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Cisco Blames Backlog, Revenue Slack on Supply Chain

"We're confident we will work through this as we have already put in place revised arrangements with several of our key suppliers," Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said. Read more.

SolarWinds CEO Says Attackers Gained Entry in January 2019

“But as we've been looking back into our history … they were doing very early recon activities in January of 2019,” SolarWinds CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna said. Read more.

Global Operators Applaud Qualcomm’s 5G Open RAN Push

"As cellular infrastructure evolves to be more virtualized, modular, and interoperable, it is becoming more open and competitive and a platform for innovation,” Qualcomm's Alex Katouzian said. Read more.

Rebounding Optical Market Has Analysts Cautiously Optimistic

While the optical market faired well during the quarter, LightCounting warned market uncertainties driven by the economic recovery and geopolitical tumult could spell trouble. Read more.

CrowdStrike Co-Founder: Ransomware Bigger Threat Than Nation-States

“It’s almost like ransomware is now just a side business to the to the overall extortion business,” Dmitri Alperovitch said during an RSA Conference keynote about the global threat landscape. Read more.

Fortinet SD-WAN Gains Megaport Middle-Mile Connectivity

Fortinet is the second SD-WAN vendor after Cisco to integrate with Megaport's new network-as-a-service offering. Read more.