Kubenet can act as an abstracted level on top of a router or switch where orchestration of those devices can be managed in a vendor-agnostic way.

Analyst firms expect billions-of-dollars in opportunity.

"It’s like you couldn't turn around and not run into someone saying AI [artificial intelligence]," Dell’Oro's Mauricio Sanchez said. “It's ironic that very little was about networking.”

Spectrum and network technology will play a part.

Extended detection and response vendors have reached a tipping point to compete with security information and event management, Forrester noted.

The next phase of development is enabling generative artificial intelligence to take action, not just answer questions, Baris Gultekin and Kari Briski said.

Network security is undergoing a continuous transition and one of the key organizational drivers is consolidation - Gartner's John Watts

The certification also highlights growing interest in peering connections handling increased traffic from artificial intelligence services.

Despite the power of Infiniband, the need for Ethernet remains. To help serve AI networking needs, Nvidia is pushing Spectrum-X Ethernet

Verizon was using some of Casa Systems' 5G-based systems to power its cloud-native operations.

The carrier is adopting Cisco's latest 5G fixed-wireless access gateways.

If so, Rimini Street might have an option.

The addition includes Cradlepoint routers, industrial-grade adapters and its NetCloud management layer.

“This is something we felt we were going to have to do anyway, something we thought we needed to do for the industry,” Dell's Dennis Hoffman said.

BGP, the core routing protocol that enables the internet to function, it has inherent security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by bad actors to hijack routes, intercept traffic or

O2 Telefónica’s move to start porting live 5G traffic into a public cloud environment hosted by Amazon Web Services and Nokia marks a significant step.

“We see this in terms of stabilization as one leg of the stool,” Hughes COO Paul Gaske said.

“I think the power of VMware is not because of the VMware technology, it is because of the network effect," Forrester's Naveen Chhabra said.

Private 5G progress remains paced for the most successful, poor for others.

Vendors have not been shy about expressing their exasperation in the continued slowdown in telecommunication equipment spend.

The latest updates are across its Marvis and Mist product lines.

Rival AT&T is showing enterprise traction, while Dish Network is pushing off market plans until at least next year.

Startup Alkira raises $100 million in funding to advance its network-as-a-service ambitions. Alkira is led by Amir Khan, who founded SD-WAN pioneer Viptella.

Standards bodies have embedded a lot of potential for private 5G and it's just a matter of teasing out what is really needed.