Extreme Networks Inc. recently announced it has integrated network fabric capabilities into its ExtremeCloud SD-WAN or software-defined wide-area network, allowing customers to extend the network fabric securely across the end-to-end network, which includes the data centers, campus network and branch locations.
Conversational artificial intelligence provider Uniphore Technologies Inc. today announced it has acquired France-based Hexagone.
For those not familiar with Hexagone, the company brings together voice, video and text-based data to provide AI-based insights to help companies understand human behavior and sentiment. This adds to the emotion detection capabilities Uniphore gained with the 2021 acquisition of Emotion Research Labs. As part of the acquisition, Hexagone founder and Chief Executive Camille Srour and his team of data scientists have joined Uniphore.
Cisco Systems Inc. is now at the center of a massive number of changes in the workplace from hybrid work, geopolitical issues and a continued acceleration to the cloud. I was curious as to see what Cisco had in store for its European customers — especially as the European version of Cisco Live gets underway this week in Amsterdam.
Zscaler Inc. today announced “Zscaler Resilience,” which as the name suggests is a set of capabilities that improve the resiliency of its services with the aim of delivering nonstop operations.
Businesses have become heavily reliant on cloud services, and when they are unavailable, it can cause significant disruption in operations. One of the challenges in creating cloud resiliency is that there are so many factors, including network connectivity, security and data center operations. Some highly technical organizations may be able to do this on their own, but most companies do not have the skills. Zscaler Resilience is designed to deliver the necessary components as part of its service, simplifying business continuity.
Organizations are investing more in privacy because they view it as a critical business priority, but there’s a major disconnect between consumer expectations and how organizations are actually handling data.
That’s according to Cisco Systems Inc.’s newest 2023 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, which also revealed that customers believe companies can do more, especially when using artificial intelligence with their personal data.