Chris DePuy

Technology Analyst and co-founder of 650 Group

NaaS: Can someone else run the enterprise network?

We have published our first story at Forbes Business Council. Read it herehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2021/07/07/naas-businesses-may-not-have-to-run-their-own-networks-anymore/?sh=525d20d83872 A preview of the concepts: Today, mobile networks and enterprises networks use wholly different network technology and operate using different business models. There’s a push by the same companies that make enterprise networking gear to change their… Read More »NaaS: Can someone else run the enterprise network?

The Party-Crashers of MWC21

This week’s MWC Barcelona 2021 had several themes; the most important was that several outsiders to the telecom industry were ever-present.  The new entrants – the party-crashers – included Starlink, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Compute, and NVidia.  These new players are forcing change either through economics, new technology,… Read More »The Party-Crashers of MWC21

New Network And Security Player On The Scene: Witesand

Witesand just came out of stealth today, and made a video presentation based primarily at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley.  Praveen Jain, a co-founder of Witesand and various other networking companies, was the main presenter and conducted various interviews with interested third parties.  The company’s cloud services asset discovery, NAC,… Read More »New Network And Security Player On The Scene: Witesand

Cloud-managed Enterprise Wireless Lan Services Revenues Grew 38% Y/Y, According To 650 Group

Enterprise WLAN Market Rebounded with 25% growth in 1Q’21, Driven by 197% Y/Y Wi-Fi 6 Revenue Growth INCLINE VILLAGE, Nevada – June 17, 2021 – A newly released report by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets, indicates that the Enterprise Wireless LAN… Read More »Cloud-managed Enterprise Wireless Lan Services Revenues Grew 38% Y/Y, According To 650 Group

Cloud-Managed Enterprise Wireless LAN Services Revenues Grew 38% Y/Y, According to 650 Group

Enterprise WLAN Market Rebounded with 25% growth in 1Q’21, Driven by 197% Y/Y Wi-Fi 6 Revenue Growth INCLINE VILLAGE, Nevada – June 17, 2021 – A newly released report by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets, indicates that the Enterprise Wireless… Read More »Cloud-Managed Enterprise Wireless LAN Services Revenues Grew 38% Y/Y, According to 650 Group

Ethernet Switch Market Grew Nearly 10% In 1Q’21, According To 650 Group

Data Center Switching Records Strongest Growth; Campus Switching Records Third Straight Quarter of Y/Y Growth INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – June 2, 2021 – A newly released report by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets, indicates that the Ethernet Switch Market grew nearly… Read More »Ethernet Switch Market Grew Nearly 10% In 1Q’21, According To 650 Group

Multi-source Solutions Strategy to Address Semiconductor Shortage Situation

650 Group offers thoughts on the state of the global semiconductor industry.   Semiconductor shortages continue to make headlines impacting almost every industry from automotive, healthcare, consumer, and into all aspects of the data center. Semiconductor shortages have their roots in 2020, with COVID-19 causing a lack of investment in new… Read More »Multi-source Solutions Strategy to Address Semiconductor Shortage Situation

TIP OpenWiFi:  Will Open Source Wi-Fi Upset the Enterprise Wi-Fi industry?

The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) announced the launch of OpenWiFi Release 1.0, which is a community-developed project that encompasses Access Point hardware, an open-source AP operating system, and an SDK to build cloud-native Wi-Fi Controller software for Service Providers (SPs) and Enterprises.  TIP is also starting lab and field trials. … Read More »TIP OpenWiFi:  Will Open Source Wi-Fi Upset the Enterprise Wi-Fi industry?