Will Townsend

The Agntcy open source project, aimed at harmonizing interactions among AI agents, is gaining more support among major IT vendors with its move to The Linux Foundation.

Alphabet’s acquisition of Wiz should improve Google Cloud Platform’s security capabilities, and could make GCP more competitive against bigger cloud service providers.

Attendance at MWC Barcelona 2025 was at an all-time high, with a big emphasis on enterprise connectivity, including private networking and plenty of AI.

The company touts its private 5G networking platform for accelerating digital transformation through better automation and connectivity across a range of use cases.

Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has created a greater need for network observability solutions among VMware customers looking to migrate away from that platform.

The Riga, Latvia event highlights innovative use cases that leverage 5G, AI, mixed reality and more while fostering collaboration between government and private industry.

At its showcase event in Hawaii, Qualcomm focused on its new wireless networking platform, Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC and AI functions in edge, automotive and other settings.

The Black Hat USA 2024 conference offered deep dives into the technical aspects of protection products from Cisco, HPE, IBM and many more for cybersecurity practitioners.

Zscaler is using AI and partnerships with industry giants including Nvidia and Google to offer more comprehensive solutions for enterprise cybersecurity.

With its new Hypershield, Nexus HyperFabric and DXA offerings, Cisco wants to harness the power of generative AI for security, observability and AI-specific workloads.

NTT Research, based in Silicon Valley, is pursuing potentially groundbreaking research in vital areas including all-optical networking and enhanced data security.

Industry analyst Will Townsend came away from MWC Barcelona 2024 with new insights on open RAN, LEO satellite communications and the use of generative AI in telecom.

Analyst Will Townsend revisits six networking and security predictions he made one year ago to find out how accurate he was—and assess what might happen in 2024.

The NTT R&D Forum showcased the many avenues of research NTT is pursuing beyond telecommunications and IT infrastructure. Will Townsend analyzes the potential impacts.

Cisco’s annual partner event featured a key executive announcement, a new compensation model and advances in the company’s observability and sustainability offerings.

Vice President, Security, Telecom and Enterprise Networking, Will Townsend, shares his conversation on Dell’s generative AI strategy with Michael Dell and his team.

Vice President, Security, Carriers and Enterprise Networking, Will Townsend, shares his thoughts on Oracle Red Bull Racing’s partnership with Arctic Wolf.

Vice President, Security, Carriers and Enterprise Networking, Will Townsend, shares his thoughts on Oracle Red Bull Racing’s partnership with Arctic Wolf.

Vice President, Security, Carriers and Enterprise Networking, Will Townsend shares his insights from the recent 5G Techritory telecommunications event in Riga, Latvia.

Vice President, Security, Carriers and Enterprise Networking, Will Townsend, shares his most compelling insights at SailPoint’s Navigate 2023 annual user conference.