IT supply issues have organizations shifting from just-in-time to just-in-case buying
The past three years have been an unprecedented period of disruption in the semiconductor industry. The Covid pandemic and ensuing lockdowns shut down manufacturing, there…
IoT security strategy from those who use connected devices
Freeman Health System has around 8,000 connected medical devices in its 30 facilities in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Many of these devices have the potential…
Cisco DevNet certifications explained
The enterprise network is undergoing a fundamental transition from manual to automated, from hardware to software-defined, from tightly controlled to sprawling across SaaS, multi-cloud, remote work…
Early adopters embrace private 5G
The appeal of private 5G is driving companies to explore ways to improve the performance, scalability and flexibility of their mobile networks. Enterprise deployment of…
Who’s selling private 5G and what do you get?
Private 5G is technology that can be used in local area networks. Not to be confused with the public 5G connectivity offered by telephone companies, private 5G…
Private 5G promising for enterprises, but growth stymied by pandemic, lack of hardware
Private 5G networks promise to offer low latency, high reliability, and support for massive numbers of connected devices, but enterpise deployment has been slower than expected, experts say, due…
How SASE uses AI
Secure access service edge, or SASE, combines networking and security into a cloud-based service, and it’s growing fast. According to Gartner projections, enterprise spending on SASE will…
Who’s selling SASE and what do you get?
Demand for secure access service edge (SASE) has grown tremendously during the pandemic. As adoption picks up, vendors are promising feature-rich and integrated SASE solutions. Customers have…
10 ways IT can navigate the chip shortage
Exacerbated by the pandemic, the chip shortage neared crisis proportions at the start of the year. Network vendors calculated the impact on their businesses in…
Gartner: SSE is SASE minus the SD-WAN
SASE adoption has been skyrocketing since the start of the pandemic. Secure access service edge, a term Gartner coined in 2019, combines security and networking…
Cato adds fine-grained CASB controls to SASE platform
SASE vendor Cato Networks is adding fine-grained cloud access security broker (CASB) controls to its platforms. When employees working from home or branch locations log…
Top 10 outages of 2021
The biggest outages of 2021 had one thing in common: they affected major infrastructure or services providers and, as a result, affected large numbers of…
Supply chain woes forcing more workloads to the cloud
Messaging services vendor Interop Technologies runs three data centers to provide services to customers and to run its own back-office systems. Interop also provides turnkey…
Cisco CCIE certification explained
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert is Cisco’s most prestigious and most difficult certification to achieve, typically requiring years of industry experience and a deep understanding of…
What to expect from SASE certifications
Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls SD-WAN and security into a single, centrally managed cloud service that promises simplified WAN…
Cisco adds specializations to its CCNP cert
Cisco’s network certification lineup underwent a major overhaul last year, and one of the big changes is that specialization options appear at the professional level…
Network certs 2021: Significant raises for the right ones
COVID-19 kicked off one of the most disruptive economic periods since World War II, and companies scrambled to shift business processes to the cloud to…
Cisco CCNA certification explained
The CCNA, which stands for Cisco Certified Network Associate, is Cisco’s foundational certification for networking professionals. The CCNA is a commonly required prerequisite for associate-level…
Energy company deploys edge devices to improve drilling efficiency
Moving compute and storage resources to edge locations can reduce latency and bandwidth needs, improve performance and save money. At the same time, widespread edge…
WAN challenges steer auto-rental firm to SASE
Latency and reliability concerns set car rental company Sixt on a path to rearchitect its WAN. That led the global company, which has locations in…
Network training 2021: Businesses grow their own IT expertise to meet new challenges
As the traditional approach to networking is replaced by hybrid cloud, SD-WAN and edge networks, in-house skill sets haven’t kept up. Hiring new staff and…
Who’s selling SASE and what do you get?
Secure access service edge (SASE) architecture rolls networking and security into a cloud service, making it easier for enterprises to provide simple, secure access to…
What is SASE? A cloud service that marries SD-WAN with security
Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and security into a cloud service that promises simplified…
SASE helps healthcare company pivot to support remote workers
Security and performance concerns made it challenging for TrialCard to enable its employees to work from home when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Customer service agents…
SASE could bolster security for remote workers
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated some companies’ plans to adopt secure access service edge (SASE). Last summer, Gartner estimated SASE adoption at less than 1%…
Enterprises roll out private 5G while standards, devices, coverage evolve
5G promises dramatically faster