About
Gina Narcisi is a senior editor covering the networking and telecom markets for CRN.com. Prior to joining CRN, she covered the networking, unified communications and cloud space for TechTarget. She graduated with a B.A. in communications from the University of Rhode Island and is now an L.A. transplant. Gina is a self-proclaimed foodie who enjoys yoga and traveling in her spare time.
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The 10 Hottest Networking Startups Of 2021 (So Far)
by Gina Narcisi
With hybrid cloud and edge networking top of mind, here are 10 enterprise networking upstarts MSPs should know about that are making their mark on 2021 so far.
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Cisco Catalyst 5G Router Portfolio Launched Targeting IoT, Edge Use Cases
by Gina Narcisi
The tech giant has released a new line of three 5G industrial edge routers and an IoT gateway series for IoT and edge use cases.
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Cisco Webex: From ‘Stodgy’ To ‘Cutting Edge’ As Tech Giant Takes Aim At Zoom
by Gina Narcisi
“[Cisco] can‘t stop. They need to not just try to catch up, but to do the next new thing and come up with the new technologies. What is Zoom not doing, and what could they be doing, is where they need to go,” one partner told CRN about Cisco’s Webex strategy.
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VMware SASE Picture ‘Completed’ With Cloud Web Security Offering
by Gina Narcisi
‘Most MSPs didn’t go to VMware for security in the first place, so I think VMware has a lot of market share to gobble up with its current partner base because they’ve entered the landscape,’ one VMware VeloCloud partner tells CRN.
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Verizon Business Launches First Private Enterprise 5G Network In U.S.
by Gina Narcisi
The private 5G network, called On Site, is now available for enterprises and the public sector in the U.S.
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Former Salesforce, Cisco Exec Dan Smoot Named New Riverbed CEO
by Gina Narcisi
The networking performance vendor has a new leader and its third CEO in three years. Riverbed has promoted its COO and longtime tech executive Dan Smoot.
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Cisco Webex Gets New Packaging And Up To 40-Percent Price Reduction
by Gina Narcisi
The tech giant is lowering the cost of the newly optimized Webex Suite and simplifying collaboration buying for Cisco partners.
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Keerti Melkote On The Aruba Team’s ‘Blood, Sweat and Tears’ And His Future Plans: Exclusive
by Gina Narcisi
With the news that Aruba Networks founder Keerti Melkote is leaving the company, the tech visionary shares with CRN why now was the time to leave and describes how Aruba’s portfolio is ‘on fire.’ He also tells CRN that HPE CEO Antonio Neri has been and will continue to be Aruba’s ‘biggest cheerleader.’
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Aruba Partners: Founder Keerti Melkote Is Leaving HPE With ‘Big Shoes To Fill’
by Gina Narcisi
‘[Melkote] has been at the forefront and has been able to keep HPE’s fingerprint on the Aruba line in check, and it’s a successful product line,’ one longtime Aruba channel partner tells CRN.
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Aruba CTO, Chief Architect Leaving In The Wake Of Founder Keerti Melkote’s Departure
by Gina Narcisi
Aruba CTO Partha Narasimhan and Chief Architect Pradeep Iyer will be retiring, Melkote wrote in a blog post, saying that the two are ‘legends at Aruba and in the industry.’
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‘Game-Changing’ Cisco UCS X-Series Revealed As Vendor Targets Hybrid Cloud
by Gina Narcisi
‘[Cisco UCS X-Series] has orchestration capabilities, it has monitoring capabilities, it has AI and [machine-learning] functionalities built in, which do some predictive analysis. … Overall, this is a game-changer,’ one Cisco partner tells CRN about the latest addition to the popular data center product line.
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Dell Smashes Sales Records, Aided By ‘Do-Anything-From-Anywhere Economy’
by Gina Narcisi
The tech giant’s record-breaking first fiscal quarter revenues were generated by substantial growth across infrastructure solutions, client solutions and its VMware business units, according to Dell executives.
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Extreme Networks CEO: ‘Explainable AI’ Will Rival Competing Network Management Tools
by Gina Narcisi
The networking giant shared two new product offerings at its annual user conference: a public beta of CoPilot, a subscription within the ExtremeCloud IQ platform and the Extreme 9000 switch series, featuring the Extreme 9920 intelligent network visibility platform for packet filtering.
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