Why Network Value is Heating Up in an Increasingly Digital World - eWeek

The network was once an IT resource to which few business leaders paid attention. Most considered the network to be the "pipes" or the "plumbing" of a company and thought of it as a commodity. That opinion has been changing, because the network has rapidly increased in importance as digital transformation has taken hold in the business world.

The building blocks of digital are technologies such as cloud computing, mobility, internet of things and artificial intelligence, all of which are network-centric. This means as business becomes more digital, the network increases in strategic value. 

The network vendors have responded to this challenge, and recently there has been a flurry of news from this community. I covered some of the major announcements in my most recent ZKast video podcast, done in conjunction with eWEEK (see image above). Highlights follow.

Cisco Systems expands its SD-WAN portfolio 

Last October Cisco Systems introduced the Catalyst 8000 family of Edge platforms as an upgrade from its widely adopted Integrated Services Routers and Aggregation Services Routers (ISR/ASR). The initial release included three platforms that included a high-end data center/colo router, one designed for branch offices and a software-based version for virtual deployments. Recently, it added four more products to the family to round out the product line. 

The 8500L is aimed at entry 1-Gig/10-Gig aggregation use cases, the 8200 is targeted at branch offices and the new 8200 uCPE for small-and-lean branch locations. Rounding out the line is Catalyst 5G cellular gateway for high-speed wireless connectivity. The seven-branch routers create a tremendous amount of flexibility for customers. 

This may seem like a lot of hardware in a world where software-defined is the norm. The reality is businesses have connectivity needs for a wide range of locations, and SD-WAN performance can suffer if the underlying hardware can’t support the network needs. This is particularly true for security where the processing needs of encryption, NAT and other features can cripple an underpowered edge device. Also, not all businesses are ready to or want to move all of their security capabilities to the cloud. In large locations, it makes sense to have local resources. The Cisco Catalyst 8000 line lets customers architect a WAN any way they want to but ensure the best possible performance. 

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Extreme Networks handily beats its quarterly expectations 

Extreme Networks recently held its quarterly investor call and announced its second-quarter preliminary results. The company reported revenue in the range of $238 million to $248 million, the midpoint of which ($243 million) is well ahead of the Street’s expectation of $240 million. The “beat” is certainly noteworthy, but the reason why it is seeing increased strength is the real news. 

Extreme recently announced its Universal Hardware Platform which untethers the underlying hardware from software features. Most network vendors typically have multiple product lines designed for different use cases. Universal Hardware Platform enables customers to purchase hardware and then select the software load that makes the most sense. For example, Extreme’s 5520 Series Universal Switch can run either the ExtremeXOS or VOSS operating system, each designed for different use cases. The secret sauce for Extreme is its ExtremeCloud IQ cloud management platform that brings cloud level flexibility to networking. 

Extreme remains the most undervalued network vendor. Several years ago, Extreme was fast-tracking to irrelevancy, but then a new management team, led by CEO Ed Meyercord and COO Norman Rice, executed a plan to roll up other network assets, including Avaya Networking, Brocade’s Data Center Business, Aerohive and the WiFi business from Zebra. It then had to bring these assets together into a comprehensive portfolio resulting in Universal Hardware. 

The company has quietly been executing and growing. In fact, the analysts at 650 Group recently found that, of the top four vendors in cloud-managed networking, Extreme has experienced the largest increase in market share while others are down or, at best, staying flat. 

Juniper Networks showing strength in enterprise 

Juniper Networks also recently announced its quarterly earnings. For the quarter, it posted revenues of $1.22 billion, slightly ahead of its previous estimate of $1.19 billion. As with Extreme, the numbers don’t tell the whole story. A closer look reveals that cloud revenue was up slightly over a year ago, while service provider revenue slipped 3.6%. The most intriguing number is that enterprise revenues were up 7.1%. 

