jander — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:00:00 -0600

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon are charging hard on 5G infrastructure buildouts.

Nokia Debuts Open RAN on MEC

Mary Jander — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:42:00 -0700

Nokia has combined its MEC with Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) applications.

Alkira and Palo Alto Team Up

Mary Jander — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:59:00 -0700

Futuriom 40 inductee streamlines, secures Koch Industries' multi-cloud environment.

Auth0 is the First Futuriom 40 to Be Acquired!

Mary Jander — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:44:00 -0700

Auth0 has agreed to acquisition by Okta, melding two takes on identity management.

Microsoft, Others Drive AI to the Edge

Mary Jander — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:25:00 -0700

New Azure Percept catches the trend toward AI-based IoT applications.

Itential Adds Automated Configuration for Multi-Cloud Networks

Mary Jander — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:23:00 -0700

Itential's integrated automation platform works with virtual as well as physical networks.

Announcing the First Futuriom 40

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 11:11:00 -0700

First Annual Futuriom 40 report highlights the hottest private companies and trends in cloud and communications infrastructure

Infiot Taps the Smart Edge with Microsoft Azure

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:37:00 -0700

Infiot partners with Microsoft Azure to deliver API integration, streaming workflows.

Cato Claims Record Financial Growth

Mary Jander — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:36:00 -0700

Bigger and better sales may point to M&A or IPO ambitions.

Internet Growth Fuels Undersea Cable Race

Mary Jander — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:13:00 -0700

Hyperscalers' interest in subsea cabling drives new data center activity where land meets sea.

Cloud Services Take Bare Metal to the Edge

Mary Jander — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:51:00 -0700

Bare-metal served up as a cloud service is tackling edge compute and other challenges.

Data Gravity Drives Data Center Leasing

Mary Jander — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:34:00 -0700

Floods of corporate data are moving enterprises to buy ready-made IT support.

Heineken Drafts Aviatrix for Multi-Cloud Strategy

Mary Jander — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:10:00 -0700

The brewer is counting on Avaitrix to help transcend pandemic challenges.

Why Kong Got $100 Million

Mary Jander — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:36:00 -0700

It was reportedly easy money for an API gateway in hot demand.

Is Cloud Titan Growth Slowing Down?

Mary Jander — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:27:00 -0700

Despite a strong 2020, public cloud earnings flattened quarter-to-quarter.

2021 SD-WAN Managed Services Survey Results

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:28:00 -0700

Futuriom's most recent survey highlights the attraction of SD-WAN as a managed service.

Who's Behind Databricks' Billion-Dollar Series G

Mary Jander — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 09:55:00 -0700

Votes of confidence from investors and customers point the way toward broader cloud trends.

Versa Growth Shows SASE Success

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0700

Long-term investment in integrated security and SD-WAN gets boost from remote work

DriveNets Nets $208 Million to Expand Cloud Routing

Mary Jander — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 13:57:00 -0700

Disaggregated router vendor will use funding to expand its hyperscale clientele.

IBM and Telefonica Pair Up for Hybrid Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:20:00 -0700

Telco and IT provider IBM launch Cloud Garden 2.0 featuring Red Hat

Data Center Leasing Goes Boom

Mary Jander — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 11:14:00 -0700

Suppliers of data center facilities are seeing a burst in demand as enterprises and hyperscalers move to the cloud.

Why IBM's In a Race Against Time

Mary Jander — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:12:00 -0700

Can Big Blue reach its hybrid cloud/AI goals fast enough for the market?

Inside Citrix's $2.25-Billion Acquisition of Wrike

Mary Jander — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 15:17:00 -0700

Citrix hope the deal will boost its claim to the market for workspace SaaS.

Cockroach Raises $160 Million, Eyes Future IPO

Mary Jander — Fri, 15 Jan 2021 09:03:00 -0700

The cloud-native RDBMS vendor claims to have doubled its revenues last year.

Content Delivery Networks Evolve at the Edge

Mary Jander — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 10:39:00 -0700

CDNs are morphing at the edge into faster, more secure, and programmable entities.

Why F5 Bet $500 Million on Volterra

Mary Jander — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:40:00 -0700

F5 looks to Volterra's application delivery network for traction at the edge.

Lacework Lands $525 Million

Mary Jander — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 07:00:00 -0700

With partner Snowflake, Lacework heads up an "in crowd" of data analytics firms.

Exium Debuts "Clean" 5G for Private Wireless

Mary Jander — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:05:00 -0700

Startup claims private 5G service is entirely U.S.-supplied.

Behind the SolarWinds Debacle

Mary Jander — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:13:00 -0700

The reach of "Solargate" continues to widen, as Microsoft and others reveal that they were hacked

Futuriom's Top 10 Cloud Tech Stories of 2020

Mary Jander — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 09:15:00 -0700

As 2020 closes, we revisit its tech highlights and defining moments.

Nokia Strategy Update Points to Hidden Strengths

Mary Jander — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:20:00 -0700

Nokia's latest restructuring update, plus recent financials, reveal gems of possibility.

Linux Foundation Debuts DENT

Mary Jander — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:59:00 -0700

Storefronts, warehouses, and small factories now have their own open-source, disaggregated NOS.

Samsung and IBM to Offer Private 5G Edge Solutions

Mary Jander — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 08:48:00 -0700

The two companies will extend their existing relationship to bring cloud to 5G.

Infiot Intros Cloud Services Fabric for the Edge

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:14:00 -0700

Infiot cloud services brings ZTNA and multi-cloud connectivity to IoT

The Futuriom Q&A with Arrcus Co-Founders Garg and Patel

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:32:00 -0700

Cloud routing startup has an All-Star team of Cisco vets

Inside Packet Fabric's Cloud Networking Price Disruption

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 12:03:00 -0700

Launch of new $100 Gbit/sec cloud connectivity pricing includes endorsement by Silicon Valley billionaire

Dragos Helped by HPE in $110 Million Round

Mary Jander — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:39:00 -0700

Startup scores $110M from potential customers.

Marvell Chips into Open RAN for 5G

Mary Jander — Tue, 08 Dec 2020 14:50:00 -0700

Semiconductor player's open-source reference designs enhance performance.

Juniper Acquires Apstra for Scaleable Automation

Mary Jander — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:36:00 -0700

Juniper's planned purchase of IBN pioneer Apstra hints at ambitions for multi-vendor automation.

Cloud Security Storms Wall Street

Mary Jander — Fri, 04 Dec 2020 08:43:00 -0700

CrowdStrike, Okta, and Zscaler soared in trading this week, highlighting cybersecurity trends.

Lumen Opts for Itential at the Metro Edge

Mary Jander — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 07:30:00 -0700

As 5G emerges, Lumen plans to use Itential's automation to streamline enterprise edge services.

AWS Attacks the Edge - but Still Nothing on Multi-cloud

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 15:49:00 -0700

CEO Andy Jassy explains how AWS will extend to on premises data centers

How Does CASB Support the Secure Edge and SASE?

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 08:44:00 -0700

Cloud Access Security Brokers are fleshing out the full security spectrum at the edge.

Why Salesforce May Buy Slack

Mary Jander — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:00:00 -0700

Salesforce might buy Slack to become an enterprise communications powerhouse

Micro Data Centers Fill in at the Edge

Mary Jander — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:14:00 -0700

Compact, portable data centers are rapidly building out the edge.

NVIDIA Earnings Highlight Data Center

Mary Jander — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 17:06:00 -0700

Solid NVIDIA quarterly earnings show record data center revenues

Apstra Boosts SONiC Support

Mary Jander — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:36:00 -0700

IBN pioneer beefs up network automation for data centers deploying open source NOS.

Cato Scores $130 Million, Claims Unicorn Status

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:29:00 -0700

Cato is throwing all its resources behind the secure edge.

Telco 5G Gets Cloudy: Who's Doing What

Mary Jander — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:09:00 -0700

Cloud vendors including giants like Microsoft, IBM, and VMware see telco cloud as the key to the future of 5G.

Palo Alto Pops on Earnings, Expanse Deal Detailed

Mary Jander — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:40:00 -0700

Firewall vendor continues to buy its way into more functional security software.

Isovalent Grabs $29M for eBPF

Mary Jander — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:47:00 -0700

Startup gets $29M from Google, Cisco to bring cloud-native development technology to mainstream.

Kemp Picks Flowmon for Security and Analytics

Mary Jander — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:07:00 -0700

Kemp will unify its virtual load balancers with Flowmon's network intelligence and security.

How Is Security Applied to the Internet of Things?

Mary Jander — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 11:36:00 -0700

Attention to the basic architecture helps secure the Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial IoT (IIoT).

IoT/IIoT Security Moves to the Fore

Mary Jander — Wed, 04 Nov 2020 14:21:00 -0700

As endpoint sensors and software proliferate, so do security problems -- and solutions.

Arista Credits Enterprise and Edge for Earnings

Mary Jander — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:04:00 -0700

Execs say strong enterprise sales and an eye to the campus edge are driving improved financials.

Cato Networks Adds Smarts to Threat Intelligence

Mary Jander — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 08:00:00 -0700

Cato combines machine learning and network analytics to eliminate false positive alerts.

Cloud Titans Report Solid Q3

Mary Jander — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:30:00 -0600

Cloud growth may have slowed, but it's still significant, though that could change.

AMD Grabs Xilinx for $35 Billion, Heads for Data Center

Mary Jander — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0600

AMD proffers $35B stock deal to beef up cloud components with Xilinx technology.

Azure, Others Bring Edge to Outer Space

Mary Jander — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Microsoft and AWS are promoting cloud solutions for satellite and space networks.

Why to Watch the Nokia/Verizon Private Wireless Deal

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:29:00 -0600

Verizon and Nokia plan to offer private 5G networking as a service to Verizon Business’s international customers using Nokia’s Digital Automation Cloud

Why Marketing Might be Key to IBM Fixes

Mary Jander — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:30:00 -0600

IBM's tangled marketing language and confusing product lines might be one of challenges that can be fixed with the forthcoming breakup

Introducing the Futuriom Secure Edge and SASE Report

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:21:00 -0600

Cybersecurity and networking vendors are piling into SASE and Secure Edge as the networking and security markets merge.

