Saturday, March 19, 2022

RISC-V Eyes Mainstream With $175M SiFive Funding

RISC-V chipmaker SiFive last week scored $175 million in a Series F funding round led by Coatue Management. The funding round brings the company’s total raised to $350 million and puts it deep into double-unicorn territory with a valuation north of $2.5 billion.

Friday, March 18, 2022

As Vendors Ditch SASE For SSE, What’s Actually Changed?

Telefónica last week tapped cloud security vendor Zscaler to develop a new managed security service edge (SSE) platform in a bid to address changing workforce dynamics and cloud consumption. The announcement illustrated a growing trend around the Gartner-coined product category, in which cloud security and secure access service edge (SASE) vendors alike announce “new” products and services around the buzzword.

Thursday, March 17, 2022

Cloudflare, CrowdStrike Commingle Endpoint Security With Zero Trust

Cloudflare and CrowdStrike announced an extended partnership to integrate their endpoint and zero-trust services to secure identity, devices, and applications. The collaboration comes on the heels of another project that saw the two vendors join forces with Ping Identity to provide free zero-trust security services to vulnerable industries. 

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Cisco Doggedly Dominates WLAN Dominion

Cisco stood its ground last year as top dog in the worldwide WLAN market, staying comfortably ahead of rivals Hewlett Packard Enterprise–Aruba, Ubiquiti, and Huawei, according to a new report from IDC. 

Intel's European Expansion Depends on EU Funding

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s vision to reinvent the company grew a little grander this week after the chipmaker announced a sweeping European expansion that includes an $18.6 billion mega site in Germany and a $13.2 billion foundry expansion in Ireland.

Dorset is loving its 5G

5G RuralDorset – a programme led by Dorset Council and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport – has put out a video explaining some 5G use cases, and it doesn’t do a bad job of selling it.

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Cisco, NetApp Focus FlexPod XCS Toward Hybrid Cloud

Cisco and NetApp updated their co-developed FlexPod converged infrastructure platform with more visibility and automation targeted at better support for enterprise hybrid-cloud deployments. The update also gains a new tri-letter appendage that would make any automaker envious.

Monday, March 14, 2022

Charter gives SMBs an ad-vantage

Charter's Spectrum Reach unit is giving $1,500 in free TV advertising to SMBs as they try to bounce back from the ongoing pandemic and associated inflation and supply chain issues.

Sunday, March 13, 2022

Cisco Net-Zero Plan Hinges on Emissions Reductions, Not Offsets

Cisco said it still successfully avoids basing its net-zero strategy on offsetting its carbon emissions. Instead, it relies on energy efficiency progress and renewable energy procurement strategies to meet some of its emission reductions targets early, Cisco VP of Corporate Affairs Mary de Wysocki said during an ESG investor call.

CrowdStrike CEO Touts Success Beyond XDR

CrowdStrike’s extended detection and response (XDR) push has been on a tear in recent months, with CEO and co-founder George Kurtz touting the company’s recent success outside of its traditional endpoint security during a recent earnings call. 

AT&T hints at its 'Act 2'

'The AT&T story will be written in two acts. Today we'll focus on the first act, and that is taking our current asset base and delivering competitive returns," CEO John Stankey said.

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