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Scott Raynovich

Founder and Chief Analyst of Futuriom

Guest Blogger

R. Scott Raynovich is the Founder and Chief Analyst of Futuriom, an independent cloud technology analysis firm. He has been covering technology markets as an analyst and writer for 30 years. In the past he was a partner and Editor in Chief of Light Reading (Lightreading.com) as well as New York Bureau Chief for Red Herring magazine during the heyday of the 1990s tech boom. He has won several industry awards, including a Folio award and an Editor & Publisher award for Best Business Blog. He has a regular column on Forbes.com and his analysis has been featured by prominent media outlets including Bloomberg, CNBC, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and the San Jose Mercury News.

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February 23, 2026

DATA CENTER

Extending Infrastructure Fabric: The Journey to Cloud-Native Isovalent Networking

4 min read

Cisco's acquisition of Isovalent extends unified networking from the data center to cloud-native environments. See how Cisco Nexus One with Isovalent delivers the deterministic performance for modern workloads and AI applications.

February 18, 2026

DATA CENTER

Unifying the data center with Cisco Nexus One: The network that works for you

4 min read

Looking for the future of data center networking? Guest analyst Scott Raynovich of Futuriom uncovers how Cisco Nexus One delivers game-changing unification and flexibility. Read his expert insights in the full blog.

February 12, 2026

DATA CENTER

Making the Case for Cisco N9000 for Front-End & Back-End Networks

5 min read

Cisco has accelerated innovation in its N9000 data center switching portfolio, purpose-built for the AI era. By combining operational resiliency, embedded security, and flexible management, Cisco N9000 Series Switches help customers across enterprise, telco, and cloud markets meet the demands of modern AI workloads. As highlighted by Futuriom, Cisco’s open standards approach and partnership with NVIDIA are empowering organizations to deploy scalable, high-performance AI networks from core to edge.