Posts by Ponnaiyan Perumal

The AI Memory Tax Makes uCPE Design Worth a Look

This blog examines the AI-driven memory shortage and its impact on the hardware supply chain, and offers a viewpoint on using this period as an opportunity to evaluate leveraging uCPE to deliver targeted workloads within branch infrastructure as a viable alternative to procuring, placing, and managing another box.

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AI Thought Leadership Aug 27, 2026

Beyond the Console: MCP and the New Operating Model for Enterprise Infrastructure

Enterprises are converging on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect AI agents to networking and security infrastructure. This piece looks at why an enterprise routing and governance layer, not just vendor-specific MCP servers, is becoming essential for provisioning, troubleshooting, and threat hunting across a multi-vendor stack.

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The AI Memory Tax Makes uCPE Design Worth a Look

Ponnaiyan Perumal
By Ponnaiyan Perumal
Sr. Director of Solutions Engineering, Versa Networks
October 8, 2026

This blog examines the AI-driven memory shortage and its impact on the hardware supply chain, and offers a viewpoint on using this period as an opportunity to evaluate leveraging uCPE to deliver targeted workloads within branch infrastructure as a viable alternative to procuring, placing, and managing another box.

Beyond the Console: MCP and the New Operating Model for Enterprise Infrastructure

Ponnaiyan Perumal
By Ponnaiyan Perumal
Sr. Director of Solutions Engineering, Versa Networks
August 27, 2026

Enterprises are converging on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect AI agents to networking and security infrastructure. This piece looks at why an enterprise routing and governance layer, not just vendor-specific MCP servers, is becoming essential for provisioning, troubleshooting, and threat hunting across a multi-vendor stack.

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Gartner Research Report

2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SASE Platforms

Versa has for the fourth consecutive year been recognized in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms1 and is one of only 12 vendors that met the criteria for inclusion based on the analysts’ evaluation of the VersaONE Universal SASE Platform.