Most people familiar with networking know Juniper to be a service provider company, and they excel in this area. In the past, it has never managed to put together a solid, consistent enterprise strategy, but the tide appears to be changing. The catalyst for this shift was the acquisition of Mist Systems, which brought artificial intelligence capabilities into the company. Mist was founded to use AI to solve WiFi issues. Since the acquisition, Juniper has expanded Mist to manage its SD-WAN, campus and security products. 

Since the Mist purchase, Juniper has made two other enterprise-focused acquisitions. 128 Technology brings session-based routing to the WAN, creating a much more efficient and smarter network than by using only network data. It also bought Apstra, the only vendor-agnostic, intent-based networking solution. 

Mist is now the foundation for Juniper’s enterprise business shifting the focus to AI and how advanced technology can change networking. 

DriveNets hits unicorn status 

Last week, start-up network vendor DriveNets announced a $208 million round of funding, raising its value to over $1 billion. The company has embraced disaggregation and built a pure software router that runs on white boxes. DriveNets certainly isn’t the first vendor to attempt this, but they’ve been the most successful. Evidence of this is their billion-dollar valuation, but they’ve also landed many service provider customers, including AT&T. 

The topic of disaggregation certainly isn’t new, and I’ve been a skeptic for years. Not because the idea wasn’t a good one, but rather that it’s never worked. There have been a number of open-source projects and other software-only vendors that have offered similar solutions, but network engineers I talked to told me the performance wasn’t on par with traditional routers.

The problem was that regardless of how well the software is designed, there’s still a reliance on the underlying hardware. Other software-only products designed their solution to run on x86 platforms, and the off-the-shelf CPUs just didn’t have enough horsepower. 

While DriveNets is a software company, it nurtures a complete white-box ecosystem. It includes certified hardware vendors, providers of merchant silicon and transceivers and system integrators. Together they deliver compelling white box-based routing solutions that are simple to deploy and easy to manage. This gives the agility of software-only with the performance of a vertically integrated solution. 

DriveNets’ tagline is that it is “the future of networking,” and given they’ve solved the software-performance problem, they might very well be. 

Zeus Kerravala is an eWEEK regular contributor and the founder and principal analyst with ZK Research. He spent 10 years at Yankee Group and prior to that held a number of corporate IT positions. Kerravala is considered one of the top 10 IT analysts in the world by Apollo Research, which evaluated 3,960 technology analysts and their individual press coverage metrics.

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California's Genomic Sequencing Lab Network Amounts To 'A Patchwork Of Informal Collaborations' - Capital Public Radio News

As California public health officials contend with a winter COVID-19 surge, a new threat has pushed to the fore: The emergence of dangerous coronavirus variants. 

One of those variants, which appears to have originated in California, may be driving the massive spike in Los Angeles. 

Viruses are constantly mutating, and researchers use a method called genomic sequencing to track those changes. Over six months ago, the state launched an effort to create a statewide network of laboratories to do this work. After spending millions of dollars, pieces of the program are in place, but the vision has not been realized.

Individual labs in California have been doing genomic sequencing on a small scale since the start of the pandemic. The sequencing process produces a sort of tracking code to map changes in the virus’ RNA over time; the more it spreads, the more it mutates. As early as June, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) began developing its statewide lab network, called COVIDNet. The goal was to choreograph the flow of specimen samples, track lab performance and manage communications between partners. 

The lab network remains fragmented, and there isn’t substantial collaboration facilitated by the state, according to participants and observers. Critics also point out that the state’s new diagnostic laboratory in Valencia is not equipped for genomic sequencing, which they say is a missed opportunity. It also has limited ability to send samples to outside labs for this work. 

In addition to identifying variants that may be more contagious or deadly, genomic sequencing can help identify the source of an outbreak with more accuracy than traditional contact tracing.

CDPH declined CapRadio’s request for an interview.

Joseph DeRisi — co-president of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, which performs the bulk of COVIDNet’s sequencing — says a big issue is funding. 

“There is no large funded effort; it's all just a patchwork of informal collaborations,” said DeRisi, who is also a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco. “You can't launch one of these networks unless somebody pays for it.”

