News/Analysis

Cisco Viptela Customers Deal with SD-WAN "Time Bomb"


CA expiration issues causing headaches for Cisco’s Viptela customers ...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
May 11, 2023
News/Analysis

Is Cisco Ready to Get Back in the M&A Game?


Cisco's M&A activity has been muted. Will valuations change that? ...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
April 04, 2023
News/Analysis

Arista Shares Hit All-Time High


Arista Networks' stock hit an all-time high after more than doubling over the past five years. The company's secrets? Prediction, execution, and hyperscaler customers...

By: Mary Jander
March 16, 2023
News/Analysis

Startup Profile: What's Up with Orca Security?


Orca Security is plowing ahead with a new CEO and many product upgrades...

By: Mary Jander
March 28, 2023
News/Analysis

Startup Profile: Graphiant Scores $62 Million


Graphiant, an cloud networking startup led by Khalid Raza, closes $62 million in Series B funding, bringing its total raised to $96 million since its emergence in September 2022...

By: Mary Jander
March 29, 2023
News/Analysis

Intrinsic ID Debuts Software-Only, Chip-Based Cybersecurity


Intrinsic ID uses physical unclonable function (PUF) technology to safeguard data in IoT chipsets and devices. Now it's released a software-only edition...

By: Mary Jander
March 14, 2023
Free Research

Inside the Shift Left for Networking


NetDevOps is on the rise, as networking shifts left toward infrastructure-as-code...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
March 14, 2023
News/Analysis

Why the Cloud May Not Be Cheaper


Concerns about cloud costs and management are rising. That's why we've introduced our Cloud Cost Management report...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
April 10, 2023
News/Analysis

HPE Adds One More to String of Acquisitions


HPE's purchase of OpsRamp could significantly add to the momentum building behind HPE's GreenLake marketing strategy...

By: Mary Jander
March 20, 2023
News/Analysis

What To Watch at RSA


The RSA Conference might be bigger than ever -- but it's time to integrate the acronyms...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
April 21, 2023
Futuriom Blog

What Does the Banking Crisis Mean for Cloud Tech?


The main driver of tech investment -- interest rates -- may now swing tech investment back into favor...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
March 21, 2023
News/Analysis

Google Says Its AI Accelerator Outperforms NVIDIA's


Google calls out NVIDIA, claiming the Google TPU v4 supercomputer is faster and more energy efficient than NVIDIA's A100...

By: Mary Jander
April 06, 2023
News/Analysis

pgEdge Offers Distributed Database for the Edge


Startup pgEdge enters the distributed cloud database fray with an edge-worthy solution compatible with PostgreSQL...

By: Mary Jander
March 08, 2023
Futuriom Blog
Cloud Tracker Pro

What's Up with Cloud Spending?


Enterprise spending has slowed in some areas in response to macroeconomic conditions, but edge technologies delivered as services are growing....

By: Mary Jander
March 13, 2023
News/Analysis

Ciena Hits Metro Market with IP/Optical Router


Ciena's new WaveRouter combines coherent optics and IP networking in a high-capacity modular system manageable from a single pane...

By: Mary Jander
April 12, 2023
News/Analysis

HashiCorp Is Cruising Along


Amid the tech slowdown, infrastructure-as-code is still a strong trend...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
March 10, 2023
News/Analysis
Cloud Tracker Pro

Cloud Vendors Join Telcos to Boost Private 5G


Cloud hyperscalers are formalizing telco alliances to reduce cost and complexity of private 5G for enterprise customers ...

By: Mary Jander
March 06, 2023
Free Research

Cloud Cost Management and FinOps 2023


Our debut report details the trends and technology leaders behind cloud cost management and FinOps...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
April 25, 2023
Futuriom Blog

Cloud Providers Rush to Offer Generative AI


As the rage for generative AI builds, cloud titans are adding tools to their platforms to accommodate demands from enterprise customers...

By: Mary Jander
April 17, 2023
News/Analysis

Prosimo's Networking Suite Gains More Control Over Cloud


Prosimo's cloud-native networking suite enables full control of application traffic inside of clouds...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
April 21, 2023
News/Analysis

NVIDIA Takes AI Supercomputer to the Cloud


NVIDIA unveils a suite of AI components, including ones that power a supercomputer service offered through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and other clouds...

By: Mary Jander
March 22, 2023
News/Analysis

Juniper Posts Strong Enterprise, Weak Cloud Results


Juniper Networks remains optimistic on cloud sales that slowed last quarter. Meanwhile, enterprise is growing fast and the metro edge looms large. UPDATED 4/28/2023...

By: Mary Jander
April 26, 2023
News/Analysis

Survey Shows Frustration Over Lack of Cloud Control


A Virtana survey of 350 IT professionals reveals costs and capacity planning "all over the place" and public cloud losing some of its luster...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
March 30, 2023
News/Analysis

Survey: NaaS Is Growing with Hybrid Workforce


Aryaka's Enterprise Network Transformation Survey shows IT pros are focused on network-as-a-service as they expand their hybrid cloud estates...

By: Mary Jander
April 19, 2023
News/Analysis

Aviatrix Builds a Firewall for the Cloud


Aviatrix is taking on the firewall status quo with network security built for the cloud...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
May 18, 2023
News/Analysis

Alibaba Cloud Looks to Get Stronger in Breakup


Alibaba Cloud's independence from parent could make it more agile as it looks to AI and international IT business for growth...

By: Mary Jander
March 28, 2023
Premium Research
Cloud Tracker Pro

NEW! The Cloud Tracker Pro 5G Services Tracker


Available now to Cloud Tracker Pro subscribers -- our 5G services Tracker...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
March 22, 2023
Tech Primers

What Are Network APIs?


