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Ribbon Perspectives 2019 Conference UPdate – Transitioning to Analytics & Data Markets
The main message of Ribbon keynotes was that Ribbon has moved from a voice and SBC focus to a broader scope including data and analytics, such as UCaaS, Security-as-a-Service, Service Assurance-as-a-Service, SIP Trunking-as-a-Service, SD-WAN, and analytics. The company identified two major catalysts to the change in company scope: the August… Read More »Blog
Huawei’s Chip Projects Front and Center at Analyst Summit (HAS2019)
Huawei hosted 700 analysts and media participants in Shenzhen China last week to attend its annual analyst summit, nick-named HAS2019. The company’s high-level message was simple – the company is an innovator and is moving down the stack into semiconductors and is partnering with and funding university projects to develop… Read More »Blog
Aruba Atmosphere Was About SD-Branch, 802.11ax and 802.11ad
We attended the Aruba Atmosphere 2019 user conference in Las Vegas. What we learned was that Aruba had made solid progress since last year’s Atmosphere conference. It has delivered on 802.11ax, SD-Branch (and SD-WAN), AI/ML, and Zigbee/Bluetooth 5.0, and elements of the IoT market. The company also introduced a new… Read More »Blog
THOUGHTS ON Intel – Data Center Product Launch
Today Intel had a major Data Center event in San Francisco. It was a multi-hour announcement showcasing all the different products Intel is/will be launching. Some interesting background that Intel talked about was that only 2% of worlds data has been analyzed and a 5G will be a major driver… Read More »Blog
Cisco’s 802.11ax products
Cisco is in the 802.11ax market now, with two sets product products under each of its main brands. These are: Cisco Meraki MR45/55 and Cisco Catalyst 9100 Access Points. You cannot find these kinds of products on Amazon, but some are listed on CDW for instance. The Meraki products don’t… Read More »Blog
Microsoft open sources compression chip design at ocp
We witnessed two significant OCP Summit announcements: a) open sourcing of semiconductor design b) improved server system security. First, Microsoft announced a new compression standard called Project Zipline. The intellectual property for this compression is being made available as open source Verilog (RTL), which will allow others to program semiconductors… Read More »Blog