“The vendors, the non-telco providers in the private network value chain, are outperforming where the operators are," TBR's Chris Antlitz said.

Entry-level cybersecurity certificates, which many organizations are seeking out or launching on their own, are pumping fresh (and diverse) talent into the industry.

Network security market revenues in 2023 reached $22.5 billion with a deceleration to single-digit growth due to the decline of hardware-based solutions.

CFO Pascal Desroches said the business product will have a narrow scope but continue to adhere to the carrier's financial responsibilities.

"The SEC did what it does best – they created an aggressive proposal then cut it down significantly,” Forrester Sr. Analyst Alla Valente said.

With the cybersecurity landscape growing more perilous, there are legitimate times when "no" is the right answer. However, the metric of no must be data-driven.

Organizations that don’t recognize the continued benefits of remote/hybrid work — and their employees’ feelings about it — will only suffer, experts say.

“I think that Mist is really resonating, that's what I'm hearing in the market,” Dell’Oro Group Research Director Siân Morgan said.

Research commissioned by AWS found that interactive, game-based learning results in better knowledge retention than traditional methods.

The telecommunication industry’s 5G standalone core deployments have dropped off as operators are now looking to squeeze profits from their initial investments.

The networking landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, leaving behind legacy vendors as users embrace change and drive towards a future of flexibility.

Gartner offers advice new CIOs can leverage in their first 100 days to accelerate their credibility with the executive leadership team.

Gartner predicts 70% of organizations will make their cloud decisions based on sustainability and digital sovereignty factors by 2027.

“This period for AI is reminiscent of when cloud itself first hit the scene,” FinOps Foundation CTO Mike Fuller said.

Skills-based hiring is gaining traction with companies such as Deloitte, Google, Apple, IBM, Accenture and others eliminating degree requirements for some jobs.

“One possibility here is ... it would be biased in favor of the [existing] HPE solution, and to migrate Juniper customers over time,” Mauricio Sanchez said.

“I'm approaching this year, like I do every year, as a big year, and I'm excited for it," Verizon Business SVP Scott Lawrence said.

"We are cautiously optimistic about achieving our [artificial intelligence] revenue goal of at least $750 million in AI networking in 2025," CEO Jayshree Ullal said.

But they did leave themselves just enough wiggle room to back out of that if needed.

However, that data sits in 29,000 different data sources.

“We continue to believe the impact from fixed wireless is temporary,” Charter CEO Chris Winfrey said.

CEO Pekka Lundmark wants observers to follow the timing and openness of open radio access network deployments.

But the carrier will look to expand the service’s reach into the enterprise space.

Artificial intelligence workloads are projected to represent 25% of 2028's $200 billion data center capex.