With Zscaler Inc.‘s announced acquisition today of startup Airgap Networks Inc., a network access and segmentation tech provider, the cybersecurity provider is looking to address gaps in operational technology. No financial terms for the purchase were provided, but Airgap has raised a little over $13 million since it was founded in 2019, so the deal is likely under $100 million. Recently, I spoke with Naresh Kumar (pictured), vice president and general manager of product management at Zscaler, to review the acquisition details. He put the deal in perspective.

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Zscaler goes east-west with the acquisition of Airgap Networks

Arista Networks Inc. today released a new network observability software offering that brings together network infrastructure performance and data from compute and server systems of record to provide application and workload performance insights for data centers, campuses and wide-area networks.

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Arista looks to become numero UNO with new Universal Network Observability offering

Two of the big themes at the 2024 edition of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week are artificial intelligence and 5G — and although one might view the two as separate technology trends, they are linked. Service providers are currently investing heavily in maintaining and upgrading their services to comply with evolving tech standards for mobile networks.

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At MWC, AI and wireless vendors come together to form the AI-RAN Alliance

As usual, Cisco Systems Inc.‘s annual user conference, Cisco Live EMEA in Amsterdam, serves as a platform for the networking giant to release the latest innovations across many of its product lines. Although this event is considerably smaller than the U.S. Cisco Live, it’s important for the company as Europe, the Middle East and Africa is a highly diverse region spread out across 120 countries.

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Analyzing all the security and AI news from Cisco Live EMEA 2024

Behind the scenes, today’s IT network infrastructure plays a highly significant role in making sure that fans of the National Football League enjoy a great experience during games. To learn more about that, I recently spoke with Chip Suttles, VP of Technology for the Seattle Seahawks. We met at the team’s home turf, Lumen Field, known as CenturyLink Field before the rebranding by Lumen Technologies.

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Seattle Seahawks Network Innovation: Redefining Stadium Connectivity