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Why Cisco is in Existential Crisis
Revenue declines highlight a host of problems for Cisco, including business-strategy shifts....
August 14, 2020
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Cloud Edge Tracker: All In on 5G Enterprise Services
Sneak Preview: Futuriom data on 5G services from 52 providers shows a range of service types supporting key vertical markets and use cases ramping worldwide...
September 27, 2022
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What We Learned from Q2 Cybersecurity Earnings
Technology markets are under pressure, but so far cybersecurity companies have kept growth intact ...
September 26, 2022
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NVIDIA Intros Faster Chips, Cloud Services
NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang announces powerful new processors and a cloud SaaS in GDC keynote stressing specific automotive, robotics, and 3D metaverse apps...
September 20, 2022
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Fortanix Secures $90 Million Series C
Confidential computing pioneer Fortanix has scored $90 million in Series C funding despite a subdued investment environment....
September 19, 2022
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Arrcus Gets Flexible on MCN
Arrcus has introduced a new portfolio of multicloud networking software designed to help CSPs, colocation providers, and telcos build managed multicloud networking services....
September 15, 2022
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Why Cisco Bought Viptela for $610M
Cisco has bought one of the leading SD-WAN players for a hefty price tag, but it may have had no choice...
May 02, 2017
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What's Behind the Ericsson Swisscom Deal? Pluribus
SDN startup has a big NFV role...
October 12, 2017
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Cisco Unbundles IOS After AT&T Goes Full Whitebox
Cisco finally caves to OS disaggregation...
March 27, 2018
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The Ultimate Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Report
Billions of dollars in investment and M&A. Detailed ecosystem overview. More than 50 company profiles. This report has it all...
April 18, 2017
Tech Primers
What Are the Components of an SD-WAN?
The SD-WAN is driven by many use cases...
June 19, 2018
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Announcing the First Futuriom 40
First Annual Futuriom 40 report highlights the hottest private companies and trends in cloud and communications infrastructure...
March 01, 2021
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2020 SD-WAN Growth Report: Market Poised to Accelerate
SD-WAN market growing toward $3B in 2021, driven by demand for cloud services...
June 23, 2020
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VMware Paid $449 Million for VeloCloud
VeloCloud wasn't a unicorn and the price may change...
May 21, 2018
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How 128T Fits into Juniper's SASE Strategy
Momentum Telecom's on track to tap into Juniper's strategy...
March 31, 2021
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Inside 5G Edge Cloud Opportunities
Futuriom Cloud Tracker Pro's new report details the forthcoming revolution at the cloud edge, catalyzed by 5G...
April 16, 2020
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Silver Peak Targets 200% Growth in 2018
SD-WAN sees demand for router replacement...
February 07, 2018
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SD-WAN Growth Is Accelerating in 2019
Futuriom boosts revenue forecast of SD-WAN by 130% from last year. ...
June 05, 2019
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How David Cheriton Beats Everyone at Tech Investing
Early investor in Granite, VMware, Google, Arista, and Apstra details approach...
May 24, 2018
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Cloud Firms Turn to Green Power
Providers of cloud and data center services are intent on reducing carbon emissions in order to please conscientious customers, reduce costs, and increase dividends...
August 03, 2021
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The SD-WAN Growth Report
Comprehensive view of the SD-WAN market...
August 17, 2017
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Sources: Cisco to Form SPAC to Buy Itself for $300B
Cisco's mega-SPAC plan could also include acquisitions of IBM and HPE...
April 01, 2021
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How Nuage Is Escalating SD-WAN Battle
Nuage beefs up routing and security, ties together virtualization platform ...
September 25, 2018
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Cohesity IPO Is On the Horizon
With $145 million tender offer, CEO Mohit Aron says going public is "not far off."...
April 01, 2021
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Why 5G Will Drive Virtualization and Edge Compute
5G, IoT, and Edge Compute trends drive demand for the low-latency network...
May 22, 2019
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Converged Storage Startup Cohesity Growing 600%
Hyperconverged storage play Cohesity doubling every quarter...
September 01, 2017
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Futuriom Q&A: Mohit Aron
Cohesity and Nutanix Co-founder details how he discovered a new market...
February 21, 2018
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Cohesity IPO on Hold After Executive Exodus
Economic conditions may have Cohesity backing down on IPO, but there are hints of other issues at the data management-as-a-service startup...
July 14, 2022
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What Cisco's Silicon One Really Means
Cisco's new Silicon One will enable it to compete better in 5G markets, but will it help in webscale?...
December 13, 2019
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The 2021 SD-WAN Growth Report is Here!
Boosted by demand for cloud networking and digital transformation, SD-WAN hardware and services are set to maintain CAGR of 34%...
June 24, 2021
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Why Microsoft Bought Metaswitch
Microsoft's purchase of Metaswitch adds to its portfolio of communications technology for the cloud edge. ...
May 19, 2020
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The 2018 SD-WAN Growth Outlook Is Here!
Market expected to generate $1.5B in revenue by 2019...
