It’s nearing the end of April and for the security industry, this means it’s time for the RSAC Conference. Over the next week or so, about 50,000 people will flock to the Moscone Center to take in the latest and greatest in cyber. One company that has retooled much of its portfolio over the past year is Cisco Systems Inc. and it’s used RSAC to launch many new products.
As Veeam Software Group GmbH, the market leader in data resiliency, holds its annual user event VeeamON in San Diego this week, it’s on a roll, continuing to stretch its lead over the legacy vendors. Recently IDC released its Data Protection Software Tracker and Veeam grew 12%, outpacing IBM Corp.’s 5% growth and well ahead of Dell Technologies Inc. and Veritas Technologies LLC, which shrank 10% and 15%, respectively, allowing Veeam to stretch its share lead.
This is the time of year when professional football teams are hoping to get the next Tom Brady, Joe Montana or Deion Sanders. Every now and then there are a couple of “can’t miss” prospects such as Peyton Manning or Saquon Barkley, but there are often far more draft busts than hits. It raises the question of why this is given the amount of money and resources teams pour into scouting, the NFL Combine, workout days and more.
Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, it should be obvious that artificial intelligence is all the rage. Though there are many use cases and industries that AI could affect, customer experience, CX for short, is considered by many to be the low-hanging fruit of AI. However, the potential for AI to enable CX solutions is fraught with high risk and high reward.
Artificial intelligence continues to be a focal point for companies in all areas of technology and communications as demand from enterprise customers continues to soar, but one of the underappreciated aspects of AI is that a network plays a critical role in the success of AI initiatives. Despite the same type of “AI bump” the capital markets have given the chip companies; the network vendors have been aggressive with evolving their products to meet the demands of AI.