IBM has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Instana, an application performance monitoring firm. Financial details were not disclosed. Once the acquisition closes, Instana’s technology will be incorporated into IBM’s hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence portfolios – two markets IBM leadership has targeted for high growth in the coming years. To that end, IBM recently said it would spin off the $19 billion Managed Infrastructure Services unit of its Global Technology Services division to help…

Cisco Recognized by Gartner as a Leader for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) We are proud to be named a leader for a repeat year in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). This is especially significant in this transformative year: When full, integrated collaboration – what UCaaS is all about – becomes vital to the effectiveness and survivability of businesses worldwide. First, I’d like to touch on two…

In this installment of our #2021NetworkingTrends blog series, we discuss Trend #1 – extending security to a remote workforce. Some events are so disruptive that we’re forced to re-think everything.  Often, this is a blessing in disguise.  All kinds of innovation springs out of questions like “is there a better way to do this?” and “should we even be doing this at all?” For instance, many enterprises thought there was absolutely no way their entire…

“If you want to achieve success in whatever you set out to do, you have to start as though you are hand-in-hand with all of creation.” – Keetoowah Cherokee Saying  From an early age, these words were instilled upon me by my dad as enrolled members of the Cherokee tribe – one of over 560 federally recognized tribes – with roots from Indian country in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. There are seven Cherokee clans and I’m from…

Cambridge Consultants is working to deliver the largest airborne communications antenna available commercially. The technology consultancy and product development firm, which part of Capgemini, has built a functioning, scaled-down version of a wireless antenna designed to beam connectivity from the sky. The prototype, announced this month, is part of a four-year project with UK-based start-up Stratospheric Platforms Limited (SPL). SPL is developing a High-Altitude Platform (HAP) and communication system that’s designed to deliver affordable, fast…