Zeus Kerravala

Zeus Kerravala is a principal analyst at ZK Research, a division of Kerravala Consulting.

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Avaya taps industry vet Alan Masarek as new CEO

Communications systems provider Avaya Holdings Corp. today named Alan Masarek its next president and chief executive. Masarek will join the company on Aug. 1, succeeding Jim Chirico, who will also resign his position on the board. Chirico has been with Avaya for 15 …

Dialpad rolls out AI-infused customer satisfaction scoring

AI By ZEUS KERRAVALA4 YEARS AGO

It has been well-documented on this site and others that customer experience, or CX, is the No. 1 brand differentiator. Every contact center-as-a-service vendor leads with this when talking about reasons why contact centers need to be modernized. My research shows that …

New Zscaler report finds ransomware continues to run amok

SECURITY By ZEUS KERRAVALA4 YEARS AGO

Ransomware attacks have grown by 80% year-over-year, as they continue to evolve in tactics and scope. The findings come from Zscaler Inc.’s newly released ThreatLabz 2022 Ransomware Report, which uncovered a record number of attacks that have increased both in volume and …

Nvidia’s DOCA: an open framework to maximize the value of its data processing unit

INFRA By ZEUS KERRAVALA4 YEARS AGO

Nvidia Inc. is positioning its open DOCA software framework as the fastest and easiest way to speed up the development and performance of data processing unit applications. DOCA is a software development kit for Nvidia BlueField DPUs (pictured). For those not familiar with BlueField, it …

Avaya shares fall on disappointing earnings and guidance but cloud shift advances

CLOUD By ZEUS KERRAVALA4 YEARS AGO

Business communications service provider Avaya Inc. today reported disappointing second-quarter earnings and provided weak guidance for the third quarter, but there’s evidence that its shift to the cloud is gaining momentum. Revenue fell 2% from a year ago, to $716 million, missing …

Cisco rethinks office space design to optimize for hybrid work

INFRA By ZEUS KERRAVALA4 YEARS AGO

There should be no doubt that hybrid work is here to stay. We are more than two years since the work-from-home period of the pandemic began and businesses have been all over the map with respect to what the return to work …

Cisco: Complexity and number of cyberattacks jumped in 2021

SECURITY By ZEUS KERRAVALA4 YEARS AGO

The past two years have brought a significant amount of societal change, including the way we work. This shift in lifestyle to one that is largely digital also brought about a surge in cyberattacks, which rose in both frequency and complexity last …

Arista integrates network detection and response into the network

CLOUD By ZEUS KERRAVALA5 YEARS AGO

Arista Networks Inc. announced today that it’s embedding network detection and response or NDR capabilities into its network switches. With an upgrade to EOS, Arista’s operating system, the 720XP series of switches will have NDR baked into it. The NDR capabilities, which Arista …

F5 launches distributed cloud services platform

CLOUD By ZEUS KERRAVALA5 YEARS AGO

F5 Inc., a leader in application delivery controllers, today announced its new software-as-a-service Distributed Cloud Services platform. The new solution is the coming together of several acquisitions, including Volterra and Shape Security. Network functions include cloud load balancing, multicloud networking, cloud-native edge …

Security study finds a few best practices can have a big impact on threat protection

SECURITY By ZEUS KERRAVALA5 YEARS AGO

Cisco Systems Inc. just released one of its largest-ever cybersecurity studies, providing a detailed view into the top five security practices proven to be most effective for organizations. Cisco claims that those adopting the top practices can propel their security programs ahead …

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Latest from Zeus Kerravala

Avaya taps industry vet Alan Masarek as new CEO

Dialpad rolls out AI-infused customer satisfaction scoring

New Zscaler report finds ransomware continues to run amok

Nvidia’s DOCA: an open framework to maximize the value of its data processing unit

Avaya shares fall on disappointing earnings and guidance but cloud shift advances

Cisco rethinks office space design to optimize for hybrid work

Cisco: Complexity and number of cyberattacks jumped in 2021

Arista integrates network detection and response into the network

Security study finds a few best practices can have a big impact on threat protection

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