Tag: SD-WAN

June 24, 2024

One of my biggest pet peeves in this industry is the formatting of contracts. Technology services such as Internet, SIP trunks, and SD-WAN are some of the most complicated agreements an IT manager will see. Here’s how to navigate these […]

December 27, 2023

We live in hope, according to the old saying, but enterprises’ hopes and expectations aren’t exactly aligning for next year. While all 223 of the enterprises I’ve gotten data from are hoping for real and meaningful technology advances in 2024, […]

April 13, 2023

Netskope, a leader in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), today announced that Gartner, Inc. has recognized the company for the second year in a row as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge (SSE). The report […]

March 13, 2023

In today’s digital world, retailers face many challenges when it comes to disconnected systems and siloed data. Perhaps more than any other industry, retailers are continually looking for the “next big thing” that can help them get a leg up […]

January 23, 2023

A few interesting items from around the world and from different corners of the internet infrastructure world to catch up on: Orange Business has sold some networking technology in the world of coffee. Jacobs Douwe Egberts has deployed Orange Business’s […]

January 17, 2023

According to Gartner Research, enterprise technology spending in 2023 is forecast to grow at least 5% — but not all technology spending is equal. After a few years when organizations were spending big money to launch, upgrade or expand their […]

December 30, 2022

The new year is upon us again, which means that it is time to dig the crystal ball out of the closet again and make a few predictions. The pandemic isn’t exactly gone, but it’s definitely in the rear view […]

December 9, 2022

Nancy Shemwell, chief operating officer at Trilogy Networks noted that some of the advanced services that will require low latency will be offered through a mix of networks, which can face a challenge from a technical perspective. “If we look […]

December 9, 2022

A few other items from around the world this week to catch up with: STACK Infrastructure’s plans in Japan got a little bigger this week. They have expanded their partnership with ESR, creating a joint venture to develop a 72MW […]

October 12, 2022

Zayo Group Holdings on Wednesday announced the launch of its edge network solutions portfolio. Zayo’s products include Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Unified Communication as a Service (UCaaS) and other capabilities, it said in a […]

October 6, 2022

ADVA (FSE: ADV) and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced that Etisalat UAE, the telecoms pillar of e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group), is offering on-demand virtual services to its corporate customers using ADVA’s suite of Ensemble NFV technologies […]

October 3, 2022

As we enter the fourth quarter of 2022, here is a quick roundup of some of the news from the weekend and late last week to wrap things up for Q3: Cyxtera will soon have some quantum computing-as-a-service on tap […]

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 […]

July 29, 2022

Four interesting items from Europe to catch up with before we all go home for the weekend, including a bit of M&A, a new JV, a new data center, and some SD-WAN. Infobib has completed its acquisition of Peerless Network. […]

July 27, 2022

A new enterprise customer, a new data center campus, some wireless for a sports venue, and some balance sheet work. GTT has picked up a new multinational customer from the pharmaceutical space. The French company LFB is deploying GTT’s managed […]

July 13, 2022

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced this week the general availability of Cloud WAN, its managed wide area network (WAN) service. AWS Cloud WAN connects on-prem data centers, branch offices and cloud resources together on AWS’ global backbone, providing centralized private […]

July 7, 2022

In the first installment of this series on fixed wireless access (FWA), I introduced some of the economic and technical challenges facing fixed wireless providers in delivering the capacity, reliability, and consistency on par with wired broadband connections. In this […]

July 6, 2022

Security software provider Cato Networks has announced a new point of presence (PoP) in Copenhagen, Denmark. This marks the company’s second Nordic PoP and its 20th in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Cato said this will help expand its […]

June 29, 2022

A rebranding, an upgrade, a new product, and a regulatory hurdle: New York City now has a new name in colo and interconnection. DataGryd has rebranded itself as Hudson Interxchange, the latest shift since its acquisition by Cordiant for $74M […]