Cafiero: No... We are not getting in the disk business, not now, at least. Never is never for me!
Byte and Switch: Is that because the disk business is becoming a commodity market?
Jiandani: Jo, we are a networking company. That is what we do best, and that is the strength we are bringing to the storage market today.
Byte and Switch: What was the most satisfying feedback you heard from your beta sites?
Jiandani: They said we were hitting the sweet spot and that our troubleshooting and management tools are great, as they have never existed in the SAN world. They liked the ease of installation, and customers liked having the same Cisco CLI [command line interface] as the rest of their network. We are giving them the same look and feel.
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