Who Are the Major Players in SASE and Secure Edge?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:00:00 -0600

SD-WAN technologies are converging with cybersecurity, adding CASB, firewall, and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) functionality.

Cisco, Masergy Target SD-WAN, Remote Access

Mary Jander — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:46:00 -0600

Masergy and Cisco show the range of approaches to the remote access challenge.

Juniper Builds on Software with $450M Deal for 128

Mary Jander — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:28:00 -0600

Routing titan adds to its smart-software strategy with acquisition of session software player.

Infiot Targets Secure Edge with Arm/X86

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 11:15:00 -0600

Infiot says its thin, wireless device beats SD-WAN for remote IoT, branch offices, medical facilities, and more.

Nutanix, VMware Tout Multi-Cloud Database

Mary Jander — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:59:00 -0600

Nutanix and VMware claim to manage multiple databases in multiple clouds.

Alkira Lands $54 Million In Customer-Led Round

Mary Jander — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:35:00 -0600

Koch Industries and its venture arm loom large in company's strategy.

Twilio to Grab Segment Inc. in $3.2 Billion Stock Deal

Mary Jander — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:50:00 -0600

APIs are the currency for Twilio's bid for CDP player Segment Inc.

Capex Trend Down for AT&T, Telefonica, Verizon

Mary Jander — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 09:58:00 -0600

Global carriers, forced to save costs, are focusing on where they can best drive future revenue.

IBM Big Spinoff Plan Targets 'All In' for Hybrid Cloud

Mary Jander — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 10:32:00 -0600

Big Blue is shoving Managed Infrastructure Services off the mothership to strengthen its momentum in hybrid cloud.

Inside Cisco's $2B Security Setback

Mary Jander — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:54:00 -0600

A stern $2B judgment for patent infringement has shaken Cisco's core strategy in cybersecurity

NVIDIA CEO Defines "Must Haves" for Data Centers.

Mary Jander — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 16:04:00 -0600

NVIDIA's CEO talks about them, and we put them in a list.

Cloud Titans Lead the Drive to Edge Services

Mary Jander — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0600

AWS, Google, and Microsoft are fueling a move to edge colocation to deliver faster services and prepare for 5G.

What is Multi-Cloud Networking (MCN)?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 12:14:00 -0600

The emergence of hybrid cloud applications and multiple clouds puts new demands on network connectivity.

The Future of Multi-Cloud Networking Report 2020

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0600

Connecting multiple clouds and hybrid cloud applications is driving the need for new networking solutions

AT&T Picks DriveNets, Broadcom for Routing

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:04:00 -0600

AT&T makes a big bet on open, cloud-based routing by picking Broadcom, DriveNets and UfiSpace and leaving out Cisco

Barracuda's SD-WAN Goes Native on Azure

Mary Jander — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:45:00 -0600

Barracuda Networks has converted its SD-WAN gear to run as a virtual appliance in Azure Virtual WAN hubs

Why Cloud Data Analytics Is So Hot

Mary Jander — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:18:00 -0600

IPOs like Snowflake and Sumo Logic and new investments reveal growth in data-based cloud solutions.

Exploring the Potential Slowdown in Cloud

Mary Jander — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 07:52:00 -0600

Financial gurus are cutting outlooks for cloud spending. Can we believe them?

Key Questions in NVIDIA's $40 Billion Deal for Arm

Mary Jander — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 03:30:00 -0600

The buy was expected but has markets buzzing with many questions.

Broadcom Unveils High-Speed Chip for Cloud Computing

Mary Jander — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:00:00 -0600

Broadcom and other chip suppliers are vying for wins in the hyperscale cloud market.

Nutanix Moves Further Into Multi-Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 08:13:00 -0600

The HCI software pioneer is setting its sights on more automation, integration, and control.

CenturyLink is in the Hot Seat

Mary Jander — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 10:43:00 -0600

Managed service provider's misconfiguration of BGP flowspec has other providers pointing fingers at IP routing in general.

Schneider Moves to Cloud-Based Power Station

Mary Jander — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 13:08:00 -0600

Industrial automation leader debuts cloud-based power management in Canada, with more on the way.

What Does Salesforce Mean for Cloud?

Mary Jander — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 10:53:00 -0600

The CRM cloud leader's shared soared in earnings, boosted by its deal with AT&T and its acquisition of Tableau

CSP Network Automation Survey Results

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:28:00 -0600

5G deployments have upped the ante for network automation

HPE Beats on Earnings, Looks to Better Future

Mary Jander — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:00:00 -0600

HPE clears some supply-chain headwinds to get on with cloud services strategy.

Keys to Survival in 5G Networking

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:56:00 -0600

Futuriom's exclusive survey research with Arrcus reveals many keys to building successful cloud-scale 5G networks and applicatons.

Apstra Teams with Juniper, SONiC

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:42:00 -0600

Apstra broadens its partner base to get into bigger customer networks.

IBM and Nvidia Chip in on Hybrid Edge

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:19:00 -0600

Updated 8/20 8:00 AM ET: IBM adds data center chips; Nvidia partners with Google Anthos.

Why Cisco is in Existential Crisis

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 11:14:00 -0600

Revenue declines highlight a host of problems for Cisco, including business-strategy shifts.

Itential Makes Prestigious List of Top U.S. Firms

Mary Jander — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:09:00 -0600

Multi-domain automation company lands on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing U.S. companies.

HPE Study Points to COVID Boosting Cloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 08:30:00 -0600

Disruptions caused by COVID-19 have convinced IT managers they need a more agile infrastructure.

Elisity Unveils Zero Trust Access for Hybrid Clouds

Mary Jander — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 08:24:00 -0600

Elisity emerges from stealth mode with a virtualized mesh for securing access to all elements of hybrid networks.

Cloud Capex Update: Cloud Titans See Growth

Mary Jander — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:25:00 -0600

Cloud suppliers are expanding their networks in response to enterprise demand shifts.

Equinix Earnings Rise on Multi-Cloud Interconnection

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:37:00 -0600

Growth in revenues and net income reflect market demand for high-performing leased services.

How Managed Services Threaten Enterprise Clouds

Mary Jander — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 01:30:00 -0600

Third-party services can lead malfactors into enterprise clouds.

Microsoft Earnings Spotlight Edge and Hybrid Cloud

Mary Jander — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:52:00 -0600

Though Azure sales growth slowed a bit, the Microsoft cloud business unit boosted earnings for fiscal Q4.

IBM Earnings Stress Red Hat Tech, Hybrid-Cloud Partners

Mary Jander — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:32:00 -0600

IBM's 2Q 2020 earnings focused on hybrid cloud for large enterprises.

Guavus Releases New Analytics for Service Providers

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:00:00 -0600

After years of customizing AI-based telco analytics, Guavus releases double-edged package for mobile, content, and telecom providers.

HPE Pivots on SD-WAN, Buys Silver Peak

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 16:36:00 -0600

HPE says its $925M purchase of Silver Peak will dramatically grow its edge capabilities.

Nokia Rolls Out Data Center Fabric for Cloud Providers

Mary Jander — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:36:00 -0600

Optical switch player targets hyperscale service providers with new ground-up data center solutions.

Oracle Sees Automation as Key to Cloud Future

Mary Jander — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 12:36:00 -0600

Larry Ellison says Oracle beats AWS with new behind-the-firewall options for cloud-based autonomous services.

The Futuriom Q&A: Amir Khan

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 10:59:00 -0600

Former Viptela co-founder talks about today's cloud solutions.

Fivetran Grabs $100M, Heads for Data Lakes

Mary Jander — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 04:00:00 -0600

The latest cloud unicorn pushes ahead with data integration solutions.

Aviatrix Launches Multi-Cloud Transit in 6.0

Mary Jander — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 02:30:00 -0600

Enhanced transit networking and security are the latest elements in the startup's multi-cloud overlay.

Pandemic, Recession Feed WFH Boom

Mary Jander — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:42:00 -0600

Enterprises are adjusting to the technological realities of work from home -- and cloud players love it.

Lessons Learned from Zscaler's Recent Success

Mary Jander — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:43:00 -0600

A $1 billion debt offering, $40 million in acquisitions, a DoD win: Can anything threaten Zscaler's upward mobility?

2020 SD-WAN Growth Report: Market Poised to Accelerate

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 06:54:00 -0600

SD-WAN market growing toward $3B in 2021, driven by demand for cloud services

Cloud Titans Take Chips In House

Mary Jander — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:28:00 -0600

AWS, Google, Microsoft, and other cloud providers are thumbing their nose at Intel and creating their own components.

Introducing Futuriom's Cloud Tracker - Q1 2020

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:53:00 -0600

Futuriom Cloud Tracker Pro's first quarterly Cloud Tracker reveals how public cloud providers are shifting to meet the new normal.

Snowflake, Yugabyte Lead Data Analytics Surge

Mary Jander — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 09:27:00 -0600

News about Snowflake, Cloudera, and Yugabyte highlight how data analytics is essential to cloud environments.

Startup Harness Adds Cost Analysis for DevOps

Mary Jander — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:32:00 -0600

Aptly named startup Harness shows where those microservices costs are running wild.

Fortinet Wins Spark NZ in Service Provider Campaign

Mary Jander — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:58:00 -0600

Fortinet credits secure SD-WAN and APIs for adding New Zealand's biggest mobile supplier to its customer list.

Enterprise Contact Tracing Emerges from COVID-19

Mary Jander — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:22:00 -0600

Business reopening their premises post pandemic are offered controversial but fascinating uses of WiFi and cloud.

Ciena Looks Beyond Telcos to Boost Webscalers

Mary Jander — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 15:52:00 -0600

Ciena's Q2 featured growth among cable and cloud providers.

Work From Home (WFH) Boosts Cybersecurity

Mary Jander — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 09:57:00 -0600

In COVID-19's wake, security threats of work from home (WFH) have boosted cybersecurity results

Inside Multi-Cloud Networking Trends

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 08:42:00 -0600

As applications and services move increasingly toward the cloud, multi-cloud networking challenges loom large.

Data Center Suppliers Go Hyperscale

Mary Jander — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:00:00 -0600

Companies that lease data center facilities to major cloud players are on the rise. But so are the challenges.

