One solution provider said he was sad to see Cooper, go, but that IBM is resilient. "Will it cataclysmically affect IBM? I don't think so, it has a lot of resources," said Robert DeMaio, president and CEO of Relavis, a New York-based IBM ISV partner. "IBM is getting its partner act together and a lot of that came from people like Scott. Lotus historically had the best partner program in the industry," he added.
This story was updated Wednesday afternoon with Nokia and partner comment.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
