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Sharing this with 3 random thoughts: 1) #1 & #2 in the leader quadrant will soon be the same company, which is completely TERRIBLE for the networking industry, because now... 2) Extreme is the only viable alternative left to keep the 2 800-lb gorillas honest, which leads to an interesting take on one of those gorillas... 3) According to Gartner, you're slightly better off using FORTINET for your wired & wireless LAN than Cisco. (Meru > Meraki ? I kid... maybe...) And if you do a historical look at the past several years of the Magic Quadrant, you see Cisco sliding inch by inch closer to being out of the leader quadrant. I've maintained for years that Cisco is no longer a visionary company - you get that way by continually buying other companies and failing to integrate them into a cohesive solution, which leads directly into a declining ability to execute. But if we keep having shrinkage in the networking vendor options (thanks to the HPE-Juniper acquisition), I guess it won't matter, now will it?

6 times in a row speaks for itself and we are right up there! The completeness of the vision and the direction that Extreme Networks has always been driving is to protect the customers investments and provide infinite variances of possibilities to ultimately give the best user experience that one can have. Read more about Gartner's report in detail from below. #extremenetworks #infiniteenterprise #gartner #ingrammicro #networking #wirelessnetworking #wireless #sdwan #ztna #nms #nac #cloudnetworking

The 10 power players on this list are able to deliver highly mature offerings in areas of LAN and WAN infrastructure and services, have a strong security play, and are positioning themselves to take full advantage of the AI boom.

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Is Forward Networks the "greatest of all time" network digital twin? In this latest blog post, I provide my point of view. #NFD34

The top 10 vendors of network gear in enterprise networking are the biggest power players due to their ability to deliver highly mature offerings in areas of LAN and WAN infrastructure and services, a strong security play, and positioning themselves to take advantage of the AI boom, according to Network World. Learn more about this trend in the link below. #enterprisenetworking #managedIT  

HPE unveils AI insights and third-party network device monitoring capabilities: HPE announced the expansion of HPE Aruba Networking Central, its security-first, AI-powered network management solution, with new AI insights and capabilities that include integration of OpsRamp for third-party network device monitoring of industry vendors such as Cisco, Juniper Networks, and Palo Alto Networks. New capabilities of HPE Aruba Networking Central also include an improved network device configuration engine, expanded network observability, and AI-generated network optimizations, powered by AI insights from a rapidly growing customer base. … More → The post HPE unveils AI insights and third-party network device monitoring capabilities appeared first on Help Net Security.

Private 5G networks are increasingly being recognized as mission-critical infrastructure, not just by CIOs and IT leaders, but also by the operations leaders overseeing myriad business functions who benefit from the speed, low latency, security and reliability they offer.