What kind of Internet would we design today if we were to start from scratch using what we now know? In 2007, attempts to answer this question at Stanford University [1] led to a project by networking gurus and experts to analyze the present and future of IP networks. At the time, the mass mobile internet era was beginning; in fact, that very same year and barely twenty minutes from the...
In my opening blog post this year I wrote about the many issues the market seemed to indicate would be important in 2018. Obviously, I mentioned SD-WAN technology, 5G and Big Data, and I also talked about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a few others. However, there is one area that I did not mention, which is intent-based networking (IBN). Perhaps it may be early to call 2018 the year of...
Once again Christmas comes to an end and the New Year of 2018 starts to set in. And for those of us within the telecommunications sector it is important to know that this new year 2018 is forecasted to bring us more change, development and larger growth. This for example can clearly be applied to the SD-WAN market. Reviewing other SDN / SD-WAN posts that we wrote in the past, I remember that we...
Virtualization technologies, Cloud (private or public), “Software-defined whatever” not only bring simplicity and flexibility to systems and communications management, but also require the full automation of company IT systems. This means enterprises will not just need to change their network technology and systems, but also require the inclusion of specific tools, in addition to traditional...
Whether due to startup costs, lack of scalability, or because it hasn´t been specifically designed for small businesses, up to now, it hasn´t been clear how SMEs could benefit from SD-WAN technology. However, given their dynamism and security, software defined wide area networks (SD-WAN) have much to offer those companies. The absolute need for internal information experts to manage networks and...
Lately there isn´t a single conversation, presentation or conference (especially now that everyone is talking about digital transformation) where you don´t come across a sentence like this: It needs to stop being a cost center and start taking an active role in the business with a significant impact on the organizational´s results. And that´s the end of it; and, of course, of any objectives,...
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