Tag: network

January 25, 2023

With practically every social media platform doubling down on video over the past decade, the emergence of apps like TikTok, and the rise of competing movie and TV services, video on demand is the battleground where businesses fight for the […]

January 24, 2023

The Fast Mode spoke to Srini Addepalli, Chief Technology Officer at Aryaka on new encryption technologies and their impact on today’s networks. Srini joins us in a series of discussions with leading vendors in the traffic management, service assurance, traffic […]

January 17, 2023

The era of 3G, a technology that played a significant role in the rise of smartphones, has come to an end. Until a few years ago, most people relied on it as it was 30 times faster than 2G. However, […]

January 17, 2023

Dish Network has announced that it is seeking another $500 million in financing for its wireless network buildout, following on top of the nearly $2 billion that it sought in late 2022 for the same purpose. The net proceeds of […]

January 17, 2023

The concept of the network perimeter has expanded dramatically in recent years. Today, many organizations operate in a distributed model, with branch offices and endpoints deployed outside of a physical office. But anything connecting to the corporate network is a […]

January 12, 2023

It’s not a newsflash that the telecommunications industry is critical not just to how we communicate, but how we live overall and is therefore viewed as critical national infrastructure. The fact that telco networks are so large and complex also […]

January 10, 2023

Today, data is at the center of nearly every human interaction and organizations are managing higher volumes of data than ever before. In addition, the speed at which we conduct business has increased causing pressure to transmit that data at […]

January 9, 2023

The recent pandemic forced companies to accelerate the pace of their digital transformation and adapt to the new way of doing business. We saw companies of all sizes, across all industries, compelled to invest in advanced, collaborative technologies. But perhaps […]

January 5, 2023

Network monitoring is the art of analyzing an IT network’s status and performance for optimal reliability. The tools and techniques I use have evolved over time to best support today’s vast ecosystems of modern hardware and virtualization technologies. Since the […]

January 4, 2023

AI-enabled management platforms and infrastructure are beginning to make their way into enterprise networks. I say “beginning” because despite lots of AI-washing marketing efforts over the last few years, a lot of what has been characterized as “AI-driven” or “powered […]

January 4, 2023

For many years, opening a small branch office wasn’t easy. It was just as complex as opening any other office or plant. For connectivity, you would order an MPLS circuit from your vendor of choice and, depending on the country, […]

December 27, 2022

Today’s organizations use an extensive array of IT resources to perform their daily functions. Historically, it was common practice to host these resources in an on-premises data center or a colocation facility. Over the years, technology has evolved, and many […]

December 22, 2022

The need for easily operable, efficient infrastructure continues to drive demand for (hyper-) converged data centre solutions. Drivers include a fast-growing need for colocation and managed services. The global data centre market size is estimated to grow by $615.96 billion […]

December 14, 2022

By 2027, 5G is projected to account for 90% of all mobile subscriptions in North America, compared to 20% in 2021 [i]. However, according to a new Accenture study commissioned by CTIA, additional spectrum, particularly in the mid-band range, is […]

December 14, 2022

Looking ahead, 2023 will be a very exciting year for enterprise storage, here are five trends we see emerging. In each case vendors will need to respond quickly with the right solutions, but do they have the right foundations in […]

December 13, 2022

Sometimes, budget pressures mean you just have to cut costs. Sometimes, cutting costs in one area can give you some financial elbow room to fund something in another. A fifth of all CIOs tell me that they have a mandate […]

December 12, 2022

As the world looks toward the next frontier of post-pandemic progress, many organisations have recognised the value of digital transformation and how it is intrinsically tied to the strength of their network infrastructure – an up-to-date, robust network that showcases […]

November 9, 2022

3GPP’s Release 18 (Rel.18) will certainly set the initial phase towards 5G-Advanced as the mid-point of 5G standardization. Indeed, the 3GPP has already announced its decision to recognize Rel.18 as the first release of 5G Advanced. 3GPP approved its Release-18 […]

November 4, 2022

Halloween comes but once a year, yet network and IT managers face horror stories and have nightmares every day. It has been a while since we visited this topic. And unfortunately, matters have not changed. Namely, network and IT managers […]

November 3, 2022

In the post-COVID era, more than half of employees (54.1%) want to work from home at least 3 days a week, according to “Hybrid Is the Future of Work” study, conducted by Stanford University. And when they return to work, […]