Tag: Cisco

August 19, 2021

Daniel Newman

Analyst Insight

5 Steps For Containing App Sprawl In The Workplace

When the pandemic first began, many employers turned to technology to keep employees connected and engaged. Now, in some cases, employees have so many apps they find it hard to be productive. Futurum's Daniel Newman takes a look at how to manage this very real, and important challenge.

Digital Transformation, Workplace Collaboration

August 18, 2021

Daniel Newman

Research Note

Cisco Wraps Fiscal 2021 With Strong Growth and Optimistic Guidance

Cisco had its strongest quarter of Fiscal 2021 with 8% growth while guiding to what should be a strong FY 2022.

5G, Communications Networks, Unified Communications

August 7, 2021

Shelly Kramer

Research Note

Cisco Launches Vidcast, a New Video Solution to Increase Flexibility and Productivity in the Workplace

Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers Cisco’s launch of Vidcast, a new video solution that’s squarely aimed at increasing both flexibility and productivity, and making team collaboration even easier, and better, than ever. Vidcast is the first innovation to come out of Webex Leap, an accelerator program also launched this last week, designed to drive ideas and bring products to the Webex Suite faster. Here’s why getting on that Vidcast beta wait list might need to be on your to-do list.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Workplace Collaboration

June 14, 2021

Shelly Kramer

Research Note

Cisco Webex Suite Rebrand and Product/Pricing Focus is Timely, Strategic, and Necessary

Cisco’s rebrand of Webex, moving to Webex by Cisco is only part of the exciting changes afoot by the collaboration giant. Futurum’s Shelly Kramer explores the need for solutions that suit our move toward a hybrid workplace, along with thoughts on how Cisco’s focus on innovation, pricing, user experiences, security, and continually improving product innovations is both timely and strategic — and also also a necessary one.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Workplace Collaboration

June 9, 2021

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Cisco Ups its SD-WAN Game with ThousandEyes Native Integration

Cisco natively integrates its ThousandEyes Internet and Cloud Intelligence capabilities throughout its SD-WAN portfolio, including the Catalyst 8300/8200 Series Edge Platforms and ISR 4000 Series, improving visibility and experience monitoring capabilities for customers. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores and analyzes how Cisco’s assimilation of ThousandEyes technology expands Cisco’s influence in driving SD-WAN expansion across cloud, edge, and SaaS environments and why SD-WAN rivals need to counter Cisco’s move.

Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

May 19, 2021

Daniel Newman

Research Note

Cisco Shows Robust Q3 Growth Led by Security and Software

Cisco delivered 7% revenue growth and 5% EPS growth YoY on strengthened demand for on-prem IT and continued growth of its software and ARR.

Unified Communications

May 18, 2021

Daniel Newman

Six Five Webcast

So Much Tech To Think About – The Six Five Webcast

On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the tech news stories that made headlines this week including the latest earnings from Poly, announcements from IBM Think 2021 and Lattice Semiconductor's Analyst Day, and more.

5G, Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations, PCs and Devices, Processors

May 17, 2021

Olivier Blanchard

Research Note

Cisco’s Acquisition of Socio Labs Points to the Future of Hybrid Event Management Solutions

Cisco’s acquisition of Socio Labs points to the future of hybrid event management services. Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard walks through what this will add to the Cisco Webex offering and why it’s attractive.

May 17, 2021

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Cisco Nexus 400G: Delivering Ecosystem-wide Data Center Networking Innovation

Futurum’s Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall join the Cisco Insider Network podcast to explore and analyze the capabilities and competitive benefits of the Cisco Nexus 400G solution and how it bolsters Cisco’s overall data center networking proposition, particularly in emerging 400G data center environments, as well as Cisco’s competitive edge in meeting customer data center 400G demands.

Data Management

April 5, 2021

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Cisco’s Internet for the Future Vision, Inclusively Refreshed

Cisco’s Internet for the Future refresh comes at a good time. Futurum’s Ron Westfall takes a look at how this refreshed vision is vital to bolstering the company’s vision, how the new portfolio capabilities provide a compelling strategy for the digital ecosystem in the 5G era, as well as what’s ahead for Cisco’s key rivals.

5G, Digital Transformation

April 5, 2021

Daniel Newman

Six Five Webcast

Cisco is Live, Armed with Updates – The Six Five Webcast

On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the tech new stories that made headlines this week including, a recap of Cisco Live, Microsoft’s Hololens win, Marvell and Samsung’s partnership, Arm’s new update, Qualcomm news and Dell’s new pledge.