Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
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.
IDC analyst Brandon Butler discusses networking trends that affect how IT pros do their jobs.
It’s not always the case, but there are circumstances when it’s important to back up Docker and other containers to avoid costly loss.
5G wireless holds much promise for manufacturing facilities, largely for its speed and low latency, so a few early adopters are buying into the technology, but its pervasive use in factories is still years off.
It’s time VPN vendors start minding their own kitchen before they burn the whole house down.
Creating a single view of the different types of data requires specialized skills, custom integration and a significant budget. Just look at the SIEM.
Here’s the factors you need to weigh so you can make a smart decision about the network automation tool that’s best for your organization.
A networking vendor simply can’t jump into this space. Some SD-WANs add stateful packet filters and call this security.
As data centers grow in 2020, enterprises will refine the balance between on-premises and cloud resources, adopt AI on servers and try to manage data sprawl effectively.
In evaluating SD-WAN, IT pros should look for better security, manageability and support for SaaS, but also check whether technology providers are likely to be acquired or perhaps close-up shop.
The 2019 ThousandEyes Benchmark report shows that not all cloud providers are created equal across all regions
Adoption of SASE reduces complexity and overhead, improves security and boosts application performance.
Integrating white-box switches into multi-vendor environments presents management and support issues.
The internet of things will see more growth in 2020, along with more growing pains - security, lack of complete solutions
As competition in the hybrid cloud space continues to heat up, Dell Technologies continues to expand its offerings to address shifting IT architectures while leveraging its broad portfolio of companies – including its deep connection to VMware.
With Wi-Fi an essential part of branch-office network access, its security and management needs to be fully baked into SD-Branch platforms.
While its new offerings are compelling, it may be equally as relevant that Microsoft is clearly creating a culture that embraces partnership and open development, and one that even extends to competitors.
The deployment model of vendor-centric equipment cannot sustain this exponential growth in traffic.
2020 is set to be a “breakout year” for edge computing technology, according to the latest research from Forrester Research
With so much nuance and speculation around the decision to award the entire JEDI contract to Microsoft, it’s important to understand the award and what it means for Microsoft and AWS.
SASE, pronounced 'sassy,' combines elements of SD-WAN and network security into a single cloud-based service.
Block storage in the cloud that is not properly backed up can result in lost data, and while object storage in the cloud is more resilient, it pays to be careful.
While they don’t generally do wholesale rip-and-replace, enterprises working on network automation initiatives confront factors that may result in choosing new equipment providers, at least for segments of the network.
The users and devices are everywhere. As a result, secure access services also need to be everywhere.
The cloud market is growing rapidly, but it's also in a state of flux.
The primary challenge of running a test lab is the amount of time it takes to provision the test beds within the lab. This software defined lab platform automates the setup and configuration process so that tests can be accelerated.
NASD upgrades its campus core to be the foundation for digital learning.
