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Business Journals
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Journals
Nick the Greek to reach 100 locations by year-end
Nick the Greek is a San Jose-based chain of fast-casual Greek restaurants with franchise locations throughout California. This location, at 1399 Lincoln Ave. in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood, alsois the company's headquarters.
Time of India
4 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Countries eyeing own data centres for security, economics in AI age: Cisco's Jeetu Patel
NEW DELHI: The San Jose-based Cisco Systems is optimistic about an AI-centric infrastructure portfolio to power next-generation data centres. In a bid to outdo rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE), Juniper Networks, Broadcom, and Accenture, it has recently unveiled a range of products and unified its portfolio, representing a consequential shift backed by AI. The multinational said that it is reinventing infrastructure for the next wave of AI and aims to future-proof the workplace with AI-powered hyper-connectivity. In an interaction with ETTelecom's Muntazir Abbas, Cisco President & Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel talks on AI-centric data centre infrastructure, security portfolio, optics business, and telco partnerships, as well as collaborations with Nvidia and OpenAI. Edited excerpts: You have a bouquet of offerings, and how does artificial intelligence (AI) fit into it? We are moving from a world where people were asking questions intelligently to chatbots. The infrastructure requirements are going to change quite dramatically. If you think about AI, it's constrained by compute power and network bandwidth. People need to trust AI to be able to use it. So, safety and security are a big deal because you must ensure effective guardrails. We help with all of it. Our portfolio spans across compute, networking, security, optics and observability and data businesses. What are the data centre trends? There are massive build outs happening in data centres worldwide. These buildouts are happening at a scale proportion that is in the tens of gigawatts of capacity. Trillions of dollars will be spent by countries, and these data centers will also have a data sovereignty dimension to it. Countries will want to have their own data centers and availability for infrastructure, and it is going to have a direct correlation with national security and economic prosperity because of AI. So, every single invention that we are focused on and every single announcement we make will be towards helping our customers move to the journey of agentic AI. And on the data center side, we will be helping hyperscalers , neoclouds, service providers and enterprises. What is the portfolio you have for data centers? Our networking portfolio includes Nexus switches, and it starts with Silicon One. We make our own silicon, and then we make the systems on top of the silicon. We tie our Nexus dashboard and ACI infrastructure for fabric management together. We'll make it simpler to manage. We also have our optics business and optical systems. We provide service providers with ultra long-haul optics. Inter-cluster communication with Ethernet also used in Cisco. We do both front end and back end. What's the kind of opportunity that you are looking at, especially in the data center business? The opportunity is humongous. We had some partnerships that we announced with the Saudi government and the Humain Project. We are doing a similar effort with the UAE and Abu Dhabi. We are also working very closely with G42. We'll make sure that we build out a tremendous amount of data center capacity. We are partnering with Nvidia, AMD, and OpenAI. Then, I think that ideally it becomes a blueprint that we can use in multiple parts of the world as well. We provide some of these technologies for data center build outs anywhere in the world. I think the data center business is going to be one of the fastest-growing businesses for us. It'll also include security baked into the fabric. We have a partnership with Nvidia, for NIMS architecture, with the NEMO framework, our AI defense, which is our safety and security product, will be used to make the models safe and secure. Are you also partnering with telecom service providers for optical systems? We have recently launched Agile Services Networking, which is a kind of interoperable framework. We have also announced a few Cisco 8000 series routers over there as an upgrade. We have got ultra-long-haul optics so that we can cover data center interconnects up to 3000 kilometers. We have mid-range optics, long-haul optics, ultra-long-haul optics. We've got the ability to have assurance for service providers with ThousandEyes. We are doing a lot with telco service providers. Any update on working with Jio, the largest telecom carrier in India? The combination of our technology and theirs, is coming together and that is going as per the plan. Do you have a similar partnership with Bharti Airtel? Yes. I feel there is a tremendous amount of good execution consistency with Airtel. The teams are working well together. We will continue to keep progressing on that front. Earlier, you talked about AI as a shield to protect. What are your offerings as enterprises are evolving? We have an update across all our products. If you think about using AI for cyber defense, think about Hypershield as a product. We have announced a hybrid mesh firewall. It's baked with AI. We are also securing AI itself. Our AI Defense product will then make sure that it has the right level of capabilities to protect the application. Any update on the Indian manufacturing side? It is going as per the envisaged plan and is progressing well.
