Cisco’s Internet for the Future refresh comes at a good time. Futurum’s Ron Westfall takes a look at how this refreshed vision is vital to bolstering the company’s vision, how the new portfolio capabilities provide a compelling strategy for the digital ecosystem in the 5G era, as well as what’s ahead for Cisco’s key rivals.
User Security Goes Duo Passwordless at Cisco Live 2021
At Cisco Live 2021, Duo, a recent acquisition of Cisco, announced its new passwordless capabilities to meet increasing security demands.
Cisco Eases Multicloud Burdens by Making SD-WAN Cloud Hub Part of Google Cloud
The new Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Hub with Google Cloud solution enables Cisco to capture more valuable mind share in the fast-growing SD-WAN market segment, bolstering its ability to claim and defend market share leadership in the fast-evolving SD-WAN space. Futurum’s Ron Westfall shares his insights on what Cisco’s chief SD-WAN rivals, VMware, Fortinet, HPE/Silver Peak, Versa, and Juniper/128T will need to address and explore moving forward.
Verizon Business Strengthens SD-WAN Proposition through Cisco Alliance Expansion
Verizon Business and Cisco are meeting the growing enterprise demand for SD-WAN services and easing their adoption path or improving the overall agility of their existing SD-WAN implementation, particularly across multi-cloud environments. I anticipate both Verizon and Cisco are now better positioned to meet growing enterprise SD-WAN demand and drive SD-WAN adoption on a more secure and agile path, also providing the foundation for SASE assimilation as workforces become ever more distributed and virtual.
Cisco Catalyst Portfolio Expansion: New Products Bring 5G and SASE to the WAN Edge
Cisco’s new Catalyst products, aimed at seeding 5G and SASE across the WAN edge, bolster its competitive prospects in the SD-WAN/SASE market segment and the WAN Edge realm against formidable foes such as VMware, Fortinet, Versa, HPE, and Juniper. The move also boosts industry awareness of the company’s pivotal role in accelerating 5G adoption across enterprise environments. Futurum’s Ron Westfall covers why that’s a smart, strategic move.
Cisco WebexOne: Cisco Injects Webex with a Massive Dose of Exciting AI-powered Features
At the Cisco WebexOne event, Cisco rolled out some exciting AI-based upgrades to Webex, suggesting more smart automation in the product’s future. Combine these newest enhancements with Cisco’s commitment to security across its ecosystem, and you’ve got a real winner. If Cisco wanted to show that it too could be one of the cool kids, mission accomplished!
Cisco Begins Week Announcing Intent to Acquire IMImobile and Slido
Cisco has announced two more impending acquisitions to push its Webex platform forward including IMImobile and Slido.
Cisco Outperforms in Q1, Predicting an Even Better Q2
Cisco saw its stock pop after hours when it beat analyst expectations and shared guidance that revenue is returning toward YoY Growth.
Cisco’s New Edge WAN Platform Flexibly Provides Cloud Assurances to Organizations
The new Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms strengthen Cisco’s overall WAN edge proposition, including its competitiveness in the SD-WAN and the emerging SASE segments. Due to the timeliness of the launch, Cisco has an immediate portfolio response to Juniper’s auspicious $450 million acquisition of 128 Technology. Now all of Cisco’s rivals will need to directly counter the Catalyst 8000 Edge Platform’s ability to provide application and network visibility as well as secure connectivity to applications across the continuum of cloud, data center, and edge in WAN environments or risk losing ground in the SD-WAN and SASE realms.
Cisco Silicon One Becomes One Essential Value Proposition for CSPs and Web Scale Data Centers
Cisco Silicon One is fundamentally enabling Cisco to differentiate its silicon and networking portfolio in an agile way that gives organizations greater flexibility in purchasing Cisco solutions as well as adopting new business models. Cisco’s main rivals will prove hard-pressed to directly counter its six new Silicon One devices, all delivered in less than a year, executing on its strategic commitment to accelerate expansion of the Silicon One portfolio.