Dell’Oro Group Finds Agentic AI and Inference Drive Front-End Switch Growth
Dell’Oro Group says agentic AI and inference drive more than half of front-end switch growth and adoption of 800 Gbps and 1.6 Tbps.
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Decision Insights Record • August 13, 2026
Dell’Oro Group says agentic AI and inference drive more than half of front-end switch growth and adoption of 800 Gbps and 1.6 Tbps.
Decision Insights Record • August 12, 2026
Dell’Oro Group forecasts the Data Center IT Semiconductors and Components market will reach $1.8 trillion by 2030.
Decision Insights Record • August 12, 2026
ABI Research projects AI revenue in product design to rise from $628M in 2025 to $4.3B by 2035. It reports strong AI activity in mechanical design and simulation, with most value expected from…
Decision Insights Record • August 12, 2026
Celona introduced Celona Orion, unifying private 5G, Wi-Fi, public cellular, and satellite into a deterministic secure fabric with Orchestrator AI and phased availability in Q4 2026.
Decision Insights Record • August 12, 2026
Nimble appointed Tanya Andreev Kaspin as CFO as it scales Web Search Agents built for AI agent workflows.
Decision Insights Record • August 11, 2026
Dell’Oro forecasts SASE revenue to reach $24B by 2030, driven by SD-WAN recovery and expanded SSE monetization.
Decision Insights Record • August 11, 2026
Dell’Oro says Open Fronthaul is set to become the preferred interface while Cloud RAN and multi-vendor RAN follow different adoption paths.
Decision Insights Record • August 11, 2026
Cloudera’s survey found 95% of organizations delayed or canceled AI initiatives due to data governance, compliance, or regulatory challenges.
Decision Insights Record • August 11, 2026
Applied Materials said UC Berkeley will join its EPIC Center in Silicon Valley as a research collaborator. EPIC is planned to be operational in 2026.
Decision Insights Record • August 10, 2026
Nutanix released an open-source MCP server for Nutanix Cloud Platform, connecting AI tools to NCP via the Prism v4 API Gateway.
Decision Insights Record • August 7, 2026
SEALSQ said it will start a second phase in September for its $200M SEALQuantum.com initiative.
Decision Insights Record • August 7, 2026
Rackspace Technology appointed Pranav Nambiar as SVP and GM of AI Infrastructure to lead governed AI infrastructure, partnerships and go-to-market.
Decision Insights Record • August 7, 2026
The Apache Software Foundation announced Apache Fluss and Apache Pony Mail as Top-Level Projects. Fluss is positioned as lakehouse-native streaming storage for real-time analytics and AI…
Decision Insights Record • August 7, 2026
Broadcom updated VMware vDefend and Avi Load Balancer for VMware Cloud Foundation, adding lateral security, on-prem and air-gapped support, and WAAP/API protection.
Decision Insights Record • August 7, 2026
Cequence Security said NTT DOCOMO deployed its application and API protection platform and that it launched Cequence AI Gateway in Japan.
Decision Insights Record • August 7, 2026
Sophos partnered with OpenAI to bring frontier models to MSPs via Sophos Fusion and referenced Sophos AI Defense for governing AI usage.
Decision Insights Record • August 7, 2026
Apiiro joined Chainguard-led Athena and integrated platforms, making AutoFix free for open source maintainers.
Decision Insights Record • August 7, 2026
Infoblox completed its Kentik acquisition, adding real-time network intelligence and observability to support trusted data for AI-driven operations.
Decision Insights Record • August 7, 2026
Synack said NatJack research targets NAT design assumptions, reports two CVEs, and described no single patch plus interim mitigations.
Decision Insights Record • August 6, 2026
Cequence Security said NTT DOCOMO deployed its application and API protection platform and the firm launched Cequence AI Gateway in Japan.
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