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Cisco launches intelligent Wi-Fi 7 access points

Network World

Cisco has taken the wraps off a pair of intelligent WiFi-7 access points and introduced a new way of licensing wireless gear across cloud, on-premises and hybrid networks. With it customers can purchase our new unified licenses (Cisco Wireless Essentials or Advantage) in a Cisco Networking Subscription.

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SASE Reality Check: Security and SD-WAN Integration Journey

CIO Business Intelligence

By: Nav Chander , Head of Service Provider SD-WAN/SASE Product Marketing at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. By integrating SD-WAN and cloud security into a common framework, SASE implementations can both improve network performance and reduce security risks. A key component of a SASE framework is SD-WAN.

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IP Fabric expands network visibility, automation with platform update

Network World

The release focuses on streamlining network operations across cloud, SD-WAN and traditional environments while strengthening security and compliance capabilities. Data collection: The platform collects detailed network state information from every discovered device and computes cross-technology dependencies to create a complete model.

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Data center investments simplify IT and cloud modernization

CIO Business Intelligence

We have invested in the areas of security and private 5G with two recent acquisitions that expand our edge-to-cloud portfolio to meet the needs of organizations as they increasingly migrate from traditional centralized data centers to distributed “centers of data.” The new service packs will be orderable later in 2023.

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VMware by Broadcom: Product, service and support news

Network World

So far, the $60 billion Broadcom-VMware deal has led to some layoffs , VMware licensing changes, production rationalizations, and shifts to the partner program. Competitors are claiming some success in attracting VM defectors , though analysts aren’t reporting widespread migrations. VMware customers would be wise to have an exit plan.”

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Buyer’s guide: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE)

Network World

In response to these realities, Gartner coined a new term, secure service edge (SSE), which is essentially SASE minus SD-WAN , the network access part of the equation. As previously noted, SASE adds SD-WAN. Palo Alto has a strong ZTNA offering, and it can provide SD-WAN for organizations that want to take the single-vendor SASE route.

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Cisco gears up to capitalize on Splunk deal, AI revolution

Network World

Vijay Bhagavath, IDC research vice president for cloud and data center networks, cautions against overreacting. Gartner analyst Jon Forest adds, “They want to be much more than a networking company as far as selling boxes and licensing software. Can it catch the next wave of AI and generative AI, or will it be left behind?