True SASE convergence must prioritize the remote user experience.

Renuka Nadkarni, CPO of @AryakaNetworks, shares how their OnePASS Architecture delivers "LAN-like" performance for the hybrid workforce.
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Check out her "Executive Snippet" here:
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#SASE #Hybrid

2026 Enterprise Connectivity Thought leaders discuss networking and security convergence, multi-domain management, SASE, SD-WAN, ZTNA, NaaS

Deep dive into the 2026 report:
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#Arista #CyberSecurity #CloudNetworking #SASE

Security shouldn't be "bolted on" as an afterthought. 🔒

Jeff Raymond of Arista Networks explains how Arista is integrating security directly into the network fabric to break down traditional silos between campus, branch, and data center.

Deep dive into the report:
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Is the "best of breed" mindset holding your network back? 🛑

Sunil Varanasi, CTO of @Meter, argues the real challenge isn't individual components—it’s operating the entire network as a single entity.

Read the full interview in our 2026 Report:
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#Networking #NaaS

"Once we deploy Nile, it just works." — Pankaj Patel, CEO of Nile.

Nile is disrupting the status quo with a Zero Trust Fabric built for radical simplification and AI-driven operations. No more midnight on-call shifts.

Full Q&A here:
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#ZeroTrust #AIops #Nile

Geopolitics reshaping cloud strategy? Ericsson's Archana Khetan sees sovereign and private clouds gaining momentum as security concerns drive infrastructure decisions in 2026. 🎯 ngi.fyi/pred26-erics... #CloudStrategy #NetworkSecurity

Multi-facility AI clusters are coming. Broadcom's Hasan Siraj explains how Ethernet will connect distributed computing across hundreds of thousands of XPUs for LLM training 🔗 ngi.fyi/pred26-broad... #ArtificialIntelligence #Infrastructure #Enterprise

The AI infrastructure playbook is being rewritten around energy constraints. Tony Chan Carusone, Alphawave Semi CTO, shares three predictions that redefine how we build systems. ngi.fyi/pred26-alpha... #CTO #TechLeadership

Quantum computing could break internet encryption by 2027—years ahead of schedule. Gary Bolton explains why network operators must act now on quantum-safe solutions. 🔐 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iRB... #QuantumNetworking #Cybersecurity #QDay

IEEE's John D'Ambrosia calls 2026 "one of the most exciting years for Ethernet" as 200G standards finalize and 400G signaling work launches—enabling the jump to multi-terabit speeds. www.thefastreport.com/video-shorts... #EnterpriseIT #Connectivity

OIF President Nathan Tracy on 2026: Moving beyond specs to implementation reality at 448 Gbps. Reliability, power, reach challenges plus CMIS as the common platform enabling next-gen network intelligence. ngi.fyi/pred26-oif-n... #DataCenterTech #Optics

Cisco's Peter Jones brings clarity to AI networking uncertainty: Ethernet will succeed, even if the exact methodology is TBD. His Ethernet Alliance insights cut through the hype. ngi.fyi/pred26-ether... #CxO #NetworkStrategy #AI

Anis Khemakhem, CMO at Clearfield, forecasts fiber deployment nearing $30B in 2026 as BEAD funding and public-private partnerships accelerate digital divide closure. Five trends every telecom executive should understand. ngi.fyi/pred26-clear... #FiberOptics #Broadband #BEAD

98% of 2026 data center capacity already contracted. Nvidia sold out. Fiber supply uncertain. James Tomko (Zayo) warns of an AI infrastructure crisis with serious timing mismatches ahead ngi.fyi/pred26-zayo-... #DataCenter #SupplyChain #AIInfrastructure

Three predictions for 2026: AI buildout acceleration, networking bandwidth doubling, and robotics deployment. Piyush Sevalia of SiTime connects the dots on timing technology's critical role. #CxO #AITrends ngi.fyi/pred26-sitim...

