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A collection of 67 issues

For Security Vendors, AI Brings New Twists to Old Narrative

This post is about cybersecurity, but I am going to begin proceedings with a relevant quote from a relatively obscure 1984 film called Flashpoint. No, this Flashpoint is not the Canadian police procedural television series of the same name, which wrapped up more than a decade ago; nor is it

Observing the Cautionary Tale of Silver Thursday

It’s now the evening of Good Friday. As it happens, yesterday was the 44th anniversary of Silver Thursday. You might ask: What is or was Silver Thursday? It’s a fair question. To the best of my knowledge, nobody celebrates or honors Silver Thursday; it simply stands as a

Scrutinizing Surging Insider Sales of Tech Stocks

The Case Against the Lock-in Fixation

Thoughts on Cisco’s Isovalent Acquisition, Open-Source Motives, and the New Tech Austerity

It was inevitable that networking’s journey would become not only software-defined, not only software-driven, but reach an apotheosis of developer-driven software, period. With eBPF, networking and software merge seamlessly.

Going Over the Top, Again

NVIDIA might beat the Street one more time later today, but the denouement of this market drama will follow a banal, hackneyed, and all-too predictable script. At some point, NVIDIA’s investor brigade will go over the top, if not later today then next quarter.

The Evolution and Future of the Celebrity CEO

I had an epiphany – though you can decide whether I was beguiled by a mirage – while reading a recent Wall Street Journal article that explored China’s penchant for CEOs to double as entertainers. According to the article, the rise of the entertaining CEO derives from the hierarchical and regimented