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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
Wi-Fi NOW Conference: Mojo, Mist, Google, Quantenna
We attended the Wi-Fi NOW conference in Redwood City, CA this week and attended some interesting presentations. We are writing about our observations and notes from the Google, Quantenna, Mist Systems and Mojo Networks presentations. Google Station presentation. “GOOGLE STATION: PUBLIC WI-FI TO CONNECT THE NEXT BILLION INTERNET USERS.” … Read More »Blog
Aerohive A3 – Enhanced Network Access Control (ENAC) System Hitting the Market
Earlier this year, Aerohive issued a press release about its A3 software system. A3 is what we categorize as an Enhanced Network Access Control (ENAC) system; we calculate market share statistics on this market in our Security report series. The company is now getting ready to bring the product to… Read More »Blog