Cloud Titans Have an Eye on the Edge

Mary Jander — Tue, 26 May 2020 15:03:00 -0600

Public cloud suppliers are partnering with telcos for 5G dominance.

Dell Technologies Aims for Hybrid Edge

Mary Jander — Thu, 21 May 2020 15:50:00 -0600

Dell Tech's announcement blitz with VMware and Google Cloud point to managed services.

WhatsApp with Facebook, Jio, and India?

Mary Jander — Wed, 20 May 2020 09:52:00 -0600

Facebook's mission to tie WhatsApp to mobile e-commerce in India faces enormous obstacles.

Why Microsoft Bought Metaswitch

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 19 May 2020 06:52:00 -0600

Microsoft's purchase of Metaswitch adds to its portfolio of communications technology for the cloud edge.

Zoom's Keybase May Bring More Than Encryption

Mary Jander — Mon, 11 May 2020 17:00:00 -0600

Zoom Video's acquisition of public key encryption startup Keybase could add enormous value to its platform -- if it can make the integration work.

What Is Microsoft's Virtual WAN?

Mary Jander — Fri, 08 May 2020 09:58:00 -0600

Microsoft's Virtual WAN enhancement to Azure streamlines configuration and control.

How COVID-19 Has Impacted Tech Earnings

Mary Jander — Thu, 07 May 2020 15:30:00 -0600

Cloud firms rise to the top of tech pile as reports roll in. It could be a false positive.

Telco Q1 Results: Risks, Warnings, and Some Upside

Mary Jander — Tue, 05 May 2020 11:21:00 -0600

Despite revenue shortfalls, international telecom players will invest as much as possible on 5G, digital transformation.

NVIDIA Buys Cumulus, Adding to Networking Stack

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 04 May 2020 12:38:00 -0600

NVIDIA says it's buying Cumulus Networks after closing a deal on Mellanox, instantly making it a power in advanced data-center networking technology

COVID-19 Drives Multi-Cloud Demand From Higher Ed

Mary Jander — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 09:35:00 -0600

The COVID-19 pandemic has the Wharton School and other educators turning to multi-cloud management from vendors like Aviatrix

Cloud Helps Google in the COVID-19 Crisis

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:14:00 -0600

Steady growth in Google Cloud and YouTube offset declines in advertising revenue

The Dark Side Tech COVID-19 News

Mary Jander — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Some tech companies have shown a darker side during COVID-19

Cloud Players Invest in Post-COVID 19 Future

Mary Jander — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:52:00 -0600

Amid the pandemic, cloud players are investing in a future of remote work and e-commerce built on hyperscale virtual networks.

Aviatrix Ups the Ante with CoPilot

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:00:00 -0600

Aviatrix provides a complete multi-cloud networking visibility and troubleshooting tool.

Why Futuriom Launched Cloud Tracker Pro

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:42:00 -0600

Futuriom is three years old so it's time to launch new products!

China Finally Approves Nvidia-Mellanox Deal

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:54:00 -0600

As Futuriom predicted, Mellanox's purchase of Titan IC may have encouraged China's approval of Nvidia/Mellanox deal.

Inside 5G Edge Cloud Opportunities

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:56:00 -0600

Futuriom Cloud Tracker Pro's new report details the forthcoming revolution at the cloud edge, catalyzed by 5G

Nuage SD-WAN Goes Mobile with Asavie

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:47:00 -0600

Nokia's Nuage partners with Asavie to add mobile and IoT endpoints to SD-WAN managed services.

Cohesity Doubles Its Valuation with $250M Round

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:04:00 -0600

Cohesity gets valued at more than $2B as it says cloud trends boost demand for its HCI-inspired data management technology.

Cato Networks Catches $77M

Mary Jander — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 07:00:00 -0600

Cloud service provider Cato draws large funding round to extend secure cloud

New CEO: Hybrid Cloud and AI Are the Future of IBM

Mary Jander — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:55:00 -0600

CEO Arvind Krishna starts work with a plan that puts cloud technology in the driver's seat.

Inside Microsoft's Massive Push to the Edge

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:53:00 -0600

Microsoft is ramping up its edge strategy with Azure Edge Zones, which includes a number of service provider and technology partners.

Another Big SD-WAN Deal: Palo Alto Buys CloudGenix

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:07:00 -0600

Palo Alto will pay $420 million for CloudGenix to beef up its SD-WAN capabilities.

Microsoft Makes Moves to Address Cloud Surge

Mary Jander — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:27:00 -0600

The COVID-19 crisis is straining enterprise cloud services. Microsoft is the first to admit it.

Microsoft to Buy Affirmed for Azure 5G Play

Mary Jander — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:31:00 -0600

Microsoft has purchased Affirmed Networks in a bid to be the premiere 5G services platform.

COVID-19 Crisis: Which Tech Firms Are Helping?

Mary Jander — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 15:00:00 -0600

As the coronavirus crisis rages on, tech firms are stepping up to help.

What is an Integrated Automation Platform (IAP)?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Integrated automation platforms (IAPs) are needed to orchestrate, secure and manage a variety of technology domains and devices.

Interest in Remote Tech, Security Gains in COVID Crisis

Mary Jander — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:27:00 -0600

The COVID-19 crisis could accelerate key technologies, including cloud services and cybersecurity.

Futuriom Q&A: Chris Wade of Itential

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:37:00 -0600

Futuriom interviews Itential Co-founder and CTO, Chris Wade

Stellar Cyber Adds Asset Smarts to Security Platform

Mary Jander — Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:01:00 -0600

Startup Stellar Cyber highlights platform trend with app focused on IT assets.

HPE Targets Telcos with 5G Tools

Mary Jander — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:31:00 -0600

HPE is offering a slew of 5G tools for telcos aimed at spurring a market for wireless services.

Why Ciena Wants More Non-Telco Customers

Mary Jander — Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:51:00 -0700

Ciena earnings reveal a strategy aimed at web-scale providers.

Mellanox Moves on Titan, Waits for Nvidia

Mary Jander — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 15:29:00 -0700

Mellanox is buying Titan IC, and the combo with Nvidia could create an edge and security networking goliath

What'd We Learn at RSA? Security Automation Rules

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:22:00 -0700

Security automation is about taking AI and machine learning and applying it to vast amounts of data.

MobiledgeX, VMware, WWT, Altiostar Launch Edge Push

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 09:34:00 -0700

Service provider integrator WWT uses wares from MobiledgeX, VMware, and Altiostar to build enterprise edge infrastructure

Edge Case Study: Inside the Las Vegas Smart City

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:30:00 -0700

Cross-domain integration of edge compute, networking, and IoT sensors is the key to delivering smart city technology

Salesforce Gobbles Startup Vlocity for $1.33B

Mary Jander — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:54:00 -0700

The CRM cloud leader is willing to pay the price to stay ahead of its market.

Questions Dog Palo Alto in Ugly Quarter

Mary Jander — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:25:00 -0700

Palo Alto keeps rationalizing as product revenues drop and share price tanks.

Ciena's Routing Push Beefs Up 5G Story

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:55:00 -0700

Ciena's 5168, 5166, and 5164 routers target the 5G edge network

Why Nokia Wants Elenion

Mary Jander — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 10:15:00 -0700

Mobile powerhouse Nokia hopes buying optical chip startup leads to faster 5G preparedness

Inside Cisco's Confusing Internet Market Report

Mary Jander — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:03:00 -0700

Cisco's annual Internet market study dazzles and dumbfounds.

Survey: AI Adopters Need Better Plans, More Security

Mary Jander — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:54:00 -0700

AI adoption is growing, says McKinsey & Co., but so is the need for more efficiency and security in its use.

Threat Boom Boosts Cybersecurity Vendors

Mary Jander — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:01:00 -0700

Earnings season reveals how some firms are keeping pace with digital transformation, while others lag

Inside Snowflake's $479M Funding Avalanche

Mary Jander — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:38:00 -0700

Salesforce has thrown its weight behind this virtual data warehousing startup. An IPO or merger could result

What Is Zero Trust Security?

Mary Jander — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:40:00 -0700

The zero-trust security approach aims to protect digital assets against the growing number of attack vendors.

Fortinet Reports Solid Year but Lowers Guidance

Mary Jander — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:32:00 -0700

Cybersecurity vendor Fortinet boasts secure SD-WAN revenue growth and predicts more wins.

Itential Launches Automation Studio

Mary Jander — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:17:00 -0700

Itential looks to simplify the control, security, and provisioning of multi-domain networks.

The Futuriom Q&A: Mike Dvorkin

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 14:52:00 -0700

Get inside the head of one of the great minds of the cloud.

Cato Survey: SD-WAN Demand Strong, Results Complicated

Mary Jander — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 08:42:00 -0700

A survey by Cato Networks shows IT professionals have high interest in SD-WAN but are not always confident about about installations

Check Point, Stellar Cyber Target ML for Cybersecurity

Mary Jander — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:43:00 -0700

Companies look to deploy machine learning to collect, parse, and aggregate multiple security alerts

Multi-Cloud is About to Get Interesting

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:02:00 -0700

As workloads move to the cloud, more cloud-savvy networking is needed.

CUJO AI and Aviatrix Deal Highlights Cloud Security Trends

Mary Jander — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:23:00 -0700

Alliance between CUJO AI and Aviatrix shows key trends in cloud security

What Veeam's $5B Deal Says About the Market

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:32:00 -0700

Insight Partners has bet $5B on the success of Veeam and software-defined data management

How is AI Applied to Cybersecurity?

Mary Jander — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:01:00 -0700

There's a large group of cybersecurity companies applying artificial intelligence (AI) to enterprise security

Aruba Integrates SD-Branch Security, Wireless

Mary Jander — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 10:58:00 -0700

Aruba integrates SD-WAN, WiFi, and security for branch-to-cloud networking

A Look at the Chaotic 2019 Tech IPO Market

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:17:00 -0700

Cloud analytics and cybersecurity companies Datadog, Dynatrace, and Crowdstrike highlighted 2019 tech IPOs

What Cisco's Silicon One Really Means

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:02:00 -0700

Cisco's new Silicon One will enable it to compete better in 5G markets, but will it help in webscale?

Is Cisco Set to Announce a New Chip?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:54:00 -0700

Cisco's been trending toward increased hardware integration. Will it become a chipmaker?

