Enterprise technology opinions, analysis, and forecasts from Network World's experts
Wi-Fi is often difficult to use, which kills productivity on the road, and it costs businesses nearly $3 billion a year.
Put the network at the heart of your business model. Make it automated, programmable and able to respond to needs in real time.
When reporting on Friday’s DDoS attack, the national media should have warned consumers not to install internet-connected devices that have a 4-year-old flaw
It’s almost 10 years since Silver Lake acquired Avaya, and speculation is starting about what company will buy Avaya’s networking business
Private MPLS services are supposed to outperform SD-WANs, but as one enterprise recently learned, the internet can outperform even private MPLS services
Log files are a common thread across a company's entire technology stack, but the trick is being able to quickly mind that data for insights
With data archiving a necessity, tape drives are here to stay
Signals of Opportunity (SOP), such as Wi-Fi, TV and LTE cellular radio signals, could provide stronger and more secure location services than satellite GPS
With Wi-Fi now the primary network for most users, they need better tools to reduce issues and fix problems faster
Canonical hopes its latest release of Ubuntu draws users away from Red Hat and SUSE
An arms race is on in the IaaS cloud as leading vendors build out data center capacity around the world
For a digital business, the network is critical to delivering rapid innovation and differentiated value to customers
What questions should the CIO/CISO be asking network architects to stay secure.
As use of SaaS accelerates, organizations need to regain visibility and control. This cloud access security broker sheds light on what's going on
With the right approach, employees and freelancers can do more creative and better work than non-blended teams
Perimeter security isn't enough anymore. We need a holistic view of our IT infrastructures; SIEM provides that.
Tech breakthroughs such as IoT, AI, virtual reality and augmented reality will massively change how businesses operate. IT teams need to prepare now for them.
Heeding the lessons of the Titanic can help modern data center engineers avoid and mitigate fateful encounters with unforeseen menaces
An analysis of complete cost-of-ownership studies provide clues for why many happily stay on the island
To ensure schools can support STEM curriculums, technology companies need to increase involvement, such as partnering with educational institutions
Networks aren’t just critical infrastructure. They can be the difference between a company winning big and becoming irrelevant.
Companies need to hire diverse tech freelancers if they want to perform at their best
To the visionaries, the eventual benefits of light communications such as LiFi are obvious. The question is if the industry can follow the path to commercialization.
Banks aren’t known for being agile, innovative organizations. Westpac Bank CIO Dawie Oliviet is changing that perception.
A look at a lesser-known but important issue facing health providers and patient well-being: auditory masking
As enterprises change how they architect networks, they must train staff. Everyone involved—vendors, partners, enterprises—must play a role in skills development.
Using a Raspberry Pi, computer vision, and a neural network to thwart the rise of evil clowns
Columnist Rob Enderle writes that the rapid rise of sentient technologies such as autonomous cars will have a major impact on the job market that could leave a huge number of people unemployed and a substantial number of companies non-viable.
