EXPERT ANALYSIS
Hyped to Death: AI Must Avoid Becoming a Cliché
- AI use by telcos and providers potentially can improve customer service, speed onboarding, and reduce outages by pro-actively identifying problems. Is this hype or can AI deliver benefits to the enterprise?
By Kailem Anderson, Vice President of Software and Services, Ciena , 9/18/2018
Neat Cisco Nexus Features You Might Have Missed
- A brief review of some new Cisco Nexus features you may have missed hearing about.
By Peter Welcher , 9/17/2018
AWS vs. Azure: Users Share Their Experiences
- Enterprise IT professionals offer their insights into two of the leading cloud platforms, AWS and Azure.
By IT Central Station , 9/14/2018
P4: Programming the Network's Forwarding Plane
- P4 was designed for data plane programming of network switches but its scope now covers programmable network elements such as hardware or software switches, network interface cards, and routers.
By Komal Shah, Senior Engineer at VOLANSYS , 9/14/2018
5 Things You Should Know About Dark Fiber
- This alternative to commercial Internet service can reduce costs, improve latency, and give organizations the redundancy they need for disaster recovery and business continuity.
By CYNTHIA HARVEY , 9/13/2018
Is QoS Becoming Irrelevant?
- Changes in applications and their locations are conspiring to make it increasingly difficult to implement QoS.
By Terry Slattery , 9/12/2018
Why Networks Are Evolving Toward Leaf-Spine Architectures
- A brief overview of the benefits of leaf-spine designs, where they're commonly deployed today, and why you might choose to pursue one.
By Andrew Froehlich , 9/11/2018
Life on the Network Edge
- Evolving network architectures and the demands of new application areas like IoT are bringing the network’s edge into greater focus.
By Sumeet Singh, Vice President of Engineering, Juniper Networks , 9/10/2018
When Testing, Get Active
- When troubleshooting application performance issues, ping alone may not detect the problem. That’s where active testing can help.
By Tony Fortunato , 9/07/2018
Using DevOps to Simplify Disaster Recovery
- Disaster recovery plans are quickly outdated in today’s changing environments. One way to keep DR plans updated and tested is to incorporate DevOps practices.
By Brett Johnson , 9/06/2018
Hybrid Networking: The Best of Both Worlds
- With a strong network underpinning a cloud platform, a hybrid model can address reliability, security, and compliance concerns, while simplifying IT infrastructure management.
By Pathmal Gunawardana, VP of Americas, Tata Communications , 9/05/2018
Planning Your First IoT Network
- Organizations that get an IoT project started on the right foot can avoid major headaches down the road. Here's some advice to help you move forward with ease.
By John Edwards , 9/04/2018
How an Economist Became a Business Architect
- A twenty-year networking and IT veteran discusses where the industry is headed and offers advice on how to get started in a technology career.
By CYNTHIA HARVEY , 8/31/2018
Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
- Small misconfigured settings plague many IT environments, impacting security and stability. Infrastructure as code lets you apply a consistent configuration to a broad range of endpoints.
By Brett Johnson , 8/30/2018
The 5 Biggest Mistakes in SD-WAN Security
- Simply committing to SD-WAN security isn't enough. It's also necessary to create defenses the right way and avoid some common mistakes.
By John Edwards , 8/29/2018
Get Developers on Board with Application Security
- Application security requires collaboration between developers and security ops. Organizations need to align expectations of the two groups and shift security to the left, into the development pipeline.
By Lori MacVittie , 8/28/2018
Amazon and Arista Eye the Campus Network
- Arista has already announced their vision for the enterprise campus network. Amazon is rumored to be looking there as well. What does mean for the dominance of the traditional market players?
By Tom Hollingsworth , 8/27/2018
How IT Pros Can Bridge the IT-Business Gap
- By embracing a different mindset and changing their language, IT teams can better communicate with the business and finally overcome a long-standing division.
By Leon Adato , 8/24/2018
3 Strategies to Fight Network Siloes
- The problems created by old hub-and-spoke network architectures are happening again with the advent of the cloud. Following these strategies can avoid building a new set of siloes.
By John Maddison, SVP of Products and Solutions, Fortinet , 8/23/2018
Network Architect Jobs Evolve
- Technology upheaval is challenging current network architects while opening new job opportunities for newcomers.
By John Edwards , 8/22/2018