Silver Peak Scales up Unity EdgeConnect

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:36:00 -0700

Unity EdgeConnect adds automation and orchestration features to support 10,000+ sites

IoT/IIoT Funding Wrap 2019

Mary Jander — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:38:00 -0700

The year's big IoT and IIoT deals hints at the massive underlying tectonic shifts in business and industry

Amazon Beefs up AWS for the Hybrid World

Mary Jander — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 09:44:00 -0700

The annual event showcases AWS's determination to keep customers coming back for more

Netrounds Hops on Rakuten Bandwagon

Mary Jander — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:23:00 -0700

Netrounds is the latest to gain cloud credentials by partnering with Japan's first all-virtual mobile network operator

Palo Alto Plucks Aporeto

Mary Jander — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 08:47:00 -0700

Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks piggybacked a $150 million acquisition announcement on its quarterly earnings call

Splunk Revenues Jump 30%

Mary Jander — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:51:00 -0700

Splunk credits a platform approach to data analysis for a standout quarter

Futuriom 2020 Research & Services Calendar

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0700

Futuriom expands topics in cloud infrastructure, SD-WAN, security, and networking.

SD-WAN Gets Platform Status at MEF

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:38:00 -0700

SD-WAN takes over the service provider discussion

NetFoundry Launches Secure Cloud Network SDK

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:19:00 -0700

NetFoundry SDK targets secure cloud networking as code.

Aporeto Showcases Security for Kubernetes and Istio

Mary Jander — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:08:00 -0700

Cloud security startup Aporeto has launched protection for cloud developers at this week's KubeCon + CloudNativeCon

Citrix Aims to Secure the Enterprise

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:10:00 -0700

Citrix is pushing to be a one-stop shop for security and cloud networking, with SD-WAN as a key tool.

Cisco Shares Slammed on Soft Quarter

Mary Jander — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 08:51:00 -0700

Cisco says a "pause" in IT spending has flattened its revenues

Third-Quarter Cybersecurity Earnings Wrap

Mary Jander — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:55:00 -0700

Earnings season is showing some separation among the largest public cybersecurity firms

Security, Cloud Drive SD-WAN Managed Services

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 09:25:00 -0700

Survey shows SD-WAN managed services are gaining momentum.

PTC Closes $470M Onshape Deal: What's it Mean?

Mary Jander — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 06:48:00 -0700

PTC is betting its future on SaaS-based CAD and PLM

Fortinet Shares Rise 11% on Strong SD-WAN Story

Mary Jander — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:55:00 -0600

Fortinet's latest earnings reflect strong growth in SD-WAN security

Akamai Beats Q3 Estimates with Cloud Security

Mary Jander — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 15:25:00 -0600

Akamai's Q3 earnings show significant growth in cloud security and edge compute

Aviatrix Raises $40M Growth Round

Mary Jander — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:08:00 -0600

Four-year-old Aviatrix has landed enough to push its total funding to north of $76M

Nvidia Steals the Show at the Edge

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:04:00 -0600

Unveils EGX Edge platform and partners with Ericsson, Microsoft, and Red Hat

Steve Mullaney Back in the Fray: The Futuriom Q&A

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:39:00 -0600

Former Nicira CEO is back to lead multi-cloud company Aviatrix

Mellanox Runs RoCE and NVMe up to 200 Gbit/s

Mary Jander — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:11:00 -0600

Mellanox leads a charge of component vendors focused on streamlining network performance

Cybersecurity and SD-WAN Get Tighter

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:13:00 -0600

The urge to merge SD-WAN and cybersecurity continues.

What’s Going on in Satellite SD-WAN?

Mary Jander — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:00:00 -0600

A host of satellite companies add SD-WAN capabilities.

Silver Peak: Expanding Use Cases Driving SD-WAN

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:09:00 -0600

SD-WAN pioneer Silver Peak announces its 1,500th customer

Aryaka Upgrade Targets Security, Hybrid WAN

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:11:00 -0600

SD-WAN network operator adds SLAs and zonal security to the mix

Aviatrix Adds Oracle Cloud

Mary Jander — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:00:00 -0600

Extends multi-cloud networking to a fourth major provider

VMware Integrates Everything

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:16:00 -0600

VMware is racing to integrate billions of dollars in acquisitions to become an end-to-end multi-cloud management platform.

Mellanox Ups the Ante in Secure Smart NICs

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 14:30:00 -0600

New NICs and IPUs include root-of-trust authentication and crypto acceleration.

Behind VMware's Buyout Binge

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:28:00 -0600

Purchase of Carbon Black and Pivotal points to Kubernetes and security focus

Big Switch Beefs Up the Hybrid Cloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:31:00 -0600

Creates "Global VPCs" to extend network across clouds

Cisco Confirms Networking Slowdown

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:39:00 -0600

Cisco's Chinese and service provider orders plummet, resulting in flat growth forecast

Cloud Warning Signs Grow

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 10:42:00 -0600

Earnings season has brought disappointment in cloud spending.

Google, VMware Do Hybrid Cloud Deal

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:18:29 -0600

VMware now has deals in place with five of the six largest cloud platform providers.

Arrcus Ramps Network OS with $30M Series B

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:55:00 -0600

OS Startup Arrcus is building high-powered open routing at the edge.

Cato Networks Goes "Hands Free"

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 12:55:00 -0600

Cato launches fully managed SD-WAN service

Big Multi-Cloud Moves in Tech M&A

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:51:00 -0600

Technology M&A reflects rising interest in multi-cloud platforms

CloudGenix Launches SD-WAN App Platform

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:10:00 -0600

CloudBlades is a development platform for network-aware applications

SD-WAN Growth Is Accelerating in 2019

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 05 Jun 2019 07:00:00 -0600

Futuriom boosts revenue forecast of SD-WAN by 130% from last year.

Why 5G Will Drive Virtualization and Edge Compute

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 22 May 2019 10:23:00 -0600

5G, IoT, and Edge Compute trends drive demand for the low-latency network

Inside VMware's Deep Multicloud Strategy

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 22 May 2019 09:05:00 -0600

Heptio and Bitnami acquisitions part of multi-cloud strategy

3 Reasons Why Tech Stocks May Have Topped

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 17 May 2019 11:48:00 -0600

Valuations nearly 100% above the long-term trend with trade war in the background

Despite 'Beat,' Cisco's Growth Is Slowing

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 16 May 2019 10:37:00 -0600

Cisco's numbers were solid, but growth rates are decelerating

Dell World Roundup: Open Ecosystem Builds

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 03 May 2019 11:26:00 -0600

VMware in Azure, Apstra upgrade, and Big Switch deals this week

Cumulus Targets Telemetry & Microservices

Michael Vizard — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 11:49:00 -0600

Boosts visibility and programmability features of NetQ NOS

CloudGenix Raises $65 Million

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:12:00 -0600

San Jose SD-WAN vendor has now raised $100 million

SD-WAN: Gateway Drug to ARR

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 08:54:00 -0600

Subscription software revenue is one of the big draws of SD-WAN

HPE Allies With Nutanix

Michael Vizard — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:06:00 -0600

HPE to offer Nutanix operating system as GreenLake managed service option

Juniper Takes Contrail to the Cloud

Michael Vizard — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:17:00 -0600

Juniper Networks launches Contrail Service Orchestration

The Futuriom Interview: Shlomo Kramer

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 08:19:00 -0600

Kramer says the telcos won't pull off SD-WAN

Arrcus Extends NOS Platform

Michael Vizard — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:04:00 -0600

Arrcus extends capabilities of Linux-based NOS to include support for multi-tenancy

OCP Roundup: Ecosystem Starts to Swell

Michael Vizard — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:27:00 -0600

Raft of announcements signals growing weight of data center ecosystem led by Facebook and Microsoft

CBTS to Harden CORD Framework for Carriers

Michael Vizard — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 12:19:00 -0600

CBTS promises to harden open source technologies carriers need to build next-gen networks

Microsoft Goes Barefoot

Michael Vizard — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:16:00 -0600

At OCP Summit, Microsoft announces SONiC partnership with Barefoot Networks

Why Is NVIDIA Buying Mellanox?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:03:00 -0600

Specialized processors in demand to speed up AI the cloud

Juniper Jumps On AI With Mist Acquisition

Michael Vizard — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 10:22:00 -0700

Networking company looks to accelerate AI networking with purchase of WiFi startup

The Mobile Edge Cloud Breaks Out

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 05:31:00 -0700

A new cloud infrastructure will enable mobile at the edge

Pluribus Networks Focuses on the Edge

Michael Vizard — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 04:59:00 -0700

Pluribus network fabric optimizes allocation of network slices for edge applications

Highlights of the MWC 5G Hype Wave

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 05:51:05 -0700

Targeting 1.4 billion new connections by 2025

VMware Ramps Up NFV, SD-WAN Efforts

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:02:00 -0700

Virtualization leader lands 5G deal with AT&T, partnership with Ericsson

FatPipe Plugs Into Azure

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:48:00 -0700

Trend toward Azure SD-WAN integration continues

Infrastructure Wars Heat Up in Advance of MWC

Michael Vizard — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 09:35:00 -0700

Service providers will have pick of HCI and networking platforms at MWC

Why Networks Are Key to a Smarter Data Center

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 11:10:00 -0700

Data-center managers need more powerful networks

Cisco Living Large as a Dow Dog

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:40:00 -0700

Security and public sector drive growth

Juniper Races to the 100G Network Edge

Michael Vizard — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:27:00 -0700

Juniper Networks Adds 100G routers to drive 5G networking services

Fortinet Fortifies Network Fabric

Michael Vizard — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:34:24 -0700

Security company launches new firewall series with built-in networking

Netsurion Goes with MPLS-free SD-WAN

Michael Vizard — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 13:23:00 -0700

Chasing the 5G Mirage

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:42:00 -0700

5G fragmentation and confusion accelerates ahead of MWC

Cato's Secure Cloud Network Gets $55M

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:00:00 -0700

Cloud WAN company has grown 350% year-over-year

Cisco, LF Edge Line Up for Battle of the Edge

Michael Vizard — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 01:30:00 -0700

Veeam & Rubrick Tap More Cash for Data Management

Michael Vizard — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:13:00 -0700

Startup unicorns Veeam, Rubrick, and Cohesity battle it out

Networking the Cloud in 2019

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 09:49:00 -0700

Networks grow to support the hybrid, distributed cloud

Futuriom CSP Network Automation Report

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:33:00 -0700

Based on a survey with 218 communications and cloud service provider, this report recaps goals and challenges of driving automation into cloud-scale networks.