June 21, 2018
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The 2022 Futuriom 40
After some major exits in 2021 including five IPOs, the Futuriom 40 list of top private companies in cloud tech has some fresh blood...
January 31, 2022
Tech Primers
What Is GE Predix?
GE Predix is a cloud-based platform-as-a-service (PaaS) targeted at the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). It was launched in 2015 designed to help network, manage, and analyze vast amounts of data collected from industrial devices to help au...
May 02, 2017
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A Canadian SD-WAN Startup Has More Customers Than Verizon
TELoIP has 40 employees and 145 customers...
June 29, 2017
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What's Up with the Cohesity IPO?
The cloud data management startup has stalled on the path to IPO. What's going on?...
April 26, 2022
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Cisco Reinvents SDN, Market Yawns
Cisco rolls out intent-based networking, but does the market care?...
June 21, 2017
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Affirmed Puts Virtual EPC in the Cloud
Cloud-based evolved packet core could accelerate 5G service deployment...
September 12, 2018
Q & A
The Futuriom Q&A: Mike Dvorkin
Get inside the head of one of the great minds of the cloud. ...
January 23, 2020
Tech Primers
Who Are the Major Players in SASE and Secure Edge?
SD-WAN technologies are converging with cybersecurity, adding CASB, firewall, and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) functionality....
October 21, 2020
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Broadcom Opens Up Chips With SDK
Open-source SDLKT provides deeper hardware integration...
January 30, 2018
Tech Primers
What Is Intent-Based Analytics?
Proliferation of APIs and open networks facilitates using analytics to automate...
June 06, 2018
Tech Primers
What is an Integrated Automation Platform (IAP)?
Integrated automation platforms (IAPs) are needed to orchestrate, secure and manage a variety of technology domains and devices. ...
March 26, 2020
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What Are the Top SASE Use Cases?
This primer on Top SASE Use Cases examines a unified approach to SASE for the modern enterprise and the convergence of networking and security...
April 21, 2021
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Are App-Specific Networks (ASNs) the Next Big IoT Thing?
SD-WAN gets extended to the IoT cloud...
December 20, 2017
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Why Networks Are Key to a Smarter Data Center
Data-center managers need more powerful networks...
February 19, 2019
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The Future of Multi-Cloud Networking Report 2020
Connecting multiple clouds and hybrid cloud applications is driving the need for new networking solutions...
September 29, 2020
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SD-WAN Market After M&A: Is Aryaka Number One?
SD-WAN vendor sets its sight on IPO...
December 12, 2017
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Cradlepoint Boosts 5G Portfolio
Cradlepoint ups the ante in enterprise 5G routing with an impressive array of new products targeting business mobility and 5G...
May 06, 2021
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2021 SD-WAN Managed Services Survey Results
Futuriom's most recent survey highlights the attraction of SD-WAN as a managed service. ...
February 04, 2021
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What is Multi-Cloud Networking (MCN)?
The emergence of hybrid cloud applications and multiple clouds puts new demands on network connectivity....
September 29, 2020
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How IoT & 5G Will Change the Data Center
Regional edge data demand growing around the world...
February 27, 2018
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It's SD-WAR! VMware Buys VeloCloud
SD-WAN startup acquisition escalates competition...
November 02, 2017
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Cohesity Files for IPO
Data management firm Cohesity has confidentially filed with the U.S. SEC to go public...
December 23, 2021
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Cisco-Arista Settlement Surprises
Cisco "buries the hatchet" on long-running dispute...
August 06, 2018
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Snorkel AI Scores $85 Million for AI Data-Prep Platform
Snorkel AI, a startup specializing in data labeling for machine learning applications, has scored $85 million in Series C funding, highlighting the growing momentum in AI...
August 11, 2021
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Is Intent-Based Networking SDN 2.0?
IBN targets reduced network operating expense...
September 29, 2017
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What Is Edge Computing for IoT?
Massive growth of IoT data requires new edge computing architectures...
August 07, 2018
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Cohesity Expands into File and Object Storage
Takes scale-out approach into unstructured data...
February 14, 2018
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Why F5 Bet $500 Million on Volterra
F5 looks to Volterra's application delivery network for traction at the edge....
January 11, 2021
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RSA Highlights Continued Struggle in Security
Even Cisco exec says "we're screwed" ...
April 20, 2018
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Affirmed Pushes Network Slicing Ahead of 5G
Massachusetts startup virtualizes network slicing...
July 11, 2017
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Why Security Is the Killer SD-WAN App
SD-WAN pushes security services into the cloud. ...
November 15, 2018
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Affirmed Publishes Xeon Benchmarks for NFV
Mobile NFV provider says Xeon works just fine...
June 25, 2018
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The Futuriom SysSecOps Report
This free, 25-page report details why endpoints are key to integrated security...
June 06, 2017
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The Intent of Intent-Based Networking
Who's behind the hottest new buzzword in the networking space?...
July 13, 2017
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Juniper Merges Contrail With Red Hat OpenStack
Contrail Cloud includes a managed service...
November 05, 2017
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The Futuriom Interview: Shlomo Kramer
Kramer says the telcos won't pull off SD-WAN...
