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Cisco Duo Debuts Passwordless Security

“Everyone hates the password,” Cisco Duo’s Wolfgang Goerlich said. “Finally the technology is good enough to replace that factor and radically increase the authentication workflow.” Read more.

Sysdig Unifies Continuous CSPM, Multi-Cloud Threat Detection

CSPM for the Sysdig Secure DevOps Platform adds a unified cloud and container security tool to AWS and GCP, and a new free-forever cloud security tier. Read more.

Innovium Pushes Disaggregated Switching to Masses

The chipmaker's TeraCertified program pairs service providers with ODM, optical, and software partners that have been validated against its switch silicon. Read more.

Cisco, Huawei Dominate Down Enterprise Network Market

Dell'Oro Group reported that both vendors managed to maintain control over the broader market in 2020, despite a dramatic downturn tied to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more.

Cisco Melds ThousandEyes, AppDynamics for Full-Stack Observability

The full-stack observability platform ties together ThousandEye's network monitoring and AppDynamics application performance monitoring capabilities. Read more.

Cisco Tackles Cybersecurity’s Biggest Challenge

“We’ve taken it upon ourselves to lead the industry in reducing complexity for our customers so that they can protect themselves, but also respond very quickly,” Cisco’s Gee Rittenhouse said. Read more.

Cisco Jumps Into NaaS Arena

The launch of the Cisco Plus NaaS platform makes good on CEO Chuck Robbins' promise to move the company’s portfolio to a subscription model. Read more.

Acacia Plays Starring Role in Cisco’s Flattened Infrastructure

“We’re trying to create a new architecture that simplifies the layers and enables a much more interoperable future that we’ve always had in IP that now we’re extending into the optical domain," Cisco's Jonathan Davidson said. Read more.

Fungible Funnels Composable Infrastructure to the Data Center

The Fungible Data Center are pre-populated racks with pools of CPU, GPU, or storage resources that are allocated on the fly by the company's software platform. Read more.