NETWORKING

Access to reliable, secure, high-speed, quality internet service is a “human right” for everyone on the planet. Much like having access to clean water and affordable energy, access to quality broadband is a necessity to help bridge the social, economic, and digital divide of our citizens. Building an inclusive future for all One issue the pandemic exposed is our Nation’s Digital Divide. An unequal experience between those who had access to high-speed internet and those…

In July and August 2021, CIO held three virtual CIO Think Tank discussions that brought together 31 IT leaders to unpack one of the most important issues in enterprise technology today: maximizing the utility of data collected through multiple channels. The goal of these discussions was to identify key challenges facing analytics initiatives and to offer a roadmap for IT leaders—as well as the technology industry—to overcome those obstacles. All participants drew on their experience…

In a market approaching 5.7 billion mobile subscriptions in 2021, broadband can sometimes feel to play second fiddle in Asia & Oceania (Omdia). However, 670 million broadband subscriptions are nothing to be sniffed at – especially in a region with hundreds of millions more underserved or unserved at all. The global pandemic only exacerbated the need for high-quality fixed broadband services. For consumers, this was driven by the need to access digital healthcare, education, and…

Juniper has rolled out a flexible switch that can be upgraded to support 400GbE networks and includes tight integration with the company’s Apstra intent-based networking (IBN) software. The Juniper QFX5700, a 5U, eight-slot, 25.6Tbps throughput box supports a range of  line cards that customers can mix and match Ethernet speeds of 10G to 400G to accommodate application or migration needs. The QFX 5700 is built with Broadcom’s Trident 4 chipset and runs Junos OS Evolved,…

Everyone wants faster internet speeds. Even people who already have high-speed connections want faster internet, including enterprise workers and IT pros. More speed is what they need, or at least what they would strongly prefer, because the faster data is transmitted between two devices, the faster decisions can be made and actions taken. In the Darwinian digital economy, slow Internet speeds are for laggards and also-rans! So how fast is fast? Some might say the…

SD-WAN has seen tremendous growth and adoption, in part because it provided a flexible WAN solution just as networks were undergoing a radical transformation. To compete effectively in today’s digital marketplace, organizations needed to provide users at remote locations with reliable, adaptable, and high-performance access to critical business resources, such as cloud-based business applications. But this transformation had just begun, and many SD-WAN solutions were simply not designed to support the new use cases resulting…

I recently put on my lederhosen and celebrated Oktoberfest here in California. I loved the festivities, the food and, yes, the bier.😁🍺 What’s more, this German tradition always reminds me of autumn which marks the arrival of a very special event – Cisco Partner Summit! While autumn arrives at different times around the world, I hope you’re looking forward to this special event as much as I am. Looking back over the last year, there’s so…

A server without networking is like a holiday package without postage. All the great stuff inside the server/package can’t get to anyone. The Intelligent Fabric Module (IFM) is the X-Series postage stamp. It provides the connectivity between the Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node and the network (6400 Series Fabric Interconnects). A key benefit of fabric centric design One of UCS’ biggest benefits has always been Unified Fabric. That is carrying data, storage, and management…

IT teams have a difficult job when it comes to resolving application issues today as many apps are cloud-hosted and rely on WAN connections. If a performance problem is not tied to the on-premises network, a lot of time is spent working to identify root causes. Without comprehensive end-to-end visibility and automated insights, finding and resolving a simple problem can take hours or days. As an SD-WAN and SD-Branch vendor, we’re often asked, What is…

Two weeks ago, we took a tour of Wi-Fi 6E and explained the marvel of this new technology and how it’s going to affect the industry. For those that didn’t read the piece, spoiler alert: Wi-Fi 6E technology extends Wi-Fi 6 into the 6GHz spectrum that brings faster speeds, lower latency and provides more security to the network. The next question that might pop into your brain is: where will this new technology do the…