Huawei or the Highway

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:29:00 -0700

Chinese telecom leader is now front and center to trade war

Cisco Cites SD-WAN in Tech Earnings Boost

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 10:05:00 -0700

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins sees strong enterprise demand

Why Security Is the Killer SD-WAN App

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:32:00 -0700

SD-WAN pushes security services into the cloud.

Cisco Piles Into SD-WAN Security Trend

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:28:00 -0700

Integrates application firewall, intrusion detection, and threat intel into SD-WAN portfolio

After VMWare Buys Heptio, What Will Cisco Do?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:58:00 -0700

VMware beefs up its container-management strategy

Telcos Tout Automation Progress at MEF

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:24:00 -0600

APIs to enable hybrid cloud and 5G

MEF Releases SD-WAN Standards

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:47:00 -0600

Standardizing network offerings from the cloud

IBM Bets Farm on $34B Red Hat Deal

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:29:00 -0600

Bids to become leader in hybrid cloud

CenturyLink Adds Cisco's Viptela

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:59:00 -0600

Cisco and Versa technology behind CenturyLink's SD-WAN expansion

AT&T's DirecTV Disaster Looms Large

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:02:00 -0600

DirecTV unit loses 340,000 subscribers

Cumulus' CTO: TAI Will Lower Optical Costs

Michael Vizard — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 08:05:00 -0600

Transponder Abstraction Interface (TAI) from Cumulus Networks provides consistent API to control multiple optical networks

Tech Trade War Stakes Are Rising

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 11:20:00 -0600

The tech trade time bomb is ticking. Will it start to affect earnings?

Cato's Cloud is Now Self-Healing

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:01:00 -0600

Adds autonomous healing functions to SD-WAN security service

ADTRAN Bets on Gigabit to the Home

Michael Vizard — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 15:23:00 -0600

Access provider releases high-powered optical unit geared for residential gigabit broadband

Awaiting SD-WAN & Campus Convergence

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:48:00 -0600

Huawei points to a converged campus. Will others follow?

P4 Player Kaloom Emerges From Stealth

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:33:00 -0600

SDN startup touts programmable fabrics using Barefoot chips

Juniper Highlights SDN Education Tools

Michael Vizard — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 01:11:00 -0600

Juniper Networks sees lack of SDN expertise holding back transition to modern networks

Why Cloud Is Changing the VPN

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:08:00 -0600

Futuriom survey indicates concerns about VPN performance and security

Huawei Launches Ascend Chip, AI Strategy

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 02:12:00 -0600

Huawei looks to drive digital transformation with its own AI chip

How Nuage Is Escalating SD-WAN Battle

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:15:00 -0600

Nuage beefs up routing and security, ties together virtualization platform

CenturyLink Expands SD-WAN Program

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:39:00 -0600

Teams with Versa to offer SD-WAN suite of services in Latin America, Asia

Riverbed Extends WAN Alliance With Microsoft

Michael Vizard — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:16:00 -0600

Riverbed tightens SD-WAN connection to Azure cloud networking services

The Future of the Software-Defined Carrier

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 12:22:00 -0600

Software-defined carriers will deliver a suite of IT and communications services

Juniper Networks Launches ContrailEdge Cloud

Michael Vizard — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:59:00 -0600

Juniper Networks counts on open-source technologies for a 5G edge

Mist Adds Conversational UI

Michael Vizard — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:04:00 -0600

WiFi infrastructure provider adds natural-language management

Affirmed Puts Virtual EPC in the Cloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:37:00 -0600

Cloud-based evolved packet core could accelerate 5G service deployment

Cisco Upgrades Routers for 5G

Michael Vizard — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:01:00 -0600

Cisco moves to 100G line cards for ASR 9000

Ciena's Buys DonRiver as Part of Automation Push

Michael Vizard — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:05:00 -0600

Ciena expands reach into operational support systems (OSS) via deal for DonRiver

Vapor IO to Push Integration to the Network Edge

Michael Vizard — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:13:00 -0600

Vapor IO Preps Kinetic Edge Integration Services

Juniper Networks Extends Ericsson Alliance to 5G

Michael Vizard — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:16:17 -0600

Juniper Networks to rely on Ericsson to expand 5G foothold

Itential Bets on Low-Code to Automate Networks

Michael Vizard — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:11:51 -0600

Itential Brings Low-Code Tools to Network Management

Blockchain Gets an Identity

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:22:00 -0600

Big potential for using blockchains to authenticate identity in the cloud

Ericsson Bets Slow But Steady Will Win 5G Race

Michael Vizard — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:59:00 -0600

Ericsson pledges first commercial 5G offering in 2H 2018

VMware Responds to Existential Kubernetes Fears

Michael Vizard — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 17:47:00 -0600

VMware pledges to make Kubernetes a first class citizen

VMware's NSX Key to Multi-cloud Domination

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:01:42 -0600

NSX networking drives hybrid cloud, security, and IoT strategy

VMware Extends AWS Integration

Michael Vizard — Sun, 26 Aug 2018 18:58:00 -0600

VMware adds to portfolio of VMware for AWS services

Dell EMC Embeds Network Fabric in Servers

Michael Vizard — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:28:00 -0600

PowerEdgeMX gets a dedicated networking processor

Maxta Allies with Red Hat for Hyperconvergence

Michael Vizard — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:18:02 -0600

Storage software player teams with Red Hat on VMware alternative

Cohesity Climbs the Stack With Data Management

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 10:49:00 -0600

Helios combines cross-cloud data management and analytics

Trend Micro Unveils NFV Security Software

Michael Vizard — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 08:18:47 -0600

Trend launches Trend Micro Virtual Network Function Suite

Cisco Shares Rise on Guidance Boost

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 07:43:00 -0600

Networking giant sees 5-7% annual growth

Apstra Has a New CMO

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 15:55:00 -0600

VeloCloud vet Michael Wood moves on from VMware

Silver Peak Claims 1,000th Customer

Michael Vizard — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:14:48 -0600

Rivalry with Cisco heats up as Silver Peak focuses on SD-WAN

The Darkest Tales From Black Hat

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 09:31:00 -0600

Vulnerabilities extend from critical infrastructure to pacemakers

Ziften, New CEO, Focus on Simplified Endpoint Security

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 10:57:00 -0600

Microsoft partnership drives growth in a hot market

Zebra Shares Vault on Strong Growth

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 13:34:39 -0600

Expanding into vertical markets with asset-tracking and analytics

What Is Edge Computing for IoT?

Sagar Nangare — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 10:42:28 -0600

Massive growth of IoT data requires new edge computing architectures

Cisco-Arista Settlement Surprises

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 15:52:00 -0600

Cisco "buries the hatchet" on long-running dispute

Verizon Applies Machine Learning to Operations

Michael Vizard — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 14:24:00 -0600

Data lakes can predict fiber cuts

Red Hat Extends Ansible to Networking

Michael Vizard — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:54:00 -0600

Configuration automation tools now work with Cisco, Juniper gear

How SD-WAN Enables Digital Transformation

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 14:43:00 -0600

Cloud-focused technologies can boost ROI

Juniper Networks Aims to Catch 400G Wave

Michael Vizard — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 09:54:00 -0600

Penta Silicon goes into PTX and QFX switches

Big Switch Extends Fabric to Public Cloud

Michael Vizard — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:02:00 -0600

Connects SDN to public clouds such as AWS

Cato Cloud Adds Identity-based Routing

Michael Vizard — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:04:38 -0600

Will use cloud-based SD-WAN to control specific users and apps

Microsoft Adds SD-WAN, Firewall Services to Azure

Michael Vizard — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:42:00 -0600

Stateful firewall and virtual WAN integrated into cloud service

Openpath Lands $20M to Cloudify Building Security

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:23:00 -0600

How to shake up a $60B physical security industry

Ruckus Wireless Adds 802.11ax Access Point

Michael Vizard — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:45:00 -0600

Four-fold boost to WiFi capacity expected

Arrcus Debuts NOS Based on Microservices

Michael Vizard — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:23:00 -0600

Networking startup draws $15M in funding

How SD-WAN Can Boost Bandwidth

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:12:00 -0600

Gerresheimer used SD-WAN technology to increase bandwidth while reducing net costs

Vodafone Puts Voyager Optical Switches to the Test

Michael Vizard — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:06:00 -0600

Cumulus partners with ADVA for open packet optical switching

HPE Pushes SimpliVity to the Edge

Michael Vizard — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 11:41:00 -0600

HPE launches SimpliVity 2600 hyperconverged platform

Tempered Networks Gets HIP in the Cloud

Michael Vizard — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:54:00 -0600

IoT security networking for Azure and AWS

JASK Nets $25M for Smarter SOCs

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:20:00 -0600

Startup applies AI to cybersecurity data

Silver Peak Picks Up $90M for AI-Based SD-WAN

Michael Vizard — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:06:00 -0600

SD-WAN leader looking to leverage machine learning

Affirmed Publishes Xeon Benchmarks for NFV

Michael Vizard — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:14:00 -0600

Mobile NFV provider says Xeon works just fine

ONF Draws New Members With Tech Specs

Michael Vizard — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:30:00 -0600

ADTRAN, Dell EMC, Edgecore, and Juniper join networking organization

The 2018 SD-WAN Growth Outlook Is Here!

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 00:30:00 -0600

Market expected to generate $1.5B in revenue by 2019

HPE Bets on Edge Computing

Michael Vizard — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 13:32:00 -0600

Pledges $4 billion to the cause

Aruba Melds SD-WAN and Branch Management

Michael Vizard — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 06:00:00 -0600

Aruba Branch Gateways get SD-WAN features

What Are the Components of an SD-WAN?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:27:00 -0600

The SD-WAN is driven by many use cases

Ruckus Unifies Switch & Wireless Access Points

Michael Vizard — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:42:00 -0600

Ruckus introduces SmartZone OS 5

Can Media Save Telecom?

