Netskope says the acquisition will differentiate it because very few vendors are investing in the enterprise customer's end-to-end experience.

The carrier plans to spend $19 billion over the next five quarters in repurchasing its own shares and in doling out dividends to shareholders.

“Comcast is just so big. I didn't really appreciate how big it was until I joined," Ilan Eframian said.

"The cost of operating dedicated infrastructure makes very little sense," Cisco VP of Data Center Networking Thomas Scheibe said.

Google aims to simplify multicloud connectivity and security with managed interconnects between Google Cloud and the major public clouds.

Palo Alto Networks, Cisco and Zscaler threat intelligence leaders weigh in on the alarming ransomware shift from encryption to extortion.

“We are going to see a rearrangement across the board, whether we like it or not," Federated Wireless CEO Iyad Tarazi said of the market.

Telecom market growth presents a global talent shortage, which will snowball in the next five years unless it's addressed now.

Gartner identified Palo Alto Networks as the only leader, and Cato Networks, Versa Networks and Fortinet as challengers in its Magic Quadrant report.

“For every dollar of wireless, there are actually $2 to $3 of wired switching opportunity for us to pursue,” Rahim told a J.P. Morgan conference.

Dell'Oro Group linked the drop to North American operators reining in their 5G spend.

Federated Wireless CEO Iyad Tarazi stated private 5G "requires you to think about the broader integration model.”

With that outcome potentially weeks away, the question could be whether VMware's business as usual remains a model for the vendor going forward.

A defragmented market leaves Intel's success up to the quality of the hardware it builds, not its ability to trap customers.

Oracle VP Andrew De La Torre explains how Oracle's approach strips away the network technology and instead focuses on enabling business outcomes.

The firm also named VMware and Forcepoint as strong performers and Juniper, HPE, Cisco and Barracuda as contenders in the report.

Dell Technologies’ Manish Singh views simplicity as the key to unlock open RAN operational opportunities for telecom operators.

“When you've got people disagreeing, when you've got a toxic political environment, it makes it really challenging,” Huawei CSO Andy Purdy said.

Carlsberg Group, with more than 200 locations and 25,000 remote users, announced today it is using Cato Networks for its global SASE deployment.

“Combining will strengthen our capital structure to position the company for sustainable growth moving forward,” Echostar CEO Hamid Akhaven said.

The fact that there are so many EtherTypes with broad capabilities could well represent all manner of risks for enterprise networks.

According to security firm Crowdsec, only 10% of the malicious activity in 2022 was from IPv6 addresses. By June 2023, the volume doubled to 20%.

"The transition from air to liquid cooling will be an evolution, not an overnight revolution," Dell'Oro Research Director Lucas Beran said.

In the U.S. alone, there are more than 663,000 open cybersecurity positions, due to various reasons including legacy practices and tight budgets.