Enterprise networks will be forced to deal with a surge in mobile video traffic. But network virtualization and mobile edge computing will help — and could even improve the customer experience, according to a U.K.-based telecom research firm.
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Only a handful of companies use it at this point, but network functions virtualization is poised to help service providers in a huge way
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A Cisco-sponsored survey indicates the benefits of virtualization are being felt far beyond the enterprise, but small and medium-sized firms have some challenges all their own
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We highlight some of the best insights from the online community of one of our key partners in the managed services space. Bookmark these URLs
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Research firm Current Analysis predicts enterprise IT departments will be increasingly looking at hosted collaboration to meet a variety of business needs, but they demand flexibility
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Although many organizations take the time to secure their traditional client-server environment, they may fail to consider how the latest technologies – such as virtualization and the cloud – will impact their overall backup, recovery and security policies. A Symantec white paper – Taking the...
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The ability to abstract and dynamically allocate resources has moved from mere servers to routers, switches and much more. Why the data centre may never be the same
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An industry analyst says the movement towards all-IP environments could mean much more than IT departments think. How to start planning for the transition
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Welcome to today’s edition of the IP news roundup. Here are the latest headlines in virtualization, mobility and more:
New CRTC decisions are a mixed bag for residential and business Internet customers. It will soon be harder for smaller ISPs to provide Internet services at a competitive rate...
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Our recent Webinar offered an in-depth discussion around collaboration, mobility and virtualization. This is a transcript of the live chat session that followed.
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Allstream’s director of solutions partner marketing discusses the technologies that will have the greatest impact on Canadian IT departments in 2013
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A Forrester Research analyst helps define the near-term opportunities and challenges for technology executives. Watch the sneak peek at our upcoming Webinar
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Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the IP news roundup. Here are the latest headlines on virtualization, unified communications and more:
With the number of cloud-driven desktops expected to reach 70 million by 2015, the Integration Developer News blog published a list of design considerations...
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Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the IP news roundup. Here are the latest headlines in virtualization, disaster recovery, big data and more:
Chinese virtualization adoption rates are set to soar. Today, 10% of China’s x86 enterprise service workloads are virtualized. According to Gartner,...
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One research group presents an all-encompassing way to describe it, but does it match up with vendors’ products? Cisco and Avaya respond
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The latest in a series of expertIP posts aimed at single-site businesses helps break down commonly-used tech terms in ways that a layman can understand. Get those lazy servers working harder!
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Welcome to the Wednesday edition of the IP news roundup, where you will find the latest headlines in virtualization, cloud and unified communications:
Virtualization is leading to a decrease in the number of data centres. A survey by IDC predicts that the number of data centres in the US will...
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“Chattiness,” inefficient protocols and latency may mean things that took seconds on the LAN take longer on the WAN. Why adding bandwidth isn’t the solution
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Although virtualization can pose a number of security challenges—such as increasing network complexity and developing new avenues of attack—it can also create opportunities for improved security. InformationWeek’s Next-Generation VM Security report states that “virtual software appliances...
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A recent BriefingsDirect roundtable explored the benefits that two organizations have achieved from virtualization and cloud computing. During the roundtable, David Giambruno, Senior Vice President and CIO of Revlon, and Heinz Roggenkemper, Executive Vice President of Development at SAP Labs,...
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