Your Vendor Got Acquired. Most Customers Realize the Risk Too Late.

Lumen just announced it's acquiring Alkira. If your network strategy runs through a vendor that just changed hands, or through one that might, this conversation covers what actually happens next. Ali Shakh, CEO of Graphiant, was part of the Viptela founding team when Cisco acquired them. He was in the room for that integration. Prices went up. Not by a little. The customers who got hurt were the…