Omdia's Cliff Grossner explains how this acquisition may impact the industry at large and shares his predictions for the SD-WAN market in the coming months.

Kelsey Ziser, Senior Editor

August 4, 2020

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Podcast: Omdia on HPE's $925M acquisition of Silver Peak

Cliff Grossner, executive director of the cloud and data center practice for Omdia, joins the podcast to discuss HPE's recent acquisition of SD-WAN supplier Silver Peak. Grossner explains how this acquisition may impact the industry at large, and he shares his predictions for growth in the SD-WAN market in the coming months.

"Silver Peak was very near the top of market share after Cisco and VMware, so [HPE] bought a very significant position. The price they paid, while it might seem a lot, is actually quite a good price," says Grossner.

In addition, Grossner examines how COVID-19 has impacted previous forecasts for SD-WAN growth, in light of the global economic slowdown. He also shares his expectation for how many business and government employees will continue to work from home and utilize remote access technologies even as social distancing requirements are reassessed.

You can find more episodes of the Light Reading podcast on Google, SoundCloud or Spotify.

The Light Reading Podcast · Omdia on HPE's $925M acquisition of Silver Peak

— Kelsey Kusterer Ziser, Senior Editor, Light Reading

About the Author(s)

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

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