Network APIs are used by software developers to build applications that can communicate over a network. Increasingly, they're helping to monetize 5G...

By: Mary Jander
May 02, 2023
News/Analysis

Ciena Posts Record Sales, Sees No Slowdown


Ciena's latest quarter hit over $1 billion in sales, and management says growth in both of its top segments exceeded 35%. And the party's not over...

By: Mary Jander
March 06, 2023
Free Research

Maximizing Success with SONiC


How Aviz Networks worked with a major Fortune 500 e-commerce company to streamline the management and deployment of SONiC switching ...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
March 20, 2023
Futuriom Blog

Tech Firms Praise China While Tiptoeing Out of It


CEOs of Apple and Qualcomm spent the weekend in Beijing praising their interests there. Meanwhile, they're shifting production to other countries...

By: Mary Jander
March 27, 2023
News/Analysis

Cloudbrink Has 600 PoPs for VPN Replacement


Startup Cloudbrink counts 600 PoPs in its VPN-alternative network, which runs a special protocol to speed up remote access to cloud resources...

By: Mary Jander
March 07, 2023
Futuriom Blog
Cloud Tracker Pro

Who Are the Biggest Multicloud Customers?


Here are a few of the largest customers of various combinations of AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle...

By: Mary Jander
April 05, 2023
News/Analysis

Arm Files Confidential IPO Request


Arm Ltd. confidentially filed an F-1 with the U.S. SEC in preparation for IPO. But SoftBank will still own Arm, and the size and scope of the deal are unclear...

By: Mary Jander
May 01, 2023
Premium Research

CTP Quarterly: What's Up with the Edge Cloud?


Hyperscalers and telcos are providing edge services to improve operational efficiency. Our latest subscriber research gives details on key trends ...

By: Mary Jander
March 24, 2023
News/Analysis

Edgio Revamps Application Platform for CDN


CDN provider Edgio has combined several of its key acquisitions into a development platform for webscale apps operating at the edge...

By: Mary Jander
April 11, 2023
News/Analysis
Cloud Tracker Pro

Drones Take Off at the Edge


Drones are uniting with cloud services at the edge to enable a range of enterprise applications...

By: Mary Jander
May 09, 2023
Free Research

APIs and Shift Left Security Report w/ RSAC Wrap


Shift left, API security, and AI were the top topics at the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
May 16, 2023
News/Analysis

Aviz Launches ONE Center to Accelerate SONiC


Aviz has a new service to help speed up SONiC networking deployment...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
April 19, 2023
News/Analysis

Arista Networks Adds to the Cloud Fog


Arista management says visibility into hyperscaler growth has gotten foggier...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
May 02, 2023
Tech Primers

What Is API Security?


API security focuses on ensuring the protection of data transmitted between clients and servers ...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
May 17, 2023
News/Analysis

Profile: Luminous Powers AI Optics at the Edge


Luminous Computing, founded and run by top optical innovators, could change the future for edge devices...

By: Mary Jander
May 16, 2023
News/Analysis

Nutanix Unveils Hybrid Cloud Solutions


Nutanix debuts Nutanix Central to manage multiple hybrid cloud domains, while touting development of a universal multicloud and hybrid cloud development environment...

By: Mary Jander
May 10, 2023
News/Analysis

Cisco’s Earning-zzzzz: Revenue Grows, Orders Shrink


Cisco shares are flat on inconclusive numbers...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
May 18, 2023
Cloud Tracker Pro
Cloud Tracker Pro

Cloud Firms Plan Infrastructure Overhaul for AI


The world's largest public cloud providers are building out infrastructure to meet demand for generative AI. Can they expand their infrastructure fast enough, and will it be worth it?...

By: Mary Jander
May 02, 2023
News/Analysis
Cloud Tracker Pro

What's Up with the Alibaba Group?


China's Alibaba Group continues a shapeshifting, with SoftBank pulling its stake and a corporate reshuffling. But signs of growth in cloud and AI remain positive...

By: Mary Jander
April 18, 2023
News/Analysis
Cloud Tracker Pro

How Do Cloud Hyperscaler Infrastructures Compare?


We compare the cloud networks of AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and other hyperscalers. But counting regions and availability zones is just a baseline...

By: Mary Jander
May 18, 2023
News/Analysis

DriveNets Dives Into AI Networking


DriveNets says its new Network Cloud-AI has been validated by leading hyperscalers in recent trials as a cost-effective solution to networking AI clusters...

By: R. Scott Raynovich
May 25, 2023
News/Analysis

Could Cloud Firms Be Fined Next by the EU?


Meta's been fined $1.3 billion for allegedly violating European Union data transfer laws. Will cloud providers, who also deal in cross-border data transfers, be next on the list?...

By: Mary Jander
May 23, 2023
News/Analysis

NVIDIA Leads Trend in Generative AI


NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang is delivering the message: NVIDIA is leading the charge in the twin trends of accelerated computing and generative AI...

By: Mary Jander
May 30, 2023
Futuriom Blog
Cloud Tracker Pro

Will Telcos Miss Out on Generative AI?


Telcos have a habit of lagging behind trends while cloud vendors charge ahead. Generative AI could be another missed opportunity...

By: Mary Jander
May 25, 2023
Futuriom Blog

How Big Is WebAssembly?


WebAssembly is a lightweight application platform that could significantly boost the speed and efficiency of cloud applications. So what's happening with it?...

By: Mary Jander
June 02, 2023