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub covers the cost of performing 10,000 sequences a week for COVIDNet. 

CDPH points out that the network’s lab partners have had notable successes identifying new variants in California. The lab at UCSF first discovered the L452R variant in California, and researchers at Cedars-Sinai then determined the variant made up more than one-third of the recent positive cases in Los Angeles. A lab run by Scripps Research and University of California, San Diego was the first to discover a more contagious variant, commonly referred to as the “UK variant,” in California.

“CDPH has adequate resources from federal funding to support sequencing activities for the next one to two years,” a department spokesperson said in an email. “These funds have supported [the] purchase of approximately one-million dollars’ worth of equipment, and hiring of research assistants to support this initiative.”

CDPH did not respond to an emailed question asking the department to describe COVIDNet’s successes and shortcomings so far.

Establishing A Statewide Network

COVIDNet launched last year with little fanfare. Unlike other pandemic programs, there was no figurative ribbon-cutting during one of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s afternoon press conferences. 

CapRadio discovered the program months ago after reviewing state contracts related to coronavirus response. California enlisted McKinsey & Company, an international consulting firm, to help set up COVIDNet. 

The contract, which also included consulting work on contact tracing and testing, carried a price tag of up to $1,850,000, which has since grown to up to $6 million.

The objectives outlined in the contract include:

• “Collaborat[ing] with sequencing labs to codify best practices”
• “Put performance measure tracking in place for each lab”
• Develop “standard operating procedures for sample flows”
• “Manage on-going communications between all COVIDNet labs”
• “Further evolve COVIDNet into a state utility for sequencing beyond SARS-CoV-2.”

McKinsey declined an on-the-record interview request.

Omai Garner, director of clinical microbiology at the UCLA Health System, reviewed the objectives in the contract. His lab has performed genomic sequencing on-and-off throughout the pandemic, working with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

He says the contract’s goals remain “aspirational” and not fully achieved yet. 

“I'm not sure this gets set up for this particular pandemic,” Garner said. 

However, he argues that may not be a big deal right now. While variants pose a looming threat — especially ones that are more contagious or resistant to vaccines — California is still wrestling with the immediate threat of controlling the winter surge.

Garner argues the focus right now should be on clinical response, such as expanding diagnostic testing, improving vaccine distribution and supporting overburdened hospitals. The state’s funding will go further that way, he says, considering genomic sequencing “is about 10 times as expensive” as diagnostic testing.

Still, he’s encouraged by the overall effort to establish a network of sequencing labs in the long-term.

“I agree with this idea that a state utility for sequencing beyond SARS-CoV-2 is an important resource to set up,” he said. “I have no reason to doubt that another animal coronavirus is going to spill over and make its way around the world over the next 10 years.”

Missed Opportunity In Valencia

As COVIDNet took shape, a more high-profile effort was also underway to establish a new state laboratory in Valencia, in partnership with the diagnostics and life sciences company PerkinElmer.

The goal: dramatically increase California’s diagnostic testing capacity and centralize sample processing. 

The lab has processed 1.1 million diagnostic tests since it opened in late October, according to CDPH, though it has struggled to meet its turnaround goal of 24 to 48 hours.  

DeRisi, of the Chan Zuckerberg Lab, says this was a missed opportunity to expand the state’s monitoring of COVID-19 variants.

“I really think that the Valencia facility should be utilized for sequencing of strains, too,” he said. “Why that hasn’t occurred yet, I don't know.”

Additionally, the lab is limited in its ability to send out certain specimen samples for sequencing — specifically, specimens that can help determine the cause of an outbreak. 

A CDPH spokesperson said in an email that local labs have been more focused on sequencing outbreak samples. 

The spokesperson suggested that the Valencia lab is an improvement compared to when the state relied more heavily on commercial labs.

“Due to limitations on how long commercial diagnostic laboratories are able to save specimens, specimens are often discarded by laboratories before CDPH can request them for sequencing,” the spokesperson said in an email. “In addition, it is very difficult for commercial laboratories to extract the data from their databases that is required for sequencing.”

