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650 Group Quick Take: MULTI-Cloud Operating Models Accelerate with NEW deal between HashiCorp and Cisco

In the news this week, Cisco has entered an agreement to sell HashiCorp Terraform® Cloud Business alongside its own Cisco Intersight® platform. Cisco and HashiCorp are helping enterprises accelerate application innovation, including automated management and security, across hybrid clouds. The deal helps enterprises achieve a hybrid cloud operating model using… Read More »650 Group Quick Take: MULTI-Cloud Operating Models Accelerate with NEW deal between HashiCorp and Cisco

SONiC OS continues to be hardened for data center deployments well beyond the hyperscalers

SONiC has gained popularity, and development efforts accelerated throughout 2020, despite the lack of travel and face-to-face interactions from COVID-19 restrictions.  2020 saw the incorporation of more features and excitement amongst suppliers and customers.  SONiC now has more advanced features and functionality and continues to be hardened for data center… Read More »SONiC OS continues to be hardened for data center deployments well beyond the hyperscalers

Extreme Networks Investor Day Highlighted Cloud-Managed and 5G Themes

Extreme Networks held its investor day and highlighted multiple themes.  The company highlighted its Networking-focused Cloud-management capabilities, its large addressable market, how the company can benefit from the 5G market and its pivot to growth markets.  CEO Ed Meyercord addressed Cloud, 5G and artificial intelligence themes.  For us, we thought… Read More »Extreme Networks Investor Day Highlighted Cloud-Managed and 5G Themes

650 Group Interview about 60 Ghz Wireless Market and a Follow-Up about Throughput and Range

Yesterday, analyst Chris DePuy joined Water Tower Research analyst John Roy in a discussion about the 60 GHz wireless market.  If you want to learn more about this emerging market, please listen in to this 30 minute interview about 60 GHz. During the interview, John asked Chris about how fast… Read More »650 Group Interview about 60 Ghz Wireless Market and a Follow-Up about Throughput and Range

650 Group Take: Juniper’s Announced AcQuisition of Apstra – A Move to Software, Day 2 Operations, Automation

On December 7th, Juniper’s announced its plan to acquire Apstra.  The deal is expected to close in 1H’20. Apstra, founded 2014, boasts numerous customer success stories in large enterprises, service providers, and even reaches into the mid-sized customer segment.  Cutting down complexity by automating data center operations is an immediate… Read More »650 Group Take: Juniper’s Announced AcQuisition of Apstra – A Move to Software, Day 2 Operations, Automation

Aruba HPE Expands CX Data Center/Campus switch Lineup — Intros Fabric Composer

tAruba HPE has taken a forward thinking approach to data centers and virtualized infrastructure while rounding out its solutions.  Extending Greenlake into the campus and extending Aruba into the data center. The company this week has added new entrants to its family of CX Ethernet switches for Leaf and Spine network… Read More »Aruba HPE Expands CX Data Center/Campus switch Lineup — Intros Fabric Composer

Disaggregated SP Router Market – Strong Market Adoption as we head into 2021

Disaggregation has been around in the networking space for nearly a decade, especially in hyperscalers data center Ethernet Switches.  The insatiable demand for bandwidth, control, and cost reductions drove the white box from the Google science project to the dominant consumption model for Ethernet Switching in the hyperscalers.  The high-scale… Read More »Disaggregated SP Router Market – Strong Market Adoption as we head into 2021