Zeus Kerravala
Zeus Kerravala is the founder and principal analyst with ZK Research, and provides a mix of tactical advice to help his clients in the current business climate and long-term strategic advice. Kerravala provides research and advice to end-user IT and network managers, vendors of IT hardware, software and services and the financial community looking to invest in the companies that he covers.
Nvidia’s aggressive purchases could signal the era of open networking
After buying Cumulus and Mellanox, Nvidia can provide the full stack of elements with support to encourage mainstream-enterprise adoption of open networking.
Troubleshooting remote-employee experience is a must in the era of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a massive wave in remote working, and this is causing some new pains for organizations, particularly network operations. Since shelter-in-place orders were given, I’ve talked to about 50 IT and...
Know the benefits of cloud-native networking for SASE
Gartner has positioned secure access service edge (SASE) as the next wave of SD-WANs. While most industry people I talk to agree on the concept of security and networking being brought together, there is some debate surrounding...
The coming together of SD-WAN and AIOps
SD-WAN delivers cost and resiliency benefits. Infusing AI into SD-WAN takes things further, enabling automated operations and business agility.
Why SD-WANs Need Artificial Intelligence
Here’s How SD-WANs Will Converge Networking, Security, and AI
As networks evolve enterprises need to rethink security
Q&A: John Maddison, executive vice president of products for network security vendor Fortinet, discusses how to deal with network security in the digital era.
Next wave of digital transformation requires better security, automation
F5 report highlights the challenges of digital initiatives, including a struggle to secure multi-cloud environments and a lack of IT skills required to extend automation efforts.
2020 Will Be a Year of Hindsight for SD-WAN
Much of the hype surrounding SD-WAN has settled, and early implementations are behind us. Now it’s time to look back on what we learned in 2019 and what to improve upon in 2020.
Key Takeaways from Cisco’s Annual Internet Report
Cisco's report on internet use says businesses need to be ready for the massive wave of devices and need for bandwidth that are coming in the next five years.
The NFL knows a lot about deploying high-capacity WiFi networks
The NFL's lessons-learned from supplying Wi-Fi services to tens of thousands of fans during games can be applied to enterprises with large numbers of IoT devices.
5 firewall features IT pros should know about but probably don’t
As a foundational network defense, firewalls continue to be enhanced with new features, so many that some important get overlooked.
How to deal with the impact of digital transformation on networks
To unleash the promise of digital transformation, businesses need to embrace automation and software-defined networking as well as improve security.
How to buy network automation tools
Here’s the factors you need to weigh so you can make a smart decision about the network automation tool that’s best for your organization.
Passive optical LAN: Its day is dawning
As bandwidth demands continue to increase and with copper cabling having distance shortcomings, passive optical networks looks like an alternative that can solve a number of problems.
How cloud providers' performance differs
The 2019 ThousandEyes Benchmark report shows that not all cloud providers are created equal across all regions
SD-WANs Enable Scalable Local Internet Breakout but Pose Security Risk
Local internet breakout is a modern approach to the SD-WAN. But it must be done securely. Read on for requirements that should be addressed at the outset of deployment.
Fortinet CEO: Network and security technologies give rise to security-driven networking
A conversation about the future of network security with Fortinet CEO Ken Xie
How SD-WAN is evolving into Secure Access Service Edge
Secure access service edge (SASE), pronounced 'sassy,' combines elements of SD-WAN and network security into a single cloud-based service. It supports all types of edges, including WAN, mobile, cloud, and edge computing.
Pennsylvania school district tackles network modernization
NASD upgrades its campus core to be the foundation for digital learning.