Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why T-Mobile and Cisco’s collaboration on a distributed nationwide cloud native 5G core gateway enables T-Mobile to rapidly test and accelerate time to market for new 5G and IoT applications at scale including network slicing and Voice over New Radio (VoNR), streamlines operations, increases agility to help drive new services such as 5G Home Internet as well as provides Cisco a substantial 5G sales and marketing boost.
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, principal analyst Shelly Kramer talks with Webex’s Jono Luk about Cisco’s partnership with Lockheed Martin and Amazon to bring Webex video collaboration and Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant on board during Orion’s first flight test in deep space. Called the Callisto Tech Demo project, this was an exciting opportunity to explore how collaboration and voice technology are starting to play an increasingly important role in space exploration.
Wainhouse principal analyst Marc Beattie, part of The Futurum Group family of companies, covers Cisco’s extension of Webex Go, its native mobile calling capability, to the U.K., and shares thoughts on what’s likely ahead for this offering.
Futurum’s Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall examine Cisco’s Q1 2023 results and why they see the Q1 results validate factors such as supply chain easement and the increase of annualized recurring and software revenue provided the visibility and predictability foundation key to boosting its full year guidance and overall competitive prospects, despite uncertain macroeconomic conditions.
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer covers Cisco’s recent announcement that through its Cisco Networking Academy, the company aims to empower 25 million people with digital and cybersecurity skills over the next 10 years as the organization celebrates 25 years of its IT skills-to-jobs program. With this initiative, Cisco aims to equip people with the necessary skillsets for the jobs of the future, and that’s a big benefit for both millions of potential employees, and also for the organizations that will employ them.
Sean Spradling, Senior Analyst at Wainhouse Research, part of The Futurum Group family of companies, covers announcements coming out of the recent WebexOne 2022 event, with a focus on two enhancements and innovations he points to as evidence of great momentum in the company’s product pipeline.
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer explores the Microsoft and Cisco partnership announced at Microsoft Ignite 2022, which will bring Microsoft Teams to Cisco meeting devices, highlighting the role interoperability plays in serving up best-in-class collaboration experiences for customers.
Wainhouse senior analyst Daniel Root, part of The Futurum Group family of companies, covers Cisco’s announcement of native Microsoft Teams support for Webex devices and the role that will play in meeting flexibility.
Futurum Analyst Michael Diamond discusses Cisco and other vendors’ move to sell their software and services through hyperscale cloud marketplaces as they try to expand their ecosystems and explores why this is a smart strategy.
