Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
AI and machine-learning techniques are imperative in a zero-trust environment that depends on analysis of the behavior of every device, person, or system using the network.
Adopting a zero-trust approach can be the impetus IT teams need to expose technical debt and make sure all network components are capable of enforcing security controls.
Today’s technology could build a low-latency, meshed optical network supporting real-time metaverse applications.
There are many backup options for databases, but here are recommendations for Cassandra, DB2, DynamoDB, MongoDB, MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
High-bandwidth, low-latency services needed to support the metaverse could also mean a better, cheaper way to provide access for edge applications like IoT.
Dynamic host configuration protocol simplifies and improves the accuracy of IP addressing but can raise security concerns
Switch virtual-network providers if yours lacks a good plan to support ever more dynamic workloads.
Successful enterprises approach zero trust carefully, with the big picture in mind, before making changes to network access, data management or application engineering.
Automation can streamline data-center networking, but it presents challenges that must be overcome when planning, implementing, and using it.
Smart-building controllers can reduce risk of smart devices being used as entry points to the LAN, but they should be chosen and managed carefully.
SD-WAN can reduce network transport costs for enterprises, but only if there’s enough competition among network access providers. Consolidation in the market means IT teams need to strengthen their procurement practices.
Software-defined networking gives tighter control over network topology and management, and those not using it might find SDN is already supported in their networking gear.
On premises servers, PaaS, and serverless delivery of databases each has its own backup best practices.
Work-at-home has revealed inadequacies in perimeter firewalls and VPNs that Zero Trust can remedy if you’re willing to put in the time.
Quantum computing faces many technology challenges, but some researchers say they’ll be solved soon to usher in the Quantum Decade.
Cellular WAN connectivity has solid enterprise use cases with 4G, and as 5G rolls out, will become more attractive for its speed, reliability, and price.
Use RFIs and RFPs to get good information about private 5G gear and to avoid being duped by stories possibly generated by 'unnamed vendors' looking to lock you into their products.
The LTO-9 open standard boosts the transfer speed of magnetic tape, which seems like an improvement, but that might not make tape a more attractive option for backup.
Left for dead five years ago, AMD has engineered a stunning comeback,.
As software-defined networking becomes more dominant, the APIs offered up by one networking vendor can more severely limit interoperability with products made by others.
WWANS can augment SD-WANs with failover, redundancy, and rapid set-up.
LoRa wireless that's used in IoT networks is known as a low-power, long-range technology—long-range enough to carry a message between Earth and the moon.
Developers of quantum computers are vying to show that theirs can out-perform classical computers but perhaps not replace them.
COVID-induced work-from-home prompted WAN innovations that demonstrate VPNs and SD-WAN aren’t the only good options.
Enterprise Management Associates: Most organizations acknowledge failure to create fully successful teams to deliver reliable and secure cloud, data-center, and IoT initiatives.
Juniper Networks recently made a crisp, aggressive technology presentation to analysts, but for enterprises looking to buy, it’s tough to find an equally clear story on its website.
Software-defined perimeter can be an important part of Zero Trust that enforces network access, but first plan the Zero Trust architecture and the changes that means for the network and security.
Optical storage can last a century, give faster access to data, and is backward compatible with earlier optical technology, yet disk drives and tape rule in long-term storage.
The maximum transmission unit (MTU) for a protocol sets the top limit on how big its packets can be. However, the network devices they pass through, encapsulation, and other factors can complicate things.
