Technology Analyst and co-founder of 650 Group
This week, news is breaking that hackers are finding new ways to exploit Apple’s password reset functionality, a type of multi-factor authentication (MFA) technology deployed with consumers and using “push notifications” to iPhone and iPads. If Hackers penetrate the systems by tricking users, valuable iCloud accounts, and the data can… Read More »Spotlight on Secure Identity Systems and MFA
Today, Cisco completed its acquisition of Splunk, many months ahead of its initial estimates at the time of the deal announcement. Over the years, we have tracked Splunk’s exposure to Observability, SIEM, SOAR, and other reportable segments. What’s interesting is that on a pro-forma basis, when we add up Cisco… Read More »Cisco Closes Splunk Acquisition and Closes the Gap with Palo Alto Networks, too
It seems everywhere we went, we heard about the progress Intel has made in RAN and Core. Themeticlt, its progress is in Open RAN, but it goes beyond that. Samsung highlighted its Open RAN win with Canadian operator Telus, where baseband is running on unaccelerated Intel chips. We discussed Intel… Read More »MWC 24 was about Intel, Private Wireless and Satellite
SD-WAN router company Peplink became an Authorized Technology Provider for Starlink. The initial application of Peplink routers is on cruise ships, where its advanced hardware accepts links from multiple Starlink satellite terminals on large cruise ships, enabling over 1 Gbps capacity. Peplink had been working with Starlink hardware and made… Read More »Starlink and Peplink Partner To Offer Maritime SD-WAN
At Cisco’s Partner Conference, it announced a new Emphasis on Full Stack Observability (FSO), Security, End-to-End/Solutions selling, IoT/Industrial, SMB, MSP, Sustainability/Take-Back, and. Additionally, Cisco enhanced its Partner Experience Platform (PXP) to enable partners to optimize their practice and drive growth, emphasizing recurring revenue. We see this conference as a clear… Read More »Cisco’s Partner Conference Emphasizes Observability, Security, SMB and MSP
Cisco Systems held its Packet Optical Network Conference (PONC) Conference in Texas this week. PONC is primarily a customer and reseller-related conference where Cisco shares its latest innovations and some of its customers’ newest network designs. Cisco shared that on a year-to-date basis, it had four times more Routed Optical… Read More »Cisco PONC Conference – Reaching Critical Mass
Earlier this year, AST SpaceMobile completed a 4G call but on September 8, it completed a 5G call on AT&T spectrum. What’s important about this achievement is that the call was made to an unmodified Samsung smartphone. Download speeds of 14 Mbps were achieved. We see AST’s demonstration as proof… Read More »AST SpaceMobile Successfully Completes Space-based 5G Call
Our forecast for both Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 is quite bullish. We expect the switchover towards 6 GHz-based Wi-Fi infrastructure to be more rapid than previous upgrade cycles. Part of our thinking has been that important, high-volume devices like smartphones will incorporate Wi-Fi 6E capabilities. Today, at Apple’s September… Read More »Apple iPhone 15 Pro Has Wi-Fi 6E
We attended the Nokia Fixed Networks analyst meeting in South Carolina this week, where the company explained its two-pronged broadband strategy focusing on optical access and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). Nokia’s management team also explained how, behind the scenes, it strategized for over a year to comply with the BEAD… Read More »Nokia Broadband – The Strategy Is Unfolding
On August 3, in Pleasant Prarie, Wisconsin, Nokia executives announced plans to be the first telecom company to manufacture its fiber-optic broadband products and optical modules in the U.S. for us in the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Nokia is a significant supplier to the US market, and… Read More »Nokia’s Shift to US-Based Manufacturing Grabs Fed’s Attention
