Tag: network

September 21, 2023

German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced the commercial launch of network application programming interfaces (APIs), under the brand “MagentaBusiness API”, the telco said in a release. APIs are software interfaces that facilitate the exchange of information between computer applications. The European […]

August 28, 2023

The appeal of promising network technologies can be jaded by pressure to adopt untested ideas. When I look over the comments I’ve gotten from enterprise technologists this year, one thing that stands out is that almost three-quarters of them said […]

August 25, 2023

T-Mobile US this week revealed plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce. According to a company-wide email from CEO Michael Sievert, workers across the country will be impacted, with those working in corporate, back-office and some […]

August 21, 2023

You might have been alarmed to read recently that half of all network problems are due to human error. Well, bad news. That’s true of the number of problems. If you look at the hours of degraded or failed operation, […]

August 17, 2023

Technology leaders and CIOs have a lot on their shoulders. The still-evolving world of hybrid work has technology at its core to help cope with fast-changing business demands. As a result, all business leaders are finding that their roles are […]

July 20, 2023

Today’s multi-cloud enterprise-class networks are incredibly complex and every network equipment manufacturer and network security device company has its own specific way that their tools must be monitored, managed, and protected. In addition, the more complexity there is, the greater […]

June 28, 2023

A tremendous number of enterprises and service providers view Cisco as the nexus of their network, security, and cloud operations. At the company’s Cisco Live customer and partner conference in June, Cisco boldly connected the dots of a network- and […]

June 22, 2023

Verizon recently established connections and passed data over multiple network slices in a completely commercial 5G environment. Network slicing allows customers to send their traffic over virtual end-to-end networks tailored to specific application requirements, while optimizing network performance to support […]

June 12, 2023

In a recent survey of network operations and network security professionals we commissioned with Wakefield Research, a majority (62%) of respondents told us their leadership prioritizes cybersecurity spending on prevention over response. Having a leadership team that values proactive approaches […]

May 18, 2023

Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platforms allow organizations to rent network infrastructures, reducing the time and expense of implementing this in-house. Enterprises benefit from this technology, as it enables quicker, more reliable, and secure performance, offering remote access and predictable expense forecasting through […]

May 17, 2023

As digital transactions with customers, employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders grow, digital trustworthiness is set to become one of the most important enterprise-wide initiatives with the biggest potential impact (both negative and positive), even though it often has the smallest […]

May 16, 2023

Smarter Technologies has announced its selection as a finalist for the IoT Innovation of the Year award at the Tech Excellence Awards 2023. This recognition celebrates products or services that have the potential to revolutionise our way of life. Smarter […]

May 2, 2023

Today’s enterprise networks span on-premises and cloud environments, and it has become a lot harder for IT teams to maintain performance, reliability and security when some parts of the network are unknown or off-limits to traditional performance monitoring tools. “If […]

April 28, 2023

With the rapid progress of technology, organizations need more effective methods to simplify their network infrastructure and improve performance and efficiency. This process is “Mass network simplification—reducing the complexity of networks by eliminating components that do not provide maximum value […]

April 27, 2023

Today’s network landscape bears little resemblance to its counterpart of just a few years ago. While most network administrators are doing a great job of keeping pace with evolving technologies, many are failing to acquire the fundamental skills that will […]

April 20, 2023

In 2004, the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark became the first professional sports facility to offer free universal Wi-Fi. On April 11, nearly 20 years later, Comcast Business announced along with Extreme Networks that Oracle Park would now offer 100% Wi-Fi […]

April 13, 2023

As more organizations accelerate their transformation initiatives, networks are becoming more cloud-centric, multi-domain, and multi-vendor, allowing enterprises and service providers to offer high-value services with optimal performance at minimal operational cost. But in order to see the true value of […]

March 30, 2023

T-Mobile US has already “effectively achieved” its network-related commitments made to the Federal Communications Commission as part of the conditions on its merger with Sprint, says the carrier’s President of Technology Neville Ray. In a video posted to Twitter, Ray […]

March 24, 2023

News out of MWC a couple of weeks back that Cisco had teamed with NTT to get serious about big-ticket private 5G for multinational enterprises was somewhat overshadowed by rival HPE’s purchase of core network specialist Athonet to do the […]

March 24, 2023

China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator in terms of subscribers, will reduce its 5G capex this year, according to its recent earnings release. China Mobile’s 5G capex this year will reach CNY 83 billion ($12 billion), down compared to […]