Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
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.
Edge computing has many upsides including better near-real-time response and analytics for IoT, but it’s far from plug and play.
It’s hard to set priorities for buying IT technology when vendors poorly explain what they do, how they do it, and what the concrete benefits are. Asking them these four questions can break the information logjam.
Network security shouldn't be just a set of routine tactical chores to maintain safeguards already in place, but a constant strategizing to anticipate the next threat.
Tape isn’t close to being the perfect backup, but it is pretty impervious to ransomware.
SD-WAN overhead, on ramps, off ramps, and security are variable and must be chosen carefully to satisfy your performance requirements.
If accurate, the performance of Tesla’s homegrown Dojo supercomputer as measured in FLOPS outperforms the recognized world’s fastest supercomputer by a factor of two.
The next generation of Wi-Fi is at least three years off, but Intel predicts it will be up to five times faster
Sometimes it’s enough to fix an IT problem without discovering the root cause.
If you’re considering private 5G for an IoT project, you’ll need to learn a lot, choose between white-box switches and servers, and maybe decide that Wi-Fi 6 is a better idea.
Big networking players like Cisco, HPE, and VMware, but also more specialized vendors like Versa and Fortinet, offer different flavors of SD-WAN for varying enterprise needs.
Netops specialists are hard to find, and Cisco, Extreme, and Juniper are among those trying to fill the void with managed services.
Software-defined networking, artificial intelligence, cloud, new Wi-Fi and 5G options, and network security can combine to improve performance of traditional networks.
As employees split their time between the office and working at home, IT skills requirements have shifted to cloud, security, and automation.
Cloud-based disaster recovery offers speed and cost advantages.
Artificial intelligence and AI vendors promise a lot, but grill your providers about how theirs works and its limitations.
Which is better: SD-WAN or MPLS? The answer is that it depends–on cost, the demands of mission-critical apps, need for centralized management.
The promise of Wi-Fi in the 6GHz band is undeniable, but experts agree that it’s rarely worth deviating from your usual refresh cycle.
Improved monitoring of work-at-home environments requires money, simplified infrastructure, and better IT leadership, an Enterprise Management Associates report says.
Prepping for hybrid cloud relies on essentials like developing in-house expertise and careful analysis that proves out what the cost benefits will be.
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