Business Journals
7 days ago
- Business
- Business Journals
San Jose-founded Mediterranean eatery to reach 100 locations by year end
Nick the Greek is a San Jose-based chain of fast casual Greek restaurants with franchise locations throughout California. This location, at 1399 Lincoln Ave. in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood, alsois the company's headquarters.
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Open to acquisitions to boost vision: Cisco's Jeetu Patel
The US multinational Tuesday said that it is ready to opportunistically acquire companies ans a part of strategy to achieve a broader vision. "If an acquisition can help accelerate achieving vision, then we won't be shy to apply our knowledge into it," Jeetu Patel , President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco Systems told ET, adding that the company's "acquisition strategy is opportunistic." Over a period of more than three decades, the US multinational acquired over 200 mid-to-large sized companies. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like New Container Houses Indonesia (Prices May Surprise You) Container House | Search ads Search Now Undo Cisco is aggressively driving its artificial intelligence (AI)-led portfolio across networking, security and data centres. Last year, San Jose-based Cisco acquired Splunk in a $28 billion deal in a bid to advance AI-driven portfolio and future-proof its customers. The merger enabled Cisco to become one of the largest software companies worldwide. Live Events Also Read: Cisco's $28 billion Splunk deal may ignite software deal frenzy Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories "If something comes up that we think is going to go on further or pause, we won't be shy to deploy our balance sheet, but otherwise we are building, we are going to be great builders first, and we will acquire opportunistically when we want to make sure that we can augment in the building exercise," the top executive said. Back in 2020, it had also acquired ThousandEyes Inc. , a cloud intelligence platform provider to offer customers a visibility into the digital delivery of applications and services over the internet, enabling them to find deficiencies and improve network and application performance across enterprise and cloud networks. In 2017, Cisco acquired AppDynamics , which is now a part of the company's Observability portfolio. Also Read: Here's why Cisco paid a whopping $3.7 billion to AppDynamics The company said that it is reinventing infrastructure for the next wave of AI. "The success of AI as we go forward is this notion of trust where safety and security are prerequisites for AI taking off," Patel said separately. "Cisco is the infrastructure provider that's going to work with the ecosystem for AI build-outs and we are going to make sure that we help with the transition to the agentic era for every company of every size whether it's a hyperscaler, neocloud, service provider or an enterprise of any size or scale." With an array of innovations around feature-proofing workplaces, Cisco said that it has refreshed and simplified its portfolio to make it more user-friendly. These include Agile Service Networking, Unified Nexus Dashboard, Live Protect, Unifying Catalyst and Meraki, Smart Switches, and Cisco Cloud Control.
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Cisco says open to 'opportunistic acquisitions' to achieve vision
SAN DIEGO: The US multinational Cisco that it is ready to acquire companies opportunistically, strategically aligning to achieve a broader vision. "If an acquisition can help accelerate achieving vision, then we won't be shy to apply our knowledge into it," Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco Systems , told ET, adding that the company's "acquisition strategy is opportunistic." In more than 30 years, the US multinational acquired over 200 mid-to-large sized companies. Cisco is aggressively driving its artificial intelligence (AI)-led portfolio across networking, security and data centres. Last year, San Jose-based Cisco acquired Splunk in a $28 billion deal in a bid to advance AI-driven portfolio and future-proof its customers. The merger enabled Cisco to become one of the largest software companies worldwide. "If something comes up that we think is going to go on further or pause, we won't be shy to deploy our balance sheet, but otherwise we are building, we are going to be great builders first, and we will acquire opportunistically when we want to make sure that we can augment in the building exercise," the top executive said. Back in 2020, it had also acquired ThousandEyes Inc., a cloud intelligence platform provider to offer customers a visibility into the digital delivery of applications and services over the internet, enabling them to find deficiencies and improve network and application performance across enterprise and cloud networks. In 2017, Cisco acquired AppDynamics which is now a part of the company's Observability portfolio. The company said that it is reinventing infrastructure for the next wave of AI. "The success of AI as we go forward is this notion of trust where safety and security are prerequisites for AI taking off," Patel said separately. "Cisco is the infrastructure provider that's going to work with the ecosystem for AI build-outs and we are going to make sure that we help with the transition to the agentic era for every company of every size whether it's a hyperscaler, neocloud, service provider or an enterprise of any size or scale." With an array of innovations around feature-proofing workplaces, Cisco said that it has refreshed and simplified its portfolio to make it more user-friendly. These include Agile Service Networking, Unified Nexus Dashboard, Live Protect, Unifying Catalyst and Meraki, Smart Switches, and Cisco Cloud Control. (The author is attending Cisco Live 2025 at the invitation of Cisco Systems)