Still, DeRisi says sequencing in California — and more broadly in the U.S. — has fallen short.

COVIDNet “really should be a much, much larger program,” he said.

He argues it should be a tightly coordinated network of all the research universities and major biotech companies in California. 

“It could be a vast network of genomic surveillance if we did this right,” he said.

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MLBN celebrates Aaron, Black History Month - MLB.com

In celebration of Black History Month, MLB Network is highlighting one player each week in February -- and that started on Monday with Hank Aaron. • Where to find MLB Network on your TV The coverage kicked off with Bob Costas taking an in-depth look at the life and legacy

In celebration of Black History Month, MLB Network is highlighting one player each week in February -- and that started on Monday with Hank Aaron.

• Where to find MLB Network on your TV

The coverage kicked off with Bob Costas taking an in-depth look at the life and legacy of Aaron, who died on Jan. 22. The Hall of Famer finished his career with 755 home runs and an MLB-record 2,297 RBIs.

MLB Network's week of Aaron will continue on Tuesday with an essay from Brian Kenny. As for the rest of the week, Harold Reynolds will provide a detailed breakdown on Hammerin' Hank on Wednesday and Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward will share his thoughts on Aaron on Friday.

Coverage will continue throughout the month, with the focus shifting to Bob Gibson from Feb. 8-12, then Lou Brock from Feb. 15-19 and Joe Morgan from Feb. 22-26.

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Tive Announces the Open Visibility Network, Starting with project44 - PRNewswire

The Open Visibility Network partner program is the first step in connecting shippers, logistics service providers (LSPs), brokers, and customers through collaborative data sharing. The Open Visibility Network adds in-transit visibility beyond what's available today.

Supply chain visibility providers have traditionally worked independently, with limited data sets from their own customers. The collaboration between project44 and Tive's open platform enables the collection and sharing of critical shipment data across platforms. Providers and customers will collaborate with instant access to data from a network of leading supply chain visibility providers.

"We see a logistics world where collaboration between shippers, LSPs, and customers will be the norm," said Krenar Komoni, Founder and CEO of Tive. "There are amazing visibility platforms and TMS solutions out there that meet many customers' needs, and now is the time to start an open, collaborative platform so every customer can get the visibility that they deserve."

For example, project44 and KODIS work together — combining data and insights from KODIS's Transportation Management System (TMS) with project44 telematic data. Leveraging the Open Visibility Network, KODIS users gain unprecedented in-transit visibility by adding data from shipment trackers at the load level that are not specific to carriers.

"Our aim at project44 is to create a new level of trust and predictability in transportation and logistics, and we can't do that alone. This collaboration with Tive will bring a new level of customer service to shipping," said Jett McCandless, Founder and CEO at project44. "The partner program exponentially increases the mutual flow of data to our cloud-based platforms, right out of the gate, and there's room to expand with new partners. We are unlocking the value of supply chain collaboration in an entirely new and exciting way."

"KODIS understands that valuable relationships are built on quality experiences for the customer, carrier, warehouse, and consignee," said Michael Kokal, President, KODIS. "Working with project44 and Tive has made onboarding easy for us, and it has ensured that each stakeholder receives the best insights, that realistic expectations are provided, and that we deliver, every time."

About Tive:

Tive is a leading provider of supply chain visibility insights that helps logistics professionals proactively manage the location and condition of their in-transit shipments. With Tive, shippers and logistics service providers (LSP) eliminate preventable delays, damage, and shipment failures. Tive's solution provides data generated by its industry-leading trackers allowing clients to actively optimize their shipments, improve their customers' experience, and unlock supply chain insights in an actionable real-time manner. Tive is based in Boston, MA. For more information, visit www.tive.com.

About project44:

project44 is the world's leading advanced visibility platform for shippers and logistics service providers. project44 provides visibility into key transportation processes to accelerate insights and shorten the time it takes to turn those insights into actions. Connected to thousands of carriers worldwide, project44 supports all transportation modes and shipping types. Leveraging the power of the project44 cloud-based platform, organizations increase operational efficiencies and deliver an exceptional Amazon-like experience to their customers.

