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Alkira Rolls Check Point Into Multicloud Strategy

Today’s announcement marks Alkira’s latest security partnership in an approach that Alkira CTO Atif Khan calls “SASE plus plus.” Read more.

Cisco Unphased by O-RAN Alliance ‘Kerfuffles’

“We’re going to keep doing what we've been doing and all the rest of this stuff will sort itself out as more and more customers deploy open RAN technologies,” Cisco EVP Jonathan Davidson said. Read more.

Akamai Drops $600M on Guardicore Microsegmentation

“We believe Akamai will be able to provide the most effective way to combat ransomware on the market today,” CEO Tom Leighton said. Read more.

Juniper's New Switch Zigs to Cisco, Arista Zag

Software component taps into Juniper's acquisition of intent-based networking vendor Apstra. Read more.

Fungible Brings DPUs to PCIe Card Form Factor

Today’s announcement marks Fungible’s latest push to bring composable infrastructure to the masses. Read more.