Zeus Kerravala

Zeus Kerravala is a principal analyst at ZK Research, a division of Kerravala Consulting.

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COMMENTARY

Final thoughts from Cisco Live 2023: The platform’s the thing

It’s early June, so for networking professionals, it’s time for Cisco Live, Cisco Systems Inc.’s annual user event, which typically involves the announcement of a cornucopia of product news. The 2023 edition of Cisco Live was no different, although most product news was related to building broader solutions that leverage multiple products. Going back to ...

Cisco Live’s coming next week. Here’s a preview

Cisco Systems Inc. will hold its annual Cisco Live user event next week in Las Vegas as the networking giant is coming off an impressive quarter in which Chief Executive Chuck Robbins (pictured) set a more than positive outlook for the company. Given that the secular trends of cloud, mobility and hybrid work act as ...
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Nvidia announces updates to the industrial metaverse

Graphics chip and artificial intelligence infrastructure provider Nvidia Corp. today used the Computex 2023 held in Taipei, Taiwan, to announce a reference workflow that uses its suite of technologies to advance the digitalization of the industrial manufacturing sector. The goal is to streamline significantly the planning, construction, operation and optimization of factories. Among other things, it’s part of a ...
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Veeam: Ransomware keeps rising, and paying fraudsters is still not the right approach

Veeam used its annual user event, VeeamON, in Miami this week to release the results of some research on ransomware highlighting some alarming statistics that raise concerns for businesses of all sizes. Veeam is a backup and recovery company, so one might wonder why it’s releasing research in cyber security. The reality is, that ransomware ...
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Projecting what the future may hold following Cisco’s earnings results

Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. showed strong execution in most areas in its fiscal third quarter as it posted record revenue of $14.6 billion, up 14% year-over-year and topping estimates, but there’s a lot more behind the headline numbers. Cisco is now creeping up on the $60 billion annual revenue mark, which is a number that seemed out ...
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VeeamON: What to expect at Veeam Software’s event for data recovery experts

Veeam Software Inc.‘s user event, VeeamON, running May 22-25 in Miami, is an important one because Chief Executive Anand Eswaran (pictured) has been at the helm for almost a year and a half and has now had time to put his fingerprints on the company. Looking back, it has been a successful year for Veeam, ...
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Verizon gives the network at the Miami Grand Prix a major upgrade

For this year’s Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, Verizon made a significant investment to boost connectivity speed and improve reliability. The service provider deployed a dedicated private wireless network with high-speed, high-capacity and low-latency connections, as well as reduced interference and improved privacy and security. The event occurred May 5-7 at the Miami International ...
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Ranking the converged network and security platforms

One of the major themes from last week’s RSA Security conference was the rise of converged network and security platforms as organizations look to consolidate the number of vendors they have and leverage the ubiquity of the network. During my interview on theCUBE from RSA, I mentioned how chief information security officers are starting to understand that ...
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Arista announces network access control at RSA

Arista Networks Inc. today announced a new network access control or NAC service on the opening day of this week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco. The vendor is best known as a high-performance network vendor but moved into the security industry when it acquired Awake Security, which brought network detection and response or NDR. Since then, ...
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Infoblox pivots its strategy to address the unification of networking and security

The industry’s largest security show, the RSA Conference, kicks off this week in San Francisco, but many companies are getting ahead of it with announcements — including Infoblox Inc, the market leader in Domain Name System, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and IP address management, or DDI for short. It beat the news cycle last week when it announced ...