Those vendors are now certified as part of VMware's recently altered sales channel model. as Broadcom looks to reduce support concerns from users and partners.

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.

False assumptions and applying old patterns to new technologies are among the key pitfalls CISOs must address, Gartner's Richard Bartley said.

“They’ve tried a bunch of things,” Nutanix CEO Rajiv Ramaswami said.

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

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.

eSentire is migrating over a third of its customer base from Broadcom Carbon Black to CrowdStrike's Falcon platform within a year.

As technology evolves and businesses need leaders specialized in increasingly complex areas more execs are getting “C’s” in front of their titles.

A Trend Micro report found many security leaders were seen by their boards as "repetitive," "nagging" and "overly negative."

Gartner's Peter Firstbrook predicts many existing security information and event management vendors will either be acquired by larger firms, shift toward niche markets or go out of business.

“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.

That path selection will be important for Amazon Web Services as it looks to carve out a niche in the artificial intelligence ecosystem.

“Not surprisingly, AI [artificial intelligence] is a significant factor, impacting the 2024 trends," Forrester's Geoff Cairns said.

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

Palo Alto Networks announced an agreement to acquire IBM's QRadar software-as-a-service assets, including intellectual property rights.

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