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:28:00 -0600

Will AT&T's debt binge for DirectTV and Time Warner pay off?

Telco Systems Teams with Arm

Michael Vizard — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:43:00 -0600

Chips are central to efficiency at the edge

Juniper Networks Unveils 5G Router Platform

Michael Vizard — Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:23:00 -0600

MX series 5G edge router based on proprietary chip

Cisco Opens up by Committing to REST APIs

Michael Vizard — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 08:03:00 -0600

Continues move to open up its products

Silver Peak Adds Secure Segmentation to SD-WAN

Michael Vizard — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:16:00 -0600

SD-WAN player adds app segmentation, security chaining

Untangle Integrates Firewalls With SD-WANs

Michael Vizard — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:28:00 -0600

SMB-focused security player broadens routing, VPN features

Cohesity Raises Monster $250M Round

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:42:00 -0600

Cisco and HPE back hyperconverged storage player

Arista's Programmable Switches Should Scare Cisco

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 10:55:00 -0600

Arista plugs in Barefoot's Tofino programmable chips

What Is Intent-Based Analytics?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:23:00 -0600

Proliferation of APIs and open networks facilitates using analytics to automate

Apstra Intros Ethernet VPN, Gets Tier-1 Operator

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:06:00 -0600

Intent-based networking company simplifies multi-vendor cloud connections

Big Switch Networks Shuffles Executive Lineup

Michael Vizard — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:15:00 -0600

Alan Hase is the new chief development officer

MEF Expands Orchestration Ambitions

Michael Vizard — Thu, 31 May 2018 10:49:00 -0600

CTO Pascal Menezes says "silos are coming down"

Masergy Extends Bandwidth Control to Public SD-WAN

Michael Vizard — Wed, 30 May 2018 08:27:04 -0600

Intros consumption model for SD-WAN

Mellanox Doubles Down on Hyperscale Integration

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 29 May 2018 12:56:00 -0600

Increases gigabit Ethernet NIC integration with cloud platforms

How David Cheriton Beats Everyone at Tech Investing

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 24 May 2018 11:52:00 -0600

Early investor in Granite, VMware, Google, Arista, and Apstra details approach

Cato Networks Adds Malware Detection to SD-WAN

Michael Vizard — Wed, 23 May 2018 13:41:00 -0600

Machine-learning engine will detect Malware on endpoints

Red Hat Extends Hybrid Cloud Bet on OpenStack

Michael Vizard — Wed, 23 May 2018 09:33:00 -0600

OpenStack gets ready for the IoT Edge

VMware Paid $449 Million for VeloCloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 21 May 2018 10:29:00 -0600

VeloCloud wasn't a unicorn and the price may change

VMware Embraces Queens Release of OpenStack

Michael Vizard — Mon, 21 May 2018 08:26:00 -0600

Working to unify instances of OpenStack and VMware

Red Hat Ramps up Networking to Take on VMware

Michael Vizard — Thu, 17 May 2018 09:51:29 -0600

Is a massive battle coming?

Cisco: Growth Up, But Shares Down

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 17 May 2018 07:37:00 -0600

Server sales grow but memory prices rising

Why HPE is Buying Plexxi

Michael Vizard — Wed, 16 May 2018 09:13:00 -0600

HPE buys startup for TOR policy control

Blockchain Gets Real With Amazon, HSBC & IBM

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 15 May 2018 09:57:00 -0600

Blockchain projects continue to spring up

Qualcomm Embraces WPA3 to Secure Wireless Networks

Michael Vizard — Tue, 15 May 2018 09:00:00 -0600

Mobile chip leader adds WPA3 support to Snapdragon

Comm Chip Companies Get China Relief

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 14 May 2018 11:53:00 -0600

China chip plays get a bounce

Nutanix Extends HCI Deeper into the Cloud

Michael Vizard — Wed, 09 May 2018 08:45:12 -0600

Hyperconverged infrastructure player extends cloud offerings with SDN and PaaS plays

Cradlepoint: Time to Cut the Network Cord

Michael Vizard — Tue, 08 May 2018 13:46:47 -0600

New execs talk 5G and wireless access

Cavium Debuts ThunderX2, Touts Cloud Gains

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 07 May 2018 10:52:50 -0600

Boosts memory power and throughput

VMware Makes NSX Everywhere Push

Michael Vizard — Tue, 01 May 2018 12:24:00 -0600

Extends NSX to containers and NFV for carriers

F5 Networks Aims to Enable DevOps

Michael Vizard — Tue, 01 May 2018 10:37:00 -0600

Moves application delivery controllers to the cloud

T-Mobile Sprinting Toward 5G

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:35:00 -0600

After years of discussion, T-Mobile and Sprint think they have a deal

Huawei Questions Dog Components Markets

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:52:00 -0600

Trade overhang lingers in communications markets

Big Switch Beefs Up Big Mon

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:53:00 -0600

SDN fabric adds packet recorder and analytics nodes

Cohesity Intros CloudSpin for Data Management

Michael Vizard — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:46:00 -0600

Enables replication of data from dev environment

Juniper Extends Contrail to Hybrid Clouds

Michael Vizard — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:56:00 -0600

Extends policy management across clouds

RSA Highlights Continued Struggle in Security

Michael Vizard — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 12:00:00 -0600

Even Cisco exec says "we're screwed"

ZTE Trade Ban Adds to China Malaise

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 02:19:00 -0600

DOC action highlights risks of China-U.S. trade tensions

Huawei's Vision Driven by AI Investment

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:37:00 -0600

AI cloud platform will power everything

Twilio Enables IoT Applications via Cellular

Michael Vizard — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 08:22:00 -0600

Programmatic wireless connects IoT endpoints

How Huawei Reflects China's Tech Evolution

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 06:00:00 -0600

The Chinese tech story evolves toward innovation

What Are the Barriers to IoT Adoption?

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 04:00:00 -0600

Security and scale remain an issue for IoT

Recent IPO Zcaler One to Watch

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 08:14:10 -0600

Strong start in public trading for cloud security company

Illumio Partners with Qualys on Security

Michael Vizard — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 10:35:41 -0600

Maps Qualys vulnerability data for microsegmentation

Cisco's Tetration Analytics Gets SaaSy

Michael Vizard — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:24:00 -0600

Analytics virtual appliance available as a service

The Upside to Tech Trade War Hysteria

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:10:00 -0600

Global technology trade will evolve, not implode

Aryaka Teams With China Mobile on SD-WAN

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:40:00 -0600

A China firewall workaround?

Meta Networks Unfurls NaaS

Michael Vizard — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:46:00 -0600

Offers L2/L3 network with VPN in the cloud

Metaswitch Intros Routing by Microservices

Michael Vizard — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:46:00 -0600

Composable Network Protocols (CNP) are controlled by APIs

Avi Networks Integrates Cloud Automation Tools

Michael Vizard — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:26:00 -0600

Claims automation framework spanning hybrid clouds

Aruba Integrates NetInsight Analytics Capability

Michael Vizard — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:39:00 -0600

Blending predictive analytics into the wireless WAN

Cisco Unbundles IOS After AT&T Goes Full Whitebox

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:01:00 -0600

Cisco finally caves to OS disaggregation

Cisco's Jasper Integration Progresses

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 08:48:00 -0600

Cisco claims more than 16,000 enterprises using IoT product

Barefoot, Netronome Shows Move to Edge Analytics

Michael Vizard — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:28:00 -0600

Data and networking moves to the edge

Did Ciena Win OFC? Wall Street Says Yes

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:59:00 -0600

After a rough 2017, there are many reasons why optical could firm up.

Facebook, Oracle Reflect Turn in Tech Sentiment

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:52:00 -0600

What goes up must come down?

Cumulus Networks Backs Voyager Open Optical

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:47:00 -0600

Puts open OS on Voyager optical platform with ADVA

Apstra Lands Yahoo Japan

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:00:00 -0600

Automation software to manage 500 nodes

Aryaka Beefs Up SD-WAN Security With PASSPORT

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:51:00 -0600

Firewall, DDoS, and cloud protection added with Palo Alto, Radware, and Zscaler

Intel Makes FPGA Case for NFV Platforms

Michael Vizard — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 09:49:00 -0700

Chip giant sees a powerful combo of FPGAs and commercial processors

What I Learned At Mobile World Congress

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:57:00 -0700

Rioja, 5G chipsets, and connected drones.

Broadcom Unveils Terabit Speed SoC

Michael Vizard — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 08:04:00 -0700

Impressive density with 10 Tb/s packet processor

Versa Looks to Broaden Base in Sales Expansion

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:26:00 -0700

Platform vendor broadens customer base

Cisco Ties 5G to... Everything

Michael Vizard — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 02:36:00 -0700

Pumps 5G connections to routers, virtualization, and IoT

How IoT & 5G Will Change the Data Center

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 07:18:00 -0700

Regional edge data demand growing around the world

The Great 5G Gamble

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:25:00 -0700

Hundreds of billions is going into 5G. Will it pay off?

