Cisco Announces Cisco Identity Intelligence, Infusing Identity into Cisco Security Cloud

Cisco’s announcement of Cisco Identity Intelligence at Cisco Live 2024 Amsterdam signals a strategic move to integrate identity into its Security Cloud. This move aligns with the increasing recognition among IT leaders that identity plays a crucial role in organizational security strategies.

219 | Breaking Analysis | Cloud optimization wanes as AI slowly lifts off

The past twenty-four months have seen cloud spending face dual headwinds of macroeconomics and the ability to dial down resources as needed – i.e. cloud optimization. Nonetheless, the big four hyperscalers clocked in between $170 – $190B in IaaS and PaaS revenue last year depending on how you factor the leaked court documents suggesting Azure is much smaller than previously believed. Regardless, hyperscaler growth continued to outpace almost all markets, accelerating between 18-19% in revenue terms last year, despite their enormous size.