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Cisco’s New Catalyst 9800-CL Wireless Controller Signals A Shift Towards Cloud-Managed

On November 13, 2018, Cisco announced its new Catalyst 9800 Wireless Controller.  With this announcement, Cisco now enables large enterprises to manage their WLAN networks from the cloud. This announcement has several components to it that are interesting. Available C4Q18 The 9800 runs Cisco IOS XE The 9800 can be… Read More »Cisco’s New Catalyst 9800-CL Wireless Controller Signals A Shift Towards Cloud-Managed

Nokia Analyst Meeting UPdate; A Focus on Enterprise

​Our big takeaway from its recent global analyst meeting was that Nokia is formalizing its enterprise business.  Of course, the company’s primary business, which focuses on telecom service providers, is undergoing major product updates, including towards 5G, Fixed Wireless Access and towards network slicing.  We have published about these topics… Read More »Nokia Analyst Meeting UPdate; A Focus on Enterprise

Our take on Mavenir, new entrant to Radio Access Network (RAN) market

​At Mavenir’s analyst meeting in Dallas today, the company stated that it expects to grow its revenues about 10% Y/Y in 2018.  In arriving at this revenue, it is pursuing a price-aggressor strategy to some extent and has a surprisingly broad portfolio of telecom-focused products.  Its product line is software-oriented,… Read More »Our take on Mavenir, new entrant to Radio Access Network (RAN) market

Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCa) And AT&T Spark – All About 5G

We attended Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCa) in Los Angeles, CA this week, as well as the AT&T Spark event in San Francisco.  Since 5G is launching first the US, these two events became the public events where significant 5G-related announcements happened. Verizon.  Will launch 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA)… Read More »Mobile World Congress Americas (MWCa) And AT&T Spark – All About 5G

ERicsson and Juniper Re-Partner To Pursue 5G; ECI also announced

Yesterday, Ericsson and Juniper announced plans to partner to tackle 5G transport challenges together.  Additionally, Ericsson announced a partnership with optical transport company, ECI.  The companies said that Ericsson’s Router 6000 product family will focus on fronthaul and backhaul and edge compute and will be complemented by Juniper MX, PTX and… Read More »ERicsson and Juniper Re-Partner To Pursue 5G; ECI also announced

f5 Agility Conference Wrap-Up

F5 kicked off its #F5Agility18 conference with over 1,300 attendees.  The company’s themes was “Any app, anywhere,” and words repeated included “Automation” and “as a service.”  The company is moving towards selling security as a standalone offering.  Accompanying the show, there was a press release announcing Gi LAN traffic management… Read More »f5 Agility Conference Wrap-Up

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 »Aerohive 802.11ax is Shipping