Lightyear Debuts AI Tools to Accelerate Telecom Procurement and Management
Lightyear has announced its first foray into agentic AI. The company, which offers SaaS-based services for telecom procurement, telecom network inventory management, and expense management, is rolling...
View ArticleCelona Builds Custom Wi-Fi APs to Augument Its Private 5G Offering
Celona, which specializes in private 5G for industrial enterprises, is now building its own Wi-Fi APs. The introduction of Wi-Fi into its portfolio is part of a new offering called Orion, which will...
View ArticleNetBrain Builds Out Agentic AI Operations Capabilities: AutoCon 5 Preview
NetBrain has been building agent-driven network operations capabilities on top of its network discovery and network visibility platform. In early 2026, the company debuted two AI agents: Deep Diagnosis...
View ArticleZenarmor Tackles Zero Trust, Secure Access with a Custom Security Stack: RSA...
Zenarmor competes in the secure network access space. It provides zero trust networking with access policies that can be enforced according to user identity, device posture and location, and...
View ArticleActiveState Checks Packages to Minimize Software Supply Chain Risks: RSA 2026...
ActiveState aims to help organizations manage open source software risks by providing a library of open source software and packages that are regularly checked and updated. The goal is to minimize...
View ArticleCentrii Targets OT Security for the Renewables Sector: RSA 2026 Briefing Note
Centrii, founded in 2022, is an OT security vendor. It competes with OT security vendors such Dragos and Claroty. The company specializes in the renewable energy sector and aims to help both operators...
View ArticleStartup Radar: MaiaEdge Raises $20M to Interconnect the Massive Middle Mile
MaiaEdge automates connectivity between middle-mile network providers using a Path Border Controller (PBC). MaiaEdge's PBC uses Ethernet and a path computation engine to stand up links between regional...
View ArticleCisco Announces the G300 ASIC: 102.4Tbps for AI Data Centers
Cisco has announced the G300, the newest entrant in its Silicon One family of custom network silicon. The G300 offers 102.4Tbps throughput and supports the P4 programming language. Cisco is targeting...
View ArticleStartup Radar: FluidCloud Aims to Unlock Public Cloud Lock-In
In the early days of public cloud, one supposed benefit was the ability to easily move workloads from one provider to another. Unlike your on-prem infrastructure, public cloud was a hotel, not a home....
View ArticleBriefing Report: Uptycs Marries SQL and AI for Cloud Security
Uptycs provides cloud security across multiple public cloud platforms. The company gathers data about customers' public cloud infrastructure via the providers' APIs, and then applies a classification...
View ArticleStartup Radar: DevAI Knows Network Engineers Don’t Need Another Source of Truth
DevAI offers an AI interface that can help network engineers understand what’s happening on the network, correlate events, identify root causes, and recommend fixes. It does this by tapping into tools...
View ArticleItential’s FlowAI for Network Automation Balances AI Ops With Guardrails and...
Itential has announced an ambitious new platform for incorporating agentic AI operations into network automation. Called FlowAI and currently available as a private customer preview, Itential says this...
View ArticleOpenText Brings Its Network Observability Platform to AutoCon 4
OpenText recently announced the general availability of Network Observability, which brings together network operations management, network automation, network monitoring, and cloud network visibility...
View ArticleRed Hat to Highlight Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 at AutoCon 4
Red Hat's Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 adds new features to support network automation including a dashboard to track automation ROI, a portal for network teams to build a service catalog for...
View ArticleCisco IQ Brings AI to Cisco Tech Support, Professional Services, and VARs
AI is coming to Cisco technical support and professional services. Cisco has announced Cisco IQ, a platform to bring AI and automation to the customer lifecycle across product planning and design,...
View ArticleStartup Radar: Aria Networks Sings of Telemetry to Sell Ethernet Switches to...
Startup Aria Networks believes it can use network telemetry to differentiate its data center Ethernet switches and capture a portion of the billions being poured into the AI infrastructure buildout.
View ArticleLightyear Adds Bulk Procurement and Embedded Circuit KMZs to Its Platform
Lightyear, which automates telecom procurement and billing via its SaaS-based platform, has announced two new features: bulk-site Internet procurement, and support for KMZ files to help network...
View ArticleMarvis Gets More Conversational As HPE Rolls Out New Mist AI Enhancements
From a more colloquial Marvis to a generalized Large Experience Model (LEM) to monitor user experience, HPE Juniper Networking has announced a set of enhancements to its Mist AI portfolio. Here’s the...
View ArticleHPE Announces SASE AI Copilot, Extends Aruba NAC to 3rd-Party Switches
HPE made a series of security announcements today. Among them is a new AI copilot for its SASE offering. The company also says its Aruba NAC offering can now work with third-party network devices...
View ArticleBriefing Summary: BackBox 8.0 Integrates Meraki, Adds Vulnerability Workarounds
BackBox has released version 8.0 of its software platform for network operations, which includes config and OS backups, device lifecycle management, and vulnerability remediation. New features include...
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