Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
Connecting to a local cloud provides the best performance. If you can’t do that, content delivery networks (CDNs) or edge data centers can help.
Understanding changing network business models and how to adapt your IT operations.
IoT services from the likes of AT&T, Amazon Web services and others creates a patchwork of possibilities
The World Wide Web Consortium’s decision to keep votes about DRM secret and that it censured the EFF for “disclosing even vague sense of a vote” raises concerns.
...and why does it matter?
Smartphones are responsible for significant web traffic growth, and a surprising amount of it is on Wi-Fi, not mobile networks.
Who is winning with data, where is this data being kept, what makes new data different, when should data be kept, moved, deleted or transformed, how should data be valued, and why data is so much more important than it used to be?
With so much to gain from computers helping us with front-end processing in apps and services, it’s no surprise that machine learning is rapidly moving to the backroom of data centers. How this transformational technology is helping enterprises overc
We used to own our things, but increasingly our things own us. The laws need to change to restore our traditional rights of property and ownership to the digital times.
Satellites and underwater sensors measure ocean temperatures. Scientists and meteorologists combine this with other weather data to track storms and help prepare for emergencies.
Security standards will not protect the emerging IoT platform that will remain vulnerable until post-platform security arrives.
Moving the control plane for wireless access points out of a central controller offers benefits that not everybody needs.
High-performance computing and machine learning could be a double-edged sword for data centers.
What is the difference between an inexpensive "shared" Internet connection and a Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) circuit for your company?
The recall of almost half a million St. Jude Medical pacemakers highlights the growing importance—and huge risks—of the Internet of Things.
Balancing a love for muscle cars, new and old, with the geek chic of connected and autonomous vehicles.
The Red Sox sign-stealing scandal — powered by the Apple Watch — highlights the unanticipated consequences of wearable tech and the IoT.
As more consumers turn to over-the-top video streaming services and viewers’ expectations grow, can quality of experience failures be avoided?
Microsoft Azure offers an end-to-end portfolio for IoT, and its biggest opportunity is in enterprise IT.
Much-hyped blockchain may help bring desperately needed security to IoT
I didn't think Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) was a good fit for SMBs until I embarked on a journey to educate myself on the service and spoke with approximately 20 cloud service providers about their DRaaS offering. I learned I had been beli
Most organizations are not IoT ready, but IT executives are the catalysts that drive adoption.
And they’ll give you the IT equivalent of gastronomical distress
Reports of the death of Cisco’s IWAN are greatly exaggerated. Not only is it still alive, but the integration of Viptela will only make it better, Cisco says.
‘Ubiquitous connectivity’ and machines understanding humans — those will be among the drivers behind a rapid jump in IoT implementations.
Artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things are two hot trends that become even more powerful together.
Before we had always-available, fast connections to multiple servers, we had dial-up modems and bulletin board systems (BBS). And it wasn’t even that long ago.
To extract full value from the cloud, companies must make sure that they aren’t bringing the equivalent of a cutlass to a gun fight when it comes to migrating existing applications and accelerating software development. Companies will need to change
Staples, with help from IBM's Watson and Vonage, moves the Easy Button from concept to reality by connecting its new model directly to its order-entry system.
The potential for the use of digital twins is seemingly limitless. Companies can achieve better insights on product performance, improve customer service and make better operational and strategic decisions.
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