Blog
Arista Networks to Acquire Mojo Networks
Fast-growing Ethernet Switch vendor Arista Networks announced plans to acquire Mojo Networks, an Enterprise-class WLAN vendor today. The deal is expected to close in C3Q18. This deal douses hopes that Arista may buy other WLAN vendors, in our view. Mojo Networks is unique in the WLAN industry: (a) it has… Read More »Blog
Aerohive 802.11ax is Shipping
Back in late January 2018, Aerohive announced its 802.11ax product line. We have eagerly awaited for the company to ship and today, the company announced its first 802.11ax customer, Wellington College in the UK. The company claims it is first to ship 802.11ax to a European customer; we are not… Read More »Blog
H3C and Qualcomm jointly Announce 802.11ax WLAN product availability for September 2018
H3C and Qualcomm announced the planned availability of the WA6628 802.11ax Wireless LAN Access Point; it is slated for September 2018 shipments. This new Access Point uses the Qualcomm IPQ8078 part number – we checked the Qualcomm website and we cannot find this part on the website. So, we assume… Read More »Blog
Cisco live – day 1 2018 -Chuck robbins keynote
Not quite a year ago, Cisco and Google announced a Cloud partnership. Today, at the very first keynote at Cisco Live 2018, Diane Greene, CEO of Google Cloud joined Chuck Robbins on stage to talk about the partnership, highlighting Kubernetes and a unified security policy. Both Chuck and Diane want… Read More »Blog
Ribbon Perspectives Emphasizes Software SBC, GPU Expertise and CPaaS
Kevin Riley, CTO Ribbon Communications We attended the Ribbon Perspectives conference in Los Angeles this week. Ribbon, the result of the merger between Sonus Networks and GENBAND, made the pitch that it is moving to the services oriented business of real-time communications over time instead of just being an infrastructure… Read More »Blog
Fortinet Acquires ENhanced Network Access Control (ENAC) Vendor, Bradford Networks
Well known security company, Fortinet, acquired privately-held Bradford Networks on June 4, 2018, citing the need to extend segmentation and security to the edge of enterprise networks, including Internet of Things (IoT). Fortinet does not expect the transaction to have a material impact on the Company’s 2Q or full year… Read More »Blog