Eugina Jordan (YOUnified AI) predicts 2026 won't be about smarter AI—it's when AI gets "normal." The real challenge? Inference costs will flip SaaS economics upside down, making your most engaged users your least profitable. 📊 ngi.fyi/pred26-youni... #AI #SaaS #CxO

#EnterpriseNetwork26: Enterprise Networks Shift from Hardware to Software Revenues Siân Morgan, Research Director at Dell'Oro Group, discusses how AI ops features are becoming standard in enterprise networking vendor offerings, the shift from hardware to recurring software revenue models, strong Wi-Fi 7 adoption in 2025 particularly in North America, and continued growth in software licensing and cloud-managed equipment segments.

Value is shifting from hardware to recurring software in enterprise networking. Dell'Oro's Siân Morgan analyzes how licensing models are reshaping vendor economics and customer relationships. ngi.fyi/entconnect26... #EnterpriseIT #NetworkManagement

#EnterpriseNetwork26: Delivering NaaS with a Zero Trust Fabric - Director's Cut Shashi Kiran, Chief Marketing Officer at Nile, explains how the company addresses enterprise networking challenges in campus and branch environments through a zero trust fabric approach that integrates security into network infrastructure, delivers autonomous AI-powered operations via a secure network as a service model, and serves hundreds of customers across multiple industries with cloud-native security services including secure access, authentication, and SASE-like capabilities for both wired and wireless connectivity.

Why are CIOs/CISOs rethinking campus networking? Shashi Kiran (Nile) shares how applying data center lessons to branch environments addresses the infrastructure gap. Nile has hundreds of customers across 12 verticals as proof points. Watch here: ngi.fyi/entconnect25... #CIO #CISO

#EnterpriseNetwork26: The Future of Networking: Self-Thriving, Client-to-Cloud Environments Bob Friday from Hewlett Packard Enterprise discusses how networks are converging through the integration of networking, security, and application monitoring into unified solutions with continuous uptime capabilities, self-thriving features, and real-time monitoring that extends from client to cloud for both applications and security functions.

Real-time monitoring data now serves dual purposes—user experience AND security. Bob Friday from Hewlett Packard Juniper Networking discusses this convergence and what it means for CxOs. ngi.fyi/entconnect26... #Cybersecurity #ITLeadership

#EnterpriseNetwork26: Marketing vs Reality Check for Leaders Ray Mota from ACG Research examines the gap between marketing promises and actual capabilities in zero touch AI and automation for networking, arguing that zero trust should be treated as a comprehensive security posture requiring telemetry enforcement, micro-segmentation, and continuous AI-driven monitoring rather than a standalone product, while emphasizing that AI must be positioned as a problem-solving tool mapped to economic benefits rather than as technology for its own sake.

AI isn't the solution—it's a tool. Ray Mota (ACG Research) on why mapping AI investments to economic value matters more than technology buzzwords. Essential viewing for CxOs evaluating enterprise network strategies. ngi.fyi/entconnect26... #EnterpriseNetworking #EnterpriseAI

#EnterpriseNetwork26: Network & Security-Led SASE Yogesh Ranade from Palo Alto Networks explains how enterprises pursue SASE and network security transformation through network-led approaches using SD-WAN and branch augmentation or security-led approaches using SWIG, SAS, and CASB, while Palo Alto Networks addresses both with integrated SD-WAN and SSE solutions, telecom partnerships, Wi-Fi switching convergence, the new Prisma AIRS platform for AI application security, and Prisma Browser for securing AI workflows.

Yogesh Ranade from Palo Alto Networks explains how enterprises choose between network-led and security-led paths for SASE adoption—and why both matter for modern infrastructure. ngi.fyi/entconnect26... #SASE #NetworkSecurity #CIO

#EnterpriseNetwork26: Open Systems and Full Stack Solutions Steve Martin, CEO and co-founder of Shasta Cloud, leverages his 25-30 years of networking industry experience from Ruckus Wireless, Aerohive, and Cisco to explain how Shasta Cloud addresses enterprise networking challenges—including equipment commoditization, vendor consolidation, deployment complexity, security threats, IT talent shortages, and budget constraints—by using open networking systems to create multi-vendor interoperable ecosystems that shift value from hardware to services, offering mid-market and Fortune 1000 customers integrated solutions with single-point accountability while avoiding vendor lock-in.

