Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. announced a solid third quarter Wednesday, posting a beat and raise. Here are my top five thoughts from this quarter. Artificial intelligence revenue is gaining momentum. On the call Cisco noted $600 million in AI product orders, blowing by the $1 billion target set for fiscal year 2025. Notable was that about ...

Riverbed Technology LLC Tuesday kicked off its 23rd anniversary with the biggest product launch in almost a decade. The company that pioneered wide-area network optimization introduced major enhancements to its acceleration technology to help enterprises manage the explosive growth of data and artificial intelligence workloads. For Riverbed, this launch brings the company full circle. At one ...

Last week I was at the industry event, RSAC and this week I’m at IBM Think, a vendor event and this got me thinking about the difference between the two types of conferences and how much they’ve changed over the years. Flashback to 15 years ago: If you wanted to experience a blockbuster tech event, you ...

Palo Alto Networks Inc. kicked off this week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco by introducing new capabilities for its ever-expanding security portfolio. The announcements were focused on its two major platforms: network security and Cortex. Prisma Access Browser 2.0 Palo Alto Networks has introduced Prisma Access Browser 2.0 into its secure access service edge offering. ...

It’s nearing the end of April and for the security industry, this means it’s time for the RSAC Conference. Over the next week or so, about 50,000 people will flock to the Moscone Center to take in the latest and greatest in cyber. One company that has retooled much of its portfolio over the past ...

As Veeam Software Group GmbH, the market leader in data resiliency, holds its annual user event VeeamON in San Diego this week, it’s on a roll, continuing to stretch its lead over the legacy vendors. Recently IDC released its Data Protection Software Tracker and Veeam grew 12%, outpacing IBM Corp.’s 5% growth and well ahead of ...

The countdown to the 2025 NFL Draft is upon us. This is the time of year when professional football teams are hoping to get the next Tom Brady, Joe Montana or Deion Sanders. Every now and then there are a couple of “can’t miss” prospects such as Peyton Manning or Saquon Barkley, but there are ...

The New England Patriots are among the most successful teams in NFL history. As impressive as their 11 Super Bowl appearances and six championships are, the team is just one piece of a diverse, successful organization — Kraft Group — that also owns the New England Revolution of MLS soccer, forest products, construction, real estate development, ...

Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, it should be obvious that artificial intelligence is all the rage. Though there are many use cases and industries that AI could affect, customer experience, CX for short, is considered by many to be the low-hanging fruit of AI. However, the potential for AI to enable CX solutions ...

Today is the 25th opening day at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, and the latest Oracle Park renovations showcase new technologies aimed at enhancing the fan experience. In mid-March, the Giants held a media event to discuss the latest and greatest with the team. Though much of the discussion was with ...