To say that the number of product, customer, and partner announcements at Google Cloud Next 2026 was significant is an understatement. A dizzying 260 introductions across 700-plus breakout sessions punctuated an underlying theme of enabling improved business outcomes within the agentic enterprise. The event also clearly demonstrated that Google is quickly moving beyond cloud services imbued with AI to become an AI-native infrastructure solution provider that is leaning into security, networking, and silicon to deliver a tightly integrated AI stack. With a continued theme of summarizing my event insights with three big takeaways – let’s dive in! Flipping Security From Detection To Autonomous Defense At the event, Google introduced three new…
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MediaTek welcomed a group of industry analysts to its annual event at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco’s Nob Hill district this week. I have always loved the hotel’s early 1900s Neoclassical architecture, and in many ways, its symmetry and simplicity echo MediaTek’s corporate DNA and humble yet confident culture. With a continued theme of summarizing my event attendance with three big takeaways – let’s dive in! No Longer The Value Play Historically, MediaTek has competed with Qualcomm in mobility SoCs as a value play. The strategy served the company well, allowing it to establish a leading position in the category. However, through a relentless pursuit of silicon development,…
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Fortinet welcomed a record number of attendees to its Accelerate 2026 event in Las Vegas. I had the opportunity to spend a full day with the company’s leadership team and customers, learning more about the firewall category leader and its broad, deep portfolio of secure networking solutions. With the theme of summarizing my event attendance with three big takeaways, let’s dive in! FortiOS 8.0 And FortiSOC Two big announcements punctuated Accelerate 2026. First, the introduction of FortiOS 8.0 builds on the company’s investment in the operating system launched nearly 25 years ago, which powers its security fabric. Enhancements include AI runtime security controls, SASE enhancements, and new quantum-safe capabilities. From…
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Gigamon held its fifth annual Visualyze Bootcamp virtual event over three days in early September. Since its founding 20 years ago, the company has developed a deep observability pipeline that leverages network intelligence to detect threats often missed by traditional security tools. The Bootcamp serves as an opportunity for Gigamon to share its industry and technical knowledge with customers. Most organizations using cloud services employ a multi-cloud model to benefit from competitive pricing and access to best-of-breed service offerings. Additionally, the trend toward containerization and virtualization aims to enhance operational and cost efficiencies. However, hybrid cloud deployments can introduce complexities that require careful management. The Bootcamp addressed many of these challenges, with…
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