Wi-Fi 6E: When it’s coming and what it’s good for
New wireless spectrum recently dedicated to Wi-Fi allows for more channels and higher density deployments.
How to determine if Wi-Fi 6 is right for you
Wi-Fi 6 is on the horizon. Follow these steps to determine if your business should upgrade to the new wireless standard and how to prepare.
SD-WAN needs a dose of AIOps to deliver automation
Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is getting a big boost from AIOps as vendors look to simplify operations, lower costs, and optimize WAN performance in the modern cloud era.
SD-WAN decouples the control aspect of a network from the...
Cisco challenge winners use AI, IoT to tackle global problems
Top prize goes to a startup in Kenya with a milk-chilling transit system that uses AI and IoT to optimize inventory management.
How to tailor SASE to your enterprise
Secure access service edge is a well-defined model, but there are variations that achieve the same ends and give businesses flexibility to meet their larger goals.
SD-WAN boosts pest-control company's network performance
Rollins pest control reaps better performance, security and automated changes with SD-WAN
As work-at-home increases, so do attacks on VoIP and unified communications
Businesses need multi-pronged security to protect their remote workers that use IP-based communications.
Nvidia’s aggressive purchases could signal the era of open networking
After buying Cumulus and Mellanox, Nvidia can provide the full stack of elements with support to encourage mainstream-enterprise adoption of open networking.
Troubleshooting remote-employee experience is a must in the era of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a massive wave in remote working, and this is causing some new pains for organizations, particularly network operations.
Since shelter-in-place orders were given, I’ve talked to about 50 IT and...
Know the benefits of cloud-native networking for SASE
Gartner has positioned secure access service edge (SASE) as the next wave of SD-WANs. While most industry people I talk to agree on the concept of security and networking being brought together, there is some debate surrounding...
The coming together of SD-WAN and AIOps
SD-WAN delivers cost and resiliency benefits. Infusing AI into SD-WAN takes things further, enabling automated operations and business agility.
As networks evolve enterprises need to rethink security
Q&A: John Maddison, executive vice president of products for network security vendor Fortinet, discusses how to deal with network security in the digital era.
Key Takeaways from Cisco’s Annual Internet Report
Cisco's report on internet use says businesses need to be ready for the massive wave of devices and need for bandwidth that are coming in the next five years.
The NFL knows a lot about deploying high-capacity WiFi networks
The NFL's lessons-learned from supplying Wi-Fi services to tens of thousands of fans during games can be applied to enterprises with large numbers of IoT devices.
Passive optical LAN: Its day is dawning
As bandwidth demands continue to increase and with copper cabling having distance shortcomings, passive optical networks looks like an alternative that can solve a number of problems.
Fortinet CEO: Network and security technologies give rise to security-driven networking
A conversation about the future of network security with Fortinet CEO Ken Xie
How SD-WAN is evolving into Secure Access Service Edge
Secure access service edge (SASE), pronounced 'sassy,' combines elements of SD-WAN and network security into a single cloud-based service. It supports all types of edges, including WAN, mobile, cloud, and edge computing.
Pennsylvania school district tackles network modernization
NASD upgrades its campus core to be the foundation for digital learning.
3 strategies to simplify complex networks
Innovations such as SD-WAN, Wi-Fi 6 and 5G have enabled networks to do more, but they’ve also made them complex. Software, machine learning, and automation will alleviate the problem.
To secure industrial IoT, use segmentation instead of firewalls
Firewalls have been the de facto standard for securing internal devices, but the industrial internet of things (IIoT) will change that. Segmentation is the better option in those scenarios.
