Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
The value of SDN is doing as much as possible in the software so you don’t depend on the delivery of new features to come from a new generation of the hardware.
While it feels like we’ve hit peak hybrid cloud, in reality it's only just begun.
Startups focused on micro data centers could fill a void created by growing demand to process IoT data closer to the network edge.
Gartner makes the claim that the shift to SASE will make obsolete existing networking and security models.
If you use a cloud provider's block storage, it warrants backup to avoid possible data loss in the event of an outage.
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.
Virtual WAN will radically change the telecom environment, including how circuits are procured and who procures them.
Firewalls have been the de facto standard for securing internal devices for years, but the industrial internet of things (IIoT) will change that.
AMD has scored high-performance computing deals recently, but to truly compete with Nvidia it needs to develop an alternative to Nvidia’s CUDA language.
In his farewell TechWatch post, Fredric Paul looks back at how technology has changed in the six years he’s been writing for Network World—and what to expect over the next six years.
Internet of things devices present unique security problems due to being spread out, exposed to physical attacks and often lacking processor power.
With the wide range of internet of things devices being connected to business networks, there’s no cookie-cutter solution to building networks to support them, but assessing their needs can help.
Recent advances in IoT, satellites and geographical information systems are allowing us to track the location, intensity and direction of wildfires – including the current conflagration in the Amazon.
Within a zero-trust environment, there is no implicit trust. Thus, trust must be sourced from somewhere else in order to gain access to protected resources.
IT supplier Brother International shares five of the top internet-of-things security errors it sees among buyers of its printers and multi-function devices.
Shadow IoT – the use of unauthorized internet of things devices and networks – poses a new level of threats for enterprises.
Universities around the world are making discoveries that advance technologies needed to underpin quantum computing.
Wi-Fi remains the most prevalent wireless technology in enterprise networks, but private 4G LTE cellular technology, and soon 5G, can be the answer in specific use cases involving remote and mobile deployments and high-capacity needs including IoT.
Global supply chains depend on shipping containers to transport supplies to manufacturers and finished goods to distributors. IoT makes it possible to track the location and condition of containers and their contents across ships, trains and trucks s
Instant recovery makes backups directly accessible for quick restoration of files but also enables checking whether the backup system itself is actually working.
Intent-Based Networking was a result of the need for greater network automation.
BMW's plans to charge for Apple CarPlay access illustrates the promise—and the pitfalls—of the internet of things (IoT).
A CDN is an edge application and an edge application is a superset of what your CDN is doing.
IBM's acquisition of Red Hat is a big deal – a $34 billion big deal – and many Linux professionals are wondering how it's going to change Red Hat's role in the Linux world. Here are some thoughts.
Edge computing is augmenting the role that Linux plays in our day-to-day lives. A conversation with Jaromir Coufal from Red Hat helps to define what the edge has become.
Lower prices and latency plus easy access to multiple cloud providers make colocation facilities an attractive option compared to building on-site data centers and even cloud data center services
Tempered Networks’ Identity Defined Network platform uses the Host Identity Protocol to partition and isolate the network into trusted microsegments, providing an easy and cost-effective way to secure the network.
Debugging on multi-process systems just got significantly easier with the release of Live Recorder 5.0 from Undo.