10-4, Smokey: Ruckus Taps CB Radio to Access LTE

Michael Vizard — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 03:18:00 -0700

Citizens Broadband Radio Spectrum (CBRS) as a bridge to 5G

Ericsson Opens IoT Marketplace

Michael Vizard — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 09:56:00 -0700

Hopes to standardize IoT APIs

Futuriom Q&A: Mohit Aron

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:16:00 -0700

Cohesity and Nutanix Co-founder details how he discovered a new market

Riverbed Extends SD-WAN to Wireless, Cloud

Michael Vizard — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 08:57:32 -0700

Integrates WiFi assets from Xirrus

Cisco Touts New Automation Apps

Michael Vizard — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:50:00 -0700

Crosswork apps to enable closed-loop control

Juniper Intros New Switches, Software

Michael Vizard — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 11:22:00 -0700

Intros SkyEnterprise cloud management

Oracle Outlines Full Scope of IoT Ambitions

Michael Vizard — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 08:06:00 -0700

Pumping up digital twins

Cohesity Expands into File and Object Storage

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:40:00 -0700

Takes scale-out approach into unstructured data

Cradlepoint Claims First Gigabit LTE Router

Michael Vizard — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:53:00 -0700

Paving the way for LTE WAN bandwidth

Arm's Trillium: An IoT Project to Watch

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:10:00 -0700

Fueling NN apps at the edge

Dell EMC Unveils Flexible CI Platform

Michael Vizard — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:31:00 -0700

Betting on growth in converged infrastructure

Citrix Acquires Cedexis to Expand Cloud Reach

Michael Vizard — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:51:00 -0700

Startup adds CDN features

Silver Peak Targets 200% Growth in 2018

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 10:41:00 -0700

SD-WAN sees demand for router replacement

PTC Bets on Microsoft for IoT

Michael Vizard — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 07:03:00 -0700

PTC puts ThingWorx in Azure

What Juniper's Quarter Says About Routers

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 09:51:00 -0700

Thirty-seven percent decline in cloud revenue

ExtraHop Reveals Security Analytics Tool

Michael Vizard — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 11:51:00 -0700

ExtraHop Reveal(x) will scan traffic in the cloud

SDN 2.0: Monitoring, Analytics, and Automation

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 09:00:00 -0700

New Futuriom report details strategies of 14 leading companies

Broadcom Opens Up Chips With SDK

Michael Vizard — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 11:12:00 -0700

Open-source SDLKT provides deeper hardware integration

Cisco Debuts Network Assurance Engine

Michael Vizard — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 08:58:21 -0700

Cisco looks to step up its automation game

Verizon Unfurls Session Border Controller Service

Michael Vizard — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:55:32 -0700

VOIP control from the cloud

Apstra Launches Intent-based Analytics

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:08:00 -0700

Targets data-center networking automation

Cisco Hones Hyperflex HCI Story

Michael Vizard — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:04:10 -0700

Adds Kubernetes, Hyper-V support

Big Switch Adds Hooks Into HCI & SAN

Michael Vizard — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 11:17:00 -0700

Teams with Nutanix, Dell, VMware, and Red Hat

Telstra Anchors $45M Cumulus Round

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:30:00 -0700

Startup gets big investment from Australian service provider

VMware Focuses on Security Features for NSX 6.4

Michael Vizard — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 10:17:00 -0700

Aims to make micro-segmentation more accessible

Spectre and Meltdown Patches: A Long-term Project

Michael Vizard — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:10:49 -0700

Security patches are a mess

Tax Impact on IT Still Unclear: Raymond James

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:20:00 -0700

Channel shows tech capex still tracking normally

NS1 Launches DNS Security Service

Michael Vizard — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 11:27:00 -0700

Supports management of DNS traffic

Cradlepoint Shifts to Software Model for Wireless SD-WAN

Michael Vizard — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:06:00 -0700

Packages routers with software for wireless connectivity

MIT Sloan's Roadmap to Digital Transformation

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 16 Jan 2018 07:29:00 -0700

Transformation initiatives come in many shapes and forms

Cisco Extends Encrypted Traffic Analytics

Michael Vizard — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:54:00 -0700

Plugs malware detection into more routers

Wall St. Embraces Casa Systems

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:41:00 -0700

Shares of cable virtualization play pop 30% after IPO

Interset Advances Use of AI in Security Analytics

Michael Vizard — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 07:52:00 -0700

Identifying bots without DPI

Semtech Unveils Next-Gen Chipsets for LPWANs

Michael Vizard — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:39:00 -0700

Boost for IoT chip range and power efficiency

Cryptoskeptics Could Be Very Wrong

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:23:00 -0700

New cryptoassets creating massive network value

Inside Huawei's First SD-WAN Test With EANTC

Michael Vizard — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 07:05:00 -0700

Huawei was first to plug into EANTC's SD-WAN test suite

Verizon, Samsung Zero In on 5G Fixed Wireless

Michael Vizard — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 08:43:00 -0700

5G seen as a fiber alternative

Amazon Shaking Up Hybrid Cloud With Linux 2

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:47:00 -0700

Amazon tentacles extend their reach

Ethereum Breaking Out

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 10:34:00 -0700

Third-largest cryptocurrency hits a new high

Are App-Specific Networks (ASNs) the Next Big IoT Thing?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:13:00 -0700

SD-WAN gets extended to the IoT cloud

Cryptocurrency Market Cap Vaults Over $600B

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:03:00 -0700

Coinbase addition of Bitcoin Cash triggers another frenzy

Broadcom Scales White Box With Tomahawk 3

Michael Vizard — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:43:00 -0700

More bandwidth for cloud applications

Net Neutrality: Media Overboard!

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:54:12 -0700

The end of the law from 2015 based on 1934

Cisco Launches Security App for Apple iOS

Michael Vizard — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 08:24:00 -0700

Security Connector watches over iOS endpoints

Why the Linux Foundation Is Taking Over OpenContrail

Michael Vizard — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:24:00 -0700

Open-source organization eats everything

Juniper Wants to Automate Cybersecurity

Michael Vizard — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:24:00 -0700

Dynamic Policy Actions automates security rule changes

SD-WAN Market After M&A: Is Aryaka Number One?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:00:00 -0700

SD-WAN vendor sets its sight on IPO

Masergy SD-WAN Service Uses Routers

Michael Vizard — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:20:00 -0700

SD-WAN Go service integrates Fortinet security

VMware Partners With Carbon Black on App Security

Michael Vizard — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 10:49:00 -0700

Carbon Black APIs to feed VMware info on malware

Barefoot Networks Integrates Network Monitoring

Michael Vizard — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 08:42:42 -0700

Monitoring functions built into P4 network language

VMware Extends NSX Support to Pivotal

Michael Vizard — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 10:23:00 -0700

Ramping up the container connection

Gigamon Scales Decryption to 100G

Michael Vizard — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 09:40:00 -0700

GigaSECURE platform enables wirespeed SSL decryption

Broadcom Gets Hock-tile With Qualcomm

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:44:00 -0700

Chip giant proposes replacing Qualcomm board

Equinix Adds SDN to Cloud Networking Service

Michael Vizard — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 09:10:00 -0700

SDN fabric enables direct cloud connections

Nutanix Surges on Software Strategy

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 09:36:00 -0700

Shares rise 10 percent on move to phase out hardware

Juniper Rides the Rumor Rollercoaster

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:49:00 -0700

There's no deal for $16B, says Nokia

Amazon Extends AWS to IoT Edge

Michael Vizard — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:04:00 -0700

Pushes serverless computing to the edge

How to Value Bitcoin

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 12:52:00 -0700

New asset classes are hard to value

Blockchain and Bitcoin for Fun and Profit

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 08:28:00 -0700

The blockchain boom gathers momentum

What Is Blockchain?

R. Scott Raynovich — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:40:00 -0700

How blockchain can take over the world

The FCC's Net Neutrality Hacking Problem

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 08:13:00 -0700

A policy driven by fake comments?

Talari's New CEO Sees Channel Expansion

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 10:59:00 -0700

Networking veteran Patrick Sweeney takes the helm

Marvell's Cavium Deal Gets Rave Reviews

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 07:36:00 -0700

Companies bulk up to combat Broadcom

Augmate Announces Blockchain for IoT

Michael Vizard — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:39:00 -0700

Distributed ledger designed to secure devices

Senet Unveils LPWAN Agent for Remote IoT

Michael Vizard — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:43:00 -0700

Virtual networks for IoT

Wall St. Celebrates Cisco's Return to Growth

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 09:59:09 -0700

First revenue growth in 9 quarters

Cohesity Scales With Amazon, New COO

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:12:00 -0700

AWS deal enables secondary backup in the cloud

Grab a Seat for the Broadcom-Qualcomm Battle

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:55:00 -0700

QCOM shares could be going much higher

Futuriom Announces 2018 Research Calendar

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 08:05:00 -0700

New reports on cybersecurity, IoT, and SDN

Ericsson Throws Cold Water on 5G Hype

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:08:00 -0700

Revises sales forecast down again

Big Switch Takes Disaggregation to the Channel

Michael Vizard — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:41:00 -0700

Looks to expand SDN partnerships

RedHat OpenStack 12 Embraces Containers

Michael Vizard — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 10:11:00 -0700

Drives composable networks for applications

Juniper Merges Contrail With Red Hat OpenStack

Michael Vizard — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:20:00 -0700

Contrail Cloud includes a managed service

AT&T Boosts FlexWare AWS Integration

Michael Vizard — Sun, 05 Nov 2017 16:18:00 -0700

Will provide direct access to AWS

Ayla Taps Sunsea in $60M IoT Round

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 11:54:00 -0600

Sunsea Telecom becomes a strategic investor

It's SD-WAR! VMware Buys VeloCloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 12:24:00 -0600

SD-WAN startup acquisition escalates competition

Cisco Presses Software Subscription Sales

Michael Vizard — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 08:28:00 -0600

Meraki, security key to driving software sales

Juniper's Growing 'Credibility Gap'

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:36:00 -0600

Company lowers guidance

Sophos Integrates Endpoints, Firewalls

Michael Vizard — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:58:00 -0600

Firewall can classify endpoint apps

GE Digital Puts Predix Analytics on IoT Edge

Michael Vizard — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:55:00 -0600

GE runs analytics as a microservice

Cisco Bids for BroadSoft. Why?

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:56:00 -0600

Small premium for VOIP firm

Telecoms in Crisis: Capex Slump Continues

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:23:00 -0600

Bloated telco balance sheets show little return

Cisco to Infuse Support with Cloud AI

Michael Vizard — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:30:18 -0600

Networking giant offers analytics via the cloud

What's Behind the Ericsson Swisscom Deal? Pluribus

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 23:26:00 -0600

SDN startup has a big NFV role

Cisco ACI 3.0 Adds Multisite, Kubernetes Support

Michael Vizard — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 08:00:00 -0600

ACI 3.0 targets distributed cloud deployments

FatPipe Takes a VNF Portfolio Approach

Michael Vizard — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:23:00 -0600

SD-WAN player bundles VNFs for security, optimization

Fake Apple News Triggers Automated Algos

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:32:00 -0600

Smart trading systems aren't that smart

Cisco Links to IBN With Website Redirect

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 09:44:00 -0600

Cisco has redirected intentbasednetworking.com

Digital Efforts Drive IT Spend to $3.7 Trillion in 2018

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 06:12:00 -0600

Communications services drive bulk of IT growth

Apstra Raises IBN Stakes With VXLAN Integration

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 09:00:00 -0600

AOS 2.0 delivers underlay-overlay integration

AI Security Startups Target Talent Crunch

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 09:01:00 -0600

Automation aims to solve cybersecurity gaps

Is Intent-Based Networking SDN 2.0?

