Who Will Cisco Buy Next? Think Zero-Trust Security, Apps>
SdX Central – Jessica Lyons Hardcastle
During a Cisco Live panel this week about the vendorâs vision for the enterprise, Kapur said digital transformation became a necessity right around the time that the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, corporations around the world closed up shop, and sent their employees home to work remotely. He also hinted at future merger and acquisition targets to satisfy Ciscoâs seemingly endless appetite for smaller technology companies. âCisco has always been about secure connectivity and secure collaboration. And zero trust was something we believed in as a company,â he said, noting its Duo Technology acquisition. While zero-trust security remains âthe single biggest factorâ for Cisco customers, thereâs a second thing thatâs top of mind among C-suite executives, Kapur said. âThe other one is around application centricity,â he said. âThe application is the atomic unit of transformation. Itâs the barometer by which [customers] view their transformation efforts.â These two priorities, zero trust and application performance, will likely carry over into Ciscoâs future mergers and acquisitions, Kapur added. âM&A is a byproduct of the strategy we have ⦠it will be along the lines of application centricity, moving to zero trust and secure architecture, helping customers transform the infrastructure they have, and make jobs a lot more automated, and ensuring that collaboration is that seamless across boundaries as it is in person.â
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