Optical networking innovation is racing to keep up

Of the four, Arista showed the highest 'ability to execute' mark

The new Cisco 360 Partner Program will be fully instituted by early next year

Seemingly every technology related news release over the past 12 months contained a least one reference to artificial intelligence

Analysys Mason's Gorkem Yigit noted that while the multicloud networking market “is expanding, it has lost some of the initial momentum.”

“Although disappointing, the slowdown in hiring is about in line with expectations,” CompTIA's Tim Herbert stated

CEO Chuck Robbins said the vendor will focus on cybersecurity, AI, and cloud

'We're going to not screw it up; we're going to make you happier about being a Splunk Cisco customer a year from now,' said Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins

Cisco plans to incorporate its Talos threat intelligence into Splunk and unify the two vendors' artificial intelligence assistants for security capabilities

SD-WAN leaders were judged on overall viability, sales pricing, marketing execution, and customer experience, among others

AT&T recently expanded its enterprise work with Cisco, which includes increased security for SD-WAN services

Jeetu Patel and Tom Gillis also expect the platform approach is going to reshape the security vendor landscape

"Our goal is to deliver cloud-based management platforms that actually have the same look and feel," Cisco chair and CEO Chuck Robbins said

The NV market continues to grow and evolve, supporting many different technologies and vendor platforms as customers look for the right mix