Newly released reports from IDC and Dell’Oro Group show significant growth in the software-defined WAN market, reflecting demand for scalability, performance and control to power digital transformation and cloud-enabled applications.
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What makes blockchain compelling is its potential to make communications truly private and secure — and it might just turbo-charge collaboration tools like VoIP and UC&C.
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The job of a network pro is getting harder, thanks to increased complexity and new responsibilities. Find out what’s keeping your peers awake at night and which technologies are a top priority (hint: SDN), according to IDG’s annual State of the Network Survey.
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The Internet of Things and artificial intelligence are key technologies for building smart cities, but so too are emerging business models that can handle – and make sense of – the massive amounts of data being produced by municipal applications.
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Whether you’re dabbling in artificial intelligence or still in denial, here are a few recommendations from Gartner on what your next move should be.
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It’s summertime, and that means many of us are working remotely from home, the cottage or maybe even a vacation rental abroad. But malicious actors aren’t taking a summer break — so we can never fully let our guard down when it comes to digital security.
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With its ability to prioritize data close to the edge of the network, fog computing could ease the burden on cloud for data-intensive technologies such as 5G, the Internet of Things, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
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While cost savings, reliability and redundancy are driving the move to Session Initiation Protocol, emerging services such as elastic SIP trunking and extensible applications could help deliver new features and functionality as part of DX projects.
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When the Wi-Fi Alliance — a global consortium of industry players — recently unveiled this new standard, safer public Wi-Fi was just one of the benefits it touted. Here are more details on that and other major features of WPA3.
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The new standard holds greater value to businesses beyond lower latency and faster transmission speeds — such as the need for carriers to leverage network slicing, ultra-latency and on-demand services, according to panelists at the recent Canadian Telecom Summit.
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If you’re stuck in a ‘digital deadlock,’ blending hybrid cloud with on-prem platforms could speed up your digital transformation projects — particularly when it comes to unified communication and collaboration.
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Industry insiders, including Allstream COO Ray Lahoud, gathered at the 2018 Canadian Telecom Summit to discuss the promise of IT networking — from virtualization to microcontainers and intent-based networking — and the greatest challenges to its progress.
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One of the biggest concerns around automation and AI is that our jobs will disappear. But one Gartner analyst believes work will continue to revolve around human beings in the years to come, including the idea of a ‘centaur,’ combining human skills with technology.
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Digital transformation is a constant, ongoing process — not a one-time project. Enterprises must reinvent their entire business model with technology at the core, according to Forrester analysts, who advocate tapping into the DX partner ecosystems to fill in the gaps.
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Network architecture is complex, and is becoming even more so with the explosive growth of IoT and exponential demand for bandwidth. IT pros need greater control over the WAN — and the costs associated with it — driving the market for software-defined WANs.
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In this era of digital transformation, companies will compete on platforms and ecosystems built on cloud, artificial intelligence, blockchain and hyper agile app development, according to the research firm — but the key to success is partnership.
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IT pros can expect to deal with an increasing number of cyber extortion and IoT attacks over the next three years, according to Ponemon’s latest research. Here’s why cybersecurity must move beyond prevention and embrace a broader approach.
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As the technology matures beyond voice, messaging and conferencing, UC&C solutions will incorporate new technologies such as AI, IoT and SDN to offer entirely new capabilities. We talk to Robert Arnold, a principal analyst at Frost & Sullivan, about his latest research.
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In the era of digital transformation, it’s likely you have at least a few projects on the horizon or already underway. We examine the top reasons for project failure, and how to increase the chances your next project will be a success.
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Big corporations and startups have learned some lessons from the last acquisition craze. This time around, they’re more aware of the need to balance technical innovation with cultural integration, and many banks are partnering rather than purchasing.
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There’s a lot of hype around blockchain technology, which has been touted as a panacea for trusted transactions. But is it the right fit for your organization, or are you better off — at least in the short term — with a traditional database?
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While some tout the myriad benefits of AI, others fear it will destroy more jobs than it creates. We take a step back and wade through some of the hype around artificial intelligence.
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Most enterprises are still trying to build their own framework for the Internet of Things, despite evidence that DIY IoT may not be the best approach. Blockchain-enhanced sensing-as-a-service could offer a compelling alternative.
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Mobile phones are poised to become the go-to device for unified communications and collaboration in the next few years, according to a new survey. As we enter the era of 5G, there’s no better time to start planning for mobile UC&C.
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While the cloud craze continues, global IT budgets will also focus on newer technologies such as robotics, virtual reality and cognitive AI, according to the research firm’s 2018 IT spending predictions. The big question mark, however, is U.S. tax reform legislation.
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