News/Analysis
Cato Decries Pseudo-SASE
Cato Networks this week outlined the technological underpinnings of its successful SASE approach.
July 22, 2021
News/Analysis
Why IBM Wants HashiCorp
HashiCorp is going to be purchased, possibly by IBM.
April 24, 2024
News/Analysis
Databricks' AI Ambitions Revive IPO Chatter
Databricks' large language model DBRX was recently released to general applause. Could it be another step toward IPO?.
April 18, 2024
News/Analysis
Aviatrix Adds Observability API in Cloud-Native Push
Aviatrix adds Network Insights API, which will help networking practitioners integrate with common observability tools.
April 17, 2024
News/Analysis
Rubrik IPO Represents Larger Trend
Rubrik, the 11-year-old secondary storage and security cloud provider, is going public in a move that reflects an influx of new blood in the public tech markets.
April 17, 2024
Premium Research
Can AI Save Everyone's Bacon?
Both hyperscalers and telcos are saying there's a universal delay in closing orders. But AI could make a difference -- at least for the hyperscalers.
April 12, 2024
News/Analysis
DISH Shoulders Aside T-Mobile with AT&T Deal
DISH Network has signed a 10-year, $5-billion contract with AT&T, making AT&T's network -- instead of T-Mobile's -- the basis for DISH's retail mobile services.
July 20, 2021
Futuriom Blog
Zoom Flexes Muscle with $15 Billion Buy of Five9
Zoom's announced $15-billion deal to purchase Five9 Inc. gives it a path to diversify its product line and upsell conferencing products. .
July 19, 2021
News/Analysis
Inside Ericsson's $8.3-Billion Deal with Verizon for 5G
Ericsson has made a five-year, $8.3-billion deal with Verizon to supply the carrier's 5G network with cloud-native RAN solutions.
July 19, 2021
News/Analysis
TriggerMesh Gets Funding from Cisco
TriggerMesh has been funded an additional $5 million from Cisco Investments and previous investors to help boost its cloud-native, multi-cloud/on-prem integration platform.
July 13, 2021
News/Analysis
Netskope Grabs $300 Million, Hits $7.5 Billion Valuation
Netskope has completed a $300 million investment round of funding, bringing its valuation to $7.5 billion, a vote of confidence in the vendor's multifunction security approach.
July 12, 2021
News/Analysis
Couchbase Scopes Out IPO
Cloud-native database vendor Couchbase has filed its S-1 registration statement, the first step to IPO. But it faces some challenges.
July 12, 2021
News/Analysis
Pentagon Scraps JEDI Plan for Multi-Cloud Alternative
The U.S. Department of Defense has canceled the JEDI contract originally awarded to Microsoft and replaced it with a proposal that includes multiple vendors and clouds.
July 06, 2021
News/Analysis
AT&T Picks Azure for 5G Cloud
AT&T will run its 5G core on Azure, and it's selling its Network Cloud to Microsoft as an addition to Azure for Operators.
July 01, 2021
Tech Primers
What Is Needed for SASE?
SASE and Secure Edge have emerged from SD-WAN to drive digital transformation at the edge..
June 30, 2021