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Breakthroughs bring a quantum Internet closer

Universities around the world are making discoveries that advance technologies needed to underpin quantum computing.

Aug 20, 2019 3 mins

How SD-Branch addresses today’s network security concerns

New digital technologies such as IoT at remote locations increase the need to identify devices and monitor network activity. That’s where SD-Branch can help, says Fortinet’s John Maddison.

By Zeus Kerravala

Aug 12, 2019 8 mins

Internet Network Security SD-WAN

A data-transmission revolution is underway

Two radical data transmission ideas are being developed. One uses trions instead of electrons to transmit information, and the other replaces the silicon in semiconductors with other compounds.

By Patrick Nelson

Aug 8, 2019 4 mins

Internet Networking

Evolution of the internet: Celebrating 50 years since Arpanet

50 years after the birth of the internet's precursor, Arpanet, there are more internet-connected devices than people in the world, and traffic is measured in exabytes.

By Ann Bednarz

Aug 6, 2019 8 mins

Internet Networking

Public internet should be all software-defined

Having a programmable public internet will correct inefficiencies in the current system, engineers at NOIA say.

By Patrick Nelson

Jul 17, 2019 4 mins

Internet SDN

SoftBank plans drone-delivered IoT and internet by 2023

Drones using satellite backhaul, and operating at around 12 miles up, will provide reliable, widespread communications for use during disasters and in IoT implementations.

By Patrick Nelson

Jun 27, 2019 3 mins

Internet Internet of Things Small and Medium Business

Oracle does-in Dyn, resets DNS services to cloud

Oracle wants its DNS customers to migrate from its Dyn service to Oracle Cloud services, but some of those customers are very unhappy.

By Michael Cooney

Jun 26, 2019 5 mins

Internet Security Technology Industry

IPv6 benefits: Faster connections, richer data

The benefits of IPv6 over IPv4 are many, but to reap them enterprises need to enable their networks to support the newer protocol, starting with Wi-Fi upgrades.

By Scott Hogg

Jun 10, 2019 5 mins

Internet Networking

5G will augment Wi-Fi, not replace it

Jeff Lipton, vice president of strategy and corporate development at Aruba, adds a dose of reality to the 5G hype, discussing how it and Wi-Fi will work together and how to maximize the value of both.

By Zeus Kerravala

Jun 4, 2019 6 mins

5G Internet Small and Medium Business

Satellite-based internet possible soon, says SpaceX

Amazon, Tesla-associated SpaceX and OneWeb are emerging as just some of the potential suppliers of a new kind of data-friendly satellite internet service that could bring broadband IoT connectivity to most places on Earth.

By Patrick Nelson

May 29, 2019 3 mins

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