IT World Canada Staff

Buckley Smith talks with Cisco System Inc.'s Michael Glickman, head of Cisco’s global service provider segment, and Dave Ward, chief technology officer of engineering and chief architect, about the implications of 5G and WiFi 6.

Networking technology is in the midst of a serious shift as software becomes integral and hardware takes a back seat. On Day 1 of Cisco Live, only one of Cisco System Inc.’s four major announcements was related to hardware. Reporter Buckley Smith delivers the details.