March 28, 2019
Tech Primers
What Is the Growth Rate of IoT Markets?
Can growth in the Internet of Things (IoT) justify the hype? A look at the many ways to quantify the growth of these markets...
April 18, 2017
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Aryaka Adds Mobile SD-WAN to Network
NAAS now optimizes mobile connectivity...
June 15, 2017
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MIT Sloan's Roadmap to Digital Transformation
Transformation initiatives come in many shapes and forms...
January 16, 2018
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How to Value Bitcoin
New asset classes are hard to value...
November 29, 2017
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A Deep Dive Into Cisco's Growth Challenges
Cisco needs more M&A to grow...
August 25, 2017
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Aryaka Beefs Up SD-WAN Security With PASSPORT
Firewall, DDoS, and cloud protection added with Palo Alto, Radware, and Zscaler...
March 12, 2018
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Inside Cisco’s No Good, Horrible Quarter
Cisco shares plunge 13% as it projects revenue falling as much as 5%...
May 19, 2022
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SDN 2.0: Monitoring, Analytics, and Automation
New Futuriom report details strategies of 14 leading companies...
January 31, 2018
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Futuriom CSP Network Automation Report
Based on a survey with 218 communications and cloud service provider, this report recaps goals and challenges of driving automation into cloud-scale networks....
December 13, 2018
Tech Primers
The Future of the Software-Defined Carrier
Software-defined carriers will deliver a suite of IT and communications services...
September 17, 2018
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Cohesity Raises Monster $250M Round
Cisco and HPE back hyperconverged storage player...
June 11, 2018
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The Great Telco Debate: How to Battle Cloud?
Telcos are looking to reinvent themselves in face of cloud competition...
June 13, 2017
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AI Security Startups Target Talent Crunch
Automation aims to solve cybersecurity gaps...
October 02, 2017
Tech Primers
What Is Intent-Based Networking (IBN)?
Building networking automation with IBN...
August 09, 2017
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Interset Advances Use of AI in Security Analytics
Identifying bots without DPI...
January 09, 2018
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Arista's Programmable Switches Should Scare Cisco
Arista plugs in Barefoot's Tofino programmable chips...
June 07, 2018
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JASK Nets $25M for Smarter SOCs
Startup applies AI to cybersecurity data...
June 28, 2018
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Lacework Lands $525 Million
With partner Snowflake, Lacework heads up an "in crowd" of data analytics firms....
January 08, 2021
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Nutanix Surges on Software Strategy
Shares rise 10 percent on move to phase out hardware...
December 01, 2017
Tech Primers
How SD-WAN Enables Digital Transformation
Cloud-focused technologies can boost ROI...
July 24, 2018
Free Research
Introducing the Futuriom Secure Edge and SASE Report
Cybersecurity and networking vendors are piling into SASE and Secure Edge as the networking and security markets merge....
October 21, 2020
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P4 Player Kaloom Emerges From Stealth
SDN startup touts programmable fabrics using Barefoot chips...
October 15, 2018
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Cohesity Climbs the Stack With Data Management
Helios combines cross-cloud data management and analytics...
August 21, 2018
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VMware Finally Splits from Dell
Dell is relinquishing its majority stake in VMware, boosting share prices bu raising questions about the future of both...
April 15, 2021
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Qualcomm Sees Demise of Proprietary IoT Nets
Chip provider says 3GPP standards such as Cat-M and NB-IoT will take over because of better economies of scale...
May 24, 2017
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Cisco Piles Into SD-WAN Security Trend
Integrates application firewall, intrusion detection, and threat intel into SD-WAN portfolio...
November 13, 2018
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Silver Peak Claims 1,000th Customer
Rivalry with Cisco heats up as Silver Peak focuses on SD-WAN...
August 14, 2018
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5G Catalysts: Telco Cloud and Edge Trends 2021
Futuriom's 5G Catalysts report highlights the services, infrastructure, and companies most likely to grow in the 5G deployment...
March 31, 2021
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ExtraHop Reveals Security Analytics Tool
ExtraHop Reveal(x) will scan traffic in the cloud...
January 31, 2018
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Avi Networks Integrates Cloud Automation Tools
Claims automation framework spanning hybrid clouds...
March 28, 2018
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The Darkest Tales From Black Hat
Vulnerabilities extend from critical infrastructure to pacemakers...
August 10, 2018
Tech Primers
What Is Blockchain?
How blockchain can take over the world...
November 26, 2017
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Ziften, New CEO, Focus on Simplified Endpoint Security
Microsoft partnership drives growth in a hot market...
August 09, 2018
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GE Digital Puts Predix Analytics on IoT Edge
GE runs analytics as a microservice...
October 24, 2017
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Silver Peak Picks Up $90M for AI-Based SD-WAN
SD-WAN leader looking to leverage machine learning...
June 26, 2018
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HPE Pushes SimpliVity to the Edge
HPE launches SimpliVity 2600 hyperconverged platform...
July 02, 2018
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Apstra Raises IBN Stakes With VXLAN Integration
AOS 2.0 delivers underlay-overlay integration...
October 04, 2017