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:00:00 -0600

IBN targets reduced network operating expense

NetEvents: Why the Hackers Are Winning

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:26:00 -0600

Organizations fail at basic security practices

Why Public Cloud Is the Future of Security

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 06:00:00 -0600

The cloud looms large for IT security

Facebook, Equifax, and the Coming Data Wars

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:46:00 -0600

Time to reinvent data security and authentication

Will 5G & IoT Apps Go to NFV or Public Cloud?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:14:00 -0600

Are NFV and OpenStack winning or dying?

What iPhone X Means for Investors & the Future

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:19:00 -0600

It's an optical sensing, AI future

Will Anybody Learn From the Equifax Debacle?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:18:00 -0600

Data company bungles the response

ClusterFax! Equifax Gets Hacked

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 09:11:00 -0600

Equifax breach potentially affects millions

Tech Delivers Smart Cities – & Surveillance States

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 22:20:00 -0600

The city in the cloud is here -- with your face

Huawei Introduces Universal CPE for SD-WAN

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:36:57 -0600

Huawei targets both enterprises and carriers with SD-WAN

Huawei Wants to Be One of 'Five Clouds'

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 04:15:00 -0600

Networks, IoT, and AI lead to Huawei's cloud strategy

China ICO Ban: A Pause in the CryptoCraze

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 23:13:00 -0600

Chinese ICO ban just a bump in the crypto-road

Converged Storage Startup Cohesity Growing 600%

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 09:41:00 -0600

Hyperconverged storage play Cohesity doubling every quarter

The Cloud Conundrum of Connected Cars

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 15:19:00 -0600

Connected cars will drive a need for new cloud systems

Extreme M&A Drives Shares to New High

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:04:00 -0600

Extreme (EXTR) buys revenue for pennies on the dollar

Pure Gets a Giancarlo Pop

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 09:18:53 -0600

Cisco, Sliver Lake veteran takes Pure CEO role

A Deep Dive Into Cisco's Growth Challenges

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 08:25:24 -0600

Cisco needs more M&A to grow

Are Apple & Arista Antifragile?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:41:00 -0600

What makes technology stick?

The SD-WAN Growth Report

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0600

Comprehensive view of the SD-WAN market

Report: IoT, AI Boost Customer Service

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 14:59:00 -0600

Connecting to IoT data is a challenge

Buffett Dumps GE Stock: What's It Mean for Predix?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:23:00 -0600

GE may accelerate digital platforms to revive shares

Calix Shares Hit New Lows

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 09:56:00 -0600

Access equipment player 60% below its IPO price

Why Disney's Streaming Move Won't Stop Netflix

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:02:00 -0600

Disney buys BAMtech to build streaming service

What Is Intent-Based Networking (IBN)?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 15:21:00 -0600

Building networking automation with IBN

Bitcoin Is Breaking Out

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 08:49:00 -0600

King of cryptocurrencies breaks $3,000

Arista Crushes Q2

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 07:24:00 -0600

Arista's cloud gains lead to 51% growth

Inside the Sprint-Charter Talks and Son's IoT Vision

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 12:06:00 -0600

SoftBank founder talks ARM, Charter, Softbank, Sprint & Small Cells

Black Hat Roundup: Why IoT Is Not Safe

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:23:00 -0600

Black Hat introduces hackable nukes, car washes, and 4G

Cloud Earnings Update: Amazon, Huawei, Nokia, PTC

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:10:00 -0600

Huawei still growing, Nokia beats, and Amazon misses

Is It Time for Juniper to Do Something Big?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 08:41:00 -0600

Inside possible moves for the networking company

The Intent of Intent-Based Networking

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:39:00 -0600

Who's behind the hottest new buzzword in the networking space?

Microsoft Is Creating an AI Research Hub

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 09:52:00 -0600

Microsoft Research AI will work on specific AI challenges

Affirmed Pushes Network Slicing Ahead of 5G

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:31:00 -0600

Massachusetts startup virtualizes network slicing

Qualcomm Escalates Apple Patent Battle

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 12:07:00 -0600

Qualcomm fires back at Apple, filing to block iPhone imports

A Canadian SD-WAN Startup Has More Customers Than Verizon

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:31:00 -0600

TELoIP has 40 employees and 145 customers

Are Cisco & Ericsson Preparing for the Endgame?

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 16:28:00 -0600

Executives send mixed signals on the Cisco-Ericsson partnership

Oracle Booms on Cloud Gains

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:45:51 -0600

Database software giant's shares hit all-time high

Cisco Reinvents SDN, Market Yawns

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 07:30:00 -0600

Cisco rolls out intent-based networking, but does the market care?

Aryaka Adds Mobile SD-WAN to Network

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 08:00:00 -0600

NAAS now optimizes mobile connectivity

Why We Still Get Hacked: Security Experts Weigh In

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:15:00 -0600

The security industry is failing. How to fix it?

The Great Telco Debate: How to Battle Cloud?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:56:00 -0600

Telcos are looking to reinvent themselves in face of cloud competition

AI, Brain Interfaces & TV at #Rutberg17

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 12:45:00 -0600

The race to connect and replace the brain is on

Tech Stock Freakout Sets In

R. Scott Raynovich — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 10:32:00 -0600

Leading tech stocks -- including "FAAMG" -- take a dump. Opportunity coming?

Security Funding Boom: $400M in Deals in One Week

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 08:33:00 -0600

Illumio and Netskope both land $100M rounds, Microsoft acquires Hexadite

Cisco VNI Update: IoT, SD-WAN, Video Drive Growth

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 11:00:00 -0600

IoT devices, SD-WAN, digital health, and video are key Internet growth applications

The Futuriom SysSecOps Report

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 00:00:00 -0600

This free, 25-page report details why endpoints are key to integrated security

Qualcomm Sees IoT Driving Growth, AI at the Edge

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 25 May 2017 12:07:00 -0600

Chip giant already shipping 1 million IoT chips per day

Qualcomm Sees Demise of Proprietary IoT Nets

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 24 May 2017 09:30:00 -0600

Chip provider says 3GPP standards such as Cat-M and NB-IoT will take over because of better economies of scale

Apple Makes Up With Nokia

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 23 May 2017 15:00:00 -0600

Apple agrees to pay patent licenses and give Nokia more networking equipment business

What WannaCry Means for Windows

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 19 May 2017 10:00:00 -0600

Vulnerabilities in Windows paved the way for WannaCry

Cisco's Got Issues... & Arista Is a Big One

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 18 May 2017 08:30:00 -0600

Revenues may decline 4 to 6 percent, as moving to the cloud challenges Cisco's business

Javelin Founder Abutbul on WannaCry

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 17 May 2017 08:00:00 -0600

Former security operative for the Israeli Air Force weighs in on WannaCry

5 Takeaways From Aryaka's 'State of the WAN'

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 12 May 2017 10:00:00 -0600

WAN bandwidth is booming as businesses try to keep up with the cloud

IoT & AI Are Key to Microsoft's Cloud

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 12 May 2017 10:00:00 -0600

Windows maker highlights Cortana strategy

Who's Apple Going to Buy Next?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 09 May 2017 10:00:00 -0600

The whole world is speculating about Apple's $240 billion in cash and where it will go next

Apple & Facebook Boost Jobs, Despite AI

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 04 May 2017 11:00:00 -0600

Facebook and Apple are adding thousands of jobs for tasks that require humans, not robots

Why Cisco Bought Viptela for $610M

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 02 May 2017 09:00:00 -0600

Cisco has bought one of the leading SD-WAN players for a hefty price tag, but it may have had no choice

What Is Artificial Intelligence?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 02 May 2017 08:00:00 -0600

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the development of software and computing platforms that can replicate or even exceed human intelligence, which might include decision making, pattern recognition, predictive capabilities, and the understanding of languages, among other goals.

What Is GE Predix?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 02 May 2017 00:00:00 -0600

GE Predix is a cloud-based platform-as-a-service (PaaS) targeted at the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). It was launched in 2015 designed to help network, manage, and analyze vast amounts of data collected from industrial devices to help automate industrial and business operations.

Amazon Dominance Continues with Earnings

R. Scott Raynovich — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 11:30:00 -0600

Stock hits a new all-time high as company continues to fire on all cylinders and boosts capex spending

Net Neutrality Is About Money, Not Freedom

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 09:00:00 -0600

Giving the Internet to the FCC doesn't make it more free

IoT Is a Way Out for Ericsson

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 08:55:00 -0600

The bloodletting continues in Sweden, as fresh CEO Ekholm plots a restructuring

What Is Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN)?

R. Scott Raynovich — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:00:00 -0600

Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) provides WAN services to businesses, enterprises, and consumers, using software in the cloud rather than requiring proprietary hardware equipment and software.

Verizon, AT&T Morphing Through Mega-Mergers

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 07:32:00 -0600

Leveraging $100s of billion of debt, your old telcos are aiming to be media and distribution conglomerates.

Welcome to Futuriom

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:20:00 -0600

This Futuriom site has launched. Tips and feedback appreciated

What Is the Growth Rate of IoT Markets?

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 16:32:00 -0600

Can growth in the Internet of Things (IoT) justify the hype? A look at the many ways to quantify the growth of these markets

The Ultimate Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Report

R. Scott Raynovich — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:51:00 -0600

Billions of dollars in investment and M&A. Detailed ecosystem overview. More than 50 company profiles. This report has it all

What Is the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

R. Scott Raynovich — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 17:52:00 -0600

The Internet of Things (IoT) has taken the world by storm, as technology experts and investors take a look at the technology that will be required to network and secure just about any device on earth -- billions of devices and machines including automobiles, appliances, and smartphones.

The Futuriom Interview: Sudip Chakrabarti

R. Scott Raynovich — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 04:29:00 -0600

A chat with Sudip Chakrabarti, an expert on cloud with Lightspeed Venture Partners, about how opportunities in industrial IoT