Eric Hanselman is the Principal Research Analyst at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. He has an extensive, hands-on understanding of a broad range of IT subject areas, having direct experience in the areas of security, networks, application and infrastructure transformation and semiconductors. He coordinates industry analysis across the broad portfolio of 451 Research disciplines, contributes to the Information Security and Cloud Native Channels, and is a member of the Center of Excellence for Quantum Technologies.
The convergence of forces across the technology landscape is creating tectonic shifts in the industry, including 5G, SDN/NFV, edge computing and DevSecOps. Eric helps 451 Research's clients navigate these turbulent waters and determine their impacts and how they can best capitalize on them. For more than 20 years, Eric has worked with segment leaders in a spectrum of technologies, most recently as CTO of Leostream Corporation, a virtualization management provider. Prior to that, Eric guided security offerings for IBM and Internet Security Systems. At Wellfleet/Bay Networks and NEC, he was involved in the introduction of many new technologies ranging from high-performance image analysis to rollouts for IPv6.
Eric holds a patent in image compression systems. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a VMware Certified Professional (VCP), and he is a frequent speaker at leading industry conferences. Eric majored in Chemistry at Reed College.
For many organizations embracing cloud deployments, network security is a key consideration. Now, as it looks to address the need that users have expressed for more central management for firewalling and intrusion-prevention capabilities, AWS has released its Network Firewall service.
What's the value of a name? That's a matter of debate, but there's lots of value in knowing what names people are looking up. To that end, Neustar has purchased VeriSign's Public DNS offerings and plans to use them to bolster its UltraDNS capabilities.
The company's recent analyst day surfaced the progress it is making in the enterprise, at the edge in IoT, and in support of cloud native development. However, it was the continued momentum of its business overall toward its stated goals, and in particular the growing contribution of its channel, which framed the outlook.
The company's acquisition of Packet manifests in Equinix Metal, an automated, interconnected bare-metal service that adds a flexible on-demand component to Equinix's edge computing story.
Awake Security's AI skills have driven Arista Networks to rise and shine and acquire the startup. Bringing cognitive capabilities and security depth, Arista will look to leverage Awake's technology in the increasingly complex NetOps world.
The company's vision is to enable enterprises to create a kind of hybrid cloud 'goldilocks zone' for running applications by using Kubernetes in conjunction with its optimization and routing smarts. CAST AI is a platform for running Kubernetes containerized applications on any combination of cloud platforms at the same time.
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