Last week, I embarked on only my second business trip post-pandemic to the West Side borough of Manhattan in Chelsea. AT&T hosted a 5G event at the WarnerMedia Innovation Lab in the hip and trendy New York City neighborhood. Chelsea is a hotbed for tech, given I have also spent time there in the past with Verizon at the Alley co-working space that also hosts one of its 5G proof of concept labs. With all of that said, I would like to provide my insights into the event and related press releases that AT&T issued the same day. Announcement and panel insights On July 14th, AT&T issued a press release titled “AT&T…
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It seems like 2021 is clipping by at a fast pace. In February, I contributed an article to Forbes that speaks to Cisco’s role in facilitating Covid19 vaccine distribution and its broader inclusive recovery strategy. It features anecdotes and my insights related to the networking giant’s involvement with Walgreens and Renown Health. If interested, you can find that article here. In this post, I would like to provide visibility into Cisco’s additional efforts with STANLEY Healthcare and Sky Lakes Medical Center. STANLEY Healthcare STANLEY Healthcare’s stated mission is to provide innovative solutions for safer, more secure, and efficient care in senior living, hospitals, and clinics. Interestingly, it is part of Black and Decker known…
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Juniper Networks recently made two announcements that have the potential to dramatically accelerate the sales of its automation and AI-driven enterprise networking platforms. Consequently, I would like to provide my insights into what I find most compelling about each. Automation alignment under Paragon From my perspective, over the past year, Juniper has quickly assembled an impressive automation capability. Recently, the company announced a realignment initiative that better positions its various automation infrastructure components. I want to examine each in further detail: Delivering on the promise of an AI-driven enterprise The enterprise market finally began to open up to Juniper with its Mist Systems’ acquisition nearly two years ago. Mist’s focus…
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As a networking analyst, I travel the world to spend time with infrastructure providers of 4G LTE and 5G core, radio access, and transport solutions, as well as carriers, service providers, and end customers. One of my biggest takeaways recently is the growing momentum behind cellular-based private networking globally. However, many enterprises do not know where to start, and others are confused when faced with the choice of Wi-Fi vs 4G/ 5G. I believe that private cellular networking’s ultimate success will lie in the ability for its delivery as an integrated solution. Enterprises do not have the competency to piecemeal cellular-based networks together and also require examples of how cellular…
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The pandemic has affected small businesses dramatically. Larger organizations have tapped into federal programs such as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) other resources. On the other hand, small businesses have had to compete with tens of thousands of others for limited Small Business Administration (SBA) and local city and state disaster relief funding. Further compounding their challenges, many small businesses are service oriented and adversely impacted by shelter-in orders and essential business rulings. For these reasons, I was excited to moderate a recent virtual session with a Cisco small business executive, small business partner and customer. I want to share some insights from that discussion. If you missed it, you could find…
