Category: Networks & Systems

September 29, 2022

VMware on Thursday announced changes to its telco cloud portfolio that it says will help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with modernization efforts around 5G, Radio Access Network (RAN) and edge computing deployments. The company’s announcements include Telco Cloud Platform 2.5, […]

September 29, 2022

NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and NEC Corporation (NEC) today announced the completion of a trial to test energy efficiency and high performance of AWS Graviton2 processors across key elements of the 5G core network (5GC). The trial demonstrated an average […]

September 28, 2022

The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting an industry/university/government collaboration at Northeastern University focused on fundamental research on future 6G systems and related technologies, including spectrum sharing, the use of artificial intelligence for interference mitigation and control, Open RAN, digital […]

September 26, 2022

Gartner came out with its annual SD-WAN magic quadrant last week. I agree with their placements and predict that, in the coming years, the field will narrow from six vendors to four. An SD-WAN solution is a long-term investment that […]

September 22, 2022

Orange, through its Orange Business Services and Orange Cyberdefense groups, and cybersecurity firm Netskope announced Thursday they’ll embed Secure Service Edge (SSE) functionality in the Orange Telco Cloud platform. The two firms are calling the new solution “carrier-class connectivity.” For […]

September 15, 2022

Business growth often requires the adoption of the latest technologies. These innovations include artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing (CC). While these are two separate technologies, recent advancements have shown the possibility and benefits of their integration. In its broadest […]

September 14, 2022

Hackers are “going global” and your business must know what measures to take to protect your privacy. Tata Communications blocks 4 billion+ calls annually to prevent a wide variety of voice fraud schemes. Whether it’s illegitimate robocalling, spam, spoofed caller […]

September 7, 2022

Nevion, a Sony Group Company and award-winning provider of virtualized media production solutions, announced today that its flagship media orchestration platform, VideoIPath, now supports Amazon Web Services (AWS) Media Services, with an initial focus on ground-to-cloud connectivity with support for […]

September 1, 2022

In the previous two entries in this series, I discussed the overall challenges in increasing broadband availability with wireless technology, and assessed the generally weak fixed wireless access (FWA) offerings from the cellular carriers—particularly as they apply to enterprises looking […]

August 30, 2022

Good network segmentation is a highly recommended network security practice that requires a firewall policy known as an allow-list or whitelist. How should you go about implementing it? What is Network Segmentation? Network segmentation divides the network into security zones […]

August 22, 2022

The metaverse is certainly an exciting concept, but let’s face it, the bar is pretty low in generating “excitement” in tech these days. When it burst on the scene, interested parties could envision it as social media and more, as […]

August 22, 2022

At IBC 2022, Evertz will be highlighting its evertz.io platform, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that is helping live sports, live entertainment and linear channel customers launch new channels and monetize content across a wide range of Over-the-Top (OTT), Direct-to-Consumer (DTC), […]

August 18, 2022

The First Responders Network Authority board has approved the agency’s budget for fiscal year 2023, with the majority going toward network reinvestments with partner AT&T. The budget allocations fell into three categories: $190 million for network reinvestment, $84 million for […]

August 15, 2022

Caton Technology has joined the GV Media Universe Alliance, the programme developed by Grass Valley which brings industry leaders together to deliver practical, fully functional cloud solutions for media enterprises. By joining the Alliance, Caton ensures that end users can […]

August 12, 2022

The industrial metaverse is an idea that’s picking up momentum as more businesses find uses for metaverse visualization and interaction tools and technology. Digital twins — virtual representations of physical objects and processes — long predate the industrial metaverse idea, […]

August 11, 2022

A lot of conversation in business and leisure around the metaverse focuses on its entertainment and commerce possibilities. But that’s the tip of the iceberg, when it comes to monetizing the metaverse. The market for industrial applications is nascent, but […]

August 9, 2022

Open RAN has been the subject of earnest development for a number of years and has seen large-scale commercial deployment by three major global operators building new networks with significant commitments from many large brownfield CSPs. Reducing TCO through vendor […]

August 8, 2022

Monitoring the right things in your network and making them visible in dashboards can make the difference between proactive and reactive responses to network problems. I recently wrote about using log data in network management, and now it’s time to […]

August 1, 2022

Stream Data Centers, the industry leader in delivering exceptional data center experiences to global enterprise companies, is proud to announce that it has been selected as a trusted data center partner by T-Systems. T-Systems, a leading provider of Information and […]

July 27, 2022

We’ve all read the stories; the mainframe is doomed. FedEx has announced its sunset of the final 20% of its mainframes by 2024, and surely other companies will follow suit. The data center is doomed too. “Cloud-first” means that every […]