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Keysight World San Francisco Update on 5G and Pervasive Ethernet
We attended media briefings at the Keysight World conference held near San Francisco, California, yesterday. Keysight World San Francisco showed a more integrated Ixia as well as a further push towards 5G, automotive and energy, and data center and telecom. Much of the companies conversations during the event related to synergies… Read More »Blog
Huawei’s revenues are at risk as US puts Chinese Tech giant on its “Entity List”
According to news reports and press and social media announcements by high-ranking members of US government, the US government has put Huawei on its so-called “Entity List” of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Our read on this is it similar to what happened with ZTE during C2Q18 last year, a move that severely curtailed… Read More »Blog
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