Steve Martin (Shasta Cloud CEO) explains why vendor consolidation + IT talent shortages are pushing enterprises toward full-stack managed services. His take on open networking ecosystems is worth listening to: ngi.fyi/entconnect25... #EnterpriseIT #NetworkManagement

#EnterpriseNetwork26: Zero Trust, AI & Mobile Connectivity Archana Khetan from Ericsson explains how the company distinguishes itself through wireless WAN solutions for mobile and fixed use cases, advancing resiliency with link bonding technology, patented selective encryption that reduces overhead by up to 50%, LEO satellite support, and AI capabilities for cellular optimization, troubleshooting, and edge compute requirements.

As the industry talks convergence, Ericsson's Archana Khetan focuses on connectivity for mission-critical deployments: mobile connectivity that can't fail. LEO satellite integration, AI-driven cellular optimization ngi.fyi/entconnect26... #SASE #NetworkResilience

#EnterpriseNetwork26: Enterprise Networking, AI Ops & Zero Trust Jeff Raymond of Arista Networks explains how the company approaches modern enterprise connectivity through three key pillars: best-in-class network infrastructure with constant availability, zero-touch operations leveraging automation and AI ops, and zero trust networking with integrated segmentation and threat protection capabilities.

Arista Networks' VP Jeff Raymond breaks down the operational model for enterprise networks: infrastructure + automation + integrated security: ngi.fyi/entconnect26... #NetworkSecurity #ZeroTrust #NetworkAutomation #AIops #CyberSecurity

#EnterpriseNetwork26: Unified SASE for Hybrid Workforce Renuka Nadkarni from Aryaka presents the company's OnePass architecture and unified SASE as a Service 2.0 platform, which addresses enterprise challenges of inconsistent user experiences and security gaps across hybrid workforces by processing all traffic through a single-pass system that applies identical security policies and visibility whether users access applications from branch offices or remote locations.

Security tech exists, yet breaches persist. Aryaka CPO Renuka Nadkarni explains the real issue: operationalizing security as a business enabler, not an obstacle. Learn about their Aryaka's Unified SASE approach #EnterpriseSecurity #SASE
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#EnterpriseNetwork26: Meter's Unified Network Stack Sunil Varanasi, CTO and Co-Founder of Meter, explains how the company addresses network and security convergence by providing a single integrated stack with unified pricing that simplifies deployment and operations while delivering best-in-breed performance across firewalls, switches, access points, PDUs, and cellular solutions, supported by a powerful dashboard with machine learning capabilities that optimize customer outcomes as networks scale.

Tired of multi-vendor chaos? Meter's Sunil Varanasi explains how unified pricing and integrated network/security stacks simplify both CFO approvals and IT deployments ngi.fyi/entconnect26... #CTO #CampusNaaS #SASE #SDWAN #networkconvergence

#EnterpriseNetwork26: Disrupting Enterprise Networking Pankaj Patel, CEO and co-Founder of Nile, discusses the company's seven-year journey to disrupt the networking industry through ruthless automation powered by AI engines, data analytics, and zero trust fabric architecture, achieving over 500 deployments including success in healthcare and financial institutions while noting that incumbents are now following Nile's network-as-a-service approach.

When incumbents follow your lead, you know you're onto something. Nile CEO Pankaj Patel discusses how network-as-a-service went from vision to emerging industry standard — with healthcare and finance leading adoption. ngi.fyi/entconnect26... #NaaS #sase #zerotrust Free Report

Three major AI infrastructure trends for 2026 from Don Barnetson at Credo: inference deployment, the rise of neoclouds, and solving reliability at scale. ngi.fyi/pred26-credo... #AI #predictions #ngipredictions26

Three predictions that matter for AI infrastructure: optical connectivity, AI-enhanced design, and next-gen memory. Noam Mizrahi, Corporate CTO at @marvelltech.bsky.social, breaks it down. ngi.fyi/pred26-marve... #datacenter #ai #networking #predictions #ngipredictions26

Three technology shifts coming in 2026 from Intel's Cristina Rodriguez: #AI in #network infrastructure, #edge deployment strategies & #6G definition. Concise predictions for key decision-makers in the networking realm: ngi.fyi/pred26-intel...
#predictions #ngipredictions26