About KODIS:

KODIS is a fourth-party logistics (4PL) firm headquartered in Cleveland, OH. KODIS offers a nationwide network of warehouses, along with technology and data analytics solutions to help businesses increase productivity while controlling supply chain costs.  To learn more, visit www.kodisusa.com.

Contact: James Waters, +17816263238, [email protected]

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Digilock Launches 6G Smart Lock Product Line With Cloud-Based Network Management System - PRNewswire

PETALUMA, Calif., Feb. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Digilock introduces the next evolution in smart lock technology, with Sixth Generation (6G) locks featuring DigiLink, the latest advancement in network management systems. Building upon a legacy of industry-leading personal secured storage, DigiLink lets you manage your facility and users from anywhere, providing the tools to keep your organization safe and sound.

Digilock's 6G locks continue to be wireless to easily install on new builds, retrofits, and upgrades. Customers can design and develop powerful and agile solutions.

"At Digilock, we are inspired by our customers to design innovative solutions that keep items secure, allow them to work the way they want to work, and elevate the human experience," Managing Director Florizel Hancox said.

Digilock, committed to security simplified, continues partnering with its customers by supporting its traditional management systems alongside DigiLink, maximizing managerial flexibility within a facility. From design to installation and beyond, Digilock works with customers to provide efficient, personalized service for their businesses.

"For four decades, Digilock has remained committed to simplifying security. Our 6G locks continue that tradition, with the DigiLink management system allowing a global system of security to be managed from a single remote location," VP of Sales Clay Gervais said.

The 6G line offers capacitive sensors that allow for ease of access and continue supporting our commitment to efficient energy use. With three different models — Aspire, Versa, and Orbit — now available, 6G wireless locks have the added benefit of flexibility and mobility in any environment or furniture application, whether that be a locker, cabinet, pedestal, or credenza.

Administrators of DigiLink choose ideal functionality based on their organizational needs, and users are provided a unique mobile ID, user pin, or RFID credential to access their personal storage locks. DigiLink's highly robust reporting and auditing system allows administrators to remotely review, update, and audit locks from anywhere at any time.

Digilink and the 6G smart lock product line allow ultimate convenience and control to keep your facility safe and sound. For more information, please visit our website: Smart Locks | by Digilock, https://www.digilock.com/products/smart-locks/

About Digilock
Founded in 1981, headquartered in California, with sales offices in The Netherlands and Hong Kong, Digilock continues to innovate since delivering the first electronic lock for personal storage in 1992. Nearly 40 years later, the Digilock brand now encompasses multiple lock and locker products for every environment, application, and budget. Built to last and designed for impact, Digilock keeps belongings right where they belong: locked up safe and sound in personal storage. For more information, visit https://www.digilock.com/.

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Siyata Mobile Receives US$1.4M Purchase Order to Equip First Responders with its Rugged Handset Devices - GlobeNewswire

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Siyata Mobile Inc. (Nasdaq: SYTA, SYTAW) (“Siyata” or the “Company”), a leading global developer and provider of cellular communications solutions for enterprise customers, is pleased to announce it has received a US$1.4M purchase order to supply first responders with rugged handset devices. The order will be fulfilled in the beginning of Q1 this year and continue throughout 2021. Siyata's rugged handsets are designed to be “rugged and ready” for enterprise users who require a reliable Push-to-Talk over Cellular device in demanding environments.

“We are seeing great sales momentum across all of our product categories and are very excited to be providing first responders with the technology that creates a safer and improved working environment for them while they are on the job,” commented Marc Seelenfreund, CEO of Siyata Mobile. “As we engage customers at multiple cellular carriers, we are confident that this momentum will continue with the disruptive and generational shift towards cellular technology as a replacement for two-way radio which is only in its infancy. First responders no longer have to navigate over 10,000 different and incompatible networks in the U.S. and a host of other challenges in trying to communicate with one another. We anticipate a continued growing adoption of our Push-to-Talk (PTT) devices in the first responder market and are excited to enhance our sales opportunities with our innovative PTT portfolio.”

The Company’s rugged devices are available on a carrier-grade Push-to-Talk Over Cellular (PoC) network that allows workers to have nationwide unified communication between one another at the push of a button, ensuring safe and efficient communication when working in public security. Siyata’s rugged handset devices aim to provide customers with the functionality and ease of a rugged smartphone handset, while offering high speed LTE data services and a large PTT button for seamless communication between enterprise users.

About Siyata Mobile

Siyata Mobile Inc. is a Business-to-Business (B2B) global vendor of next generation Push-To-Talk over Cellular (PoC) devices and cellular booster systems. Its portfolio of in-vehicle and rugged smartphones enable first responders and enterprise workers to instantly communicate, over a nationwide cellular network of choice, to improve communication, increase situational awareness and save lives.

Its portfolio of enterprise cellular booster systems enables first responders and enterprise workers to amplify its cellular signal in remote areas, inside structural buildings where signals are weak and within vehicles for maximum cellular signal strength possible.

Siyata’s common shares trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol “SYTA” and its warrants under the symbol “SYTAW”.

Visit siyatamobile.com and unidencellular.com/ to learn more.

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Study finds Google has the fastest overall cloud platform - Network World

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is the best hyperscale performer across all areas of throughput while Microsoft Azure has the best storage systems and Amazon Web Services (AWS) has the lowest network latency.

Those are the findings of a series of benchmarks performed by the atrociously named Cockroach Labs, maker of a scalable, resilient database called CockroachDB that runs on all three services. The study, part of the company’s third annual Cloud Report, evaluated the performance of AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud in online transaction processing (OLTP) applications.

In total, 54 machines were assessed and almost 1,000 benchmark runs were conducted to measure CPU, network, storage I/O, and TPC-C performance, among others.

While the report declared Google Cloud an overall winner, it applied a note of caution: Each cloud provider stood out in different ways. It singled out GCP for overall pejrformance and best throughput on the Derivative TPC-C (OLTP) benchmark; Azure for its disks in storage I/O; and AWS as the most cost efficient option for OLTP.

“It is important to point out that each of the cloud providers showcased overall growth in machine performance since the 2020 report,” the researchers wrote.

For having the fastest pricessing rates, Google Cloud won the network throughput benchmark for the third year in a row, with its worst performing machine still beating the best from AWS and Azure. GCP achieved the best single-core CPU performance and delivered the most throughput at every level, including on the OLTP benchmark.

The TCP-C benchmarks also found something interesting among the chips AWS is using. It offers instances powered by Intel, AMD, and Amazon’s Graviton2, an Arm derivative. In single-core performance, Intel was a clear winner, while on the 16-core performance benchmark, AWS’s Graviton2 beat everybody.

GCP’s machines also outperformed Azure and AWS in network and storage I/O throughput (read and write) and also attained the highest amount of raw throughput (tpm). Despite not having an advanced disk option (extreme-pd) available, GCP machines with general purpose disks (pd-ssds) came in second in cost efficiency ($/tpm).

As far as network latency was concerned, AWS registered the best performance in network latency for three years running. Their top-performing machine’s 99th percentile network latency was 28% lower than Azure and 37% lower than GCP. However, Cockroach noted that there is possible randomness in the physical distance between instances.

As far as storage went, Azure had comparable raw throughput (tpm) performance with GCP and AWS, although the differences were razor thin. Azure surpassed AWS in storage I/O performance with what Microsoft calls “ultra disks,” SSDs specialized in high IOPS and low-latency performance.

With these ultra disks, their machines led all cloud providers in storage I/O read IOPS, write IOPS, and write latency. But that performance came at a higher cost. Azure was the least cost-efficient cloud provider in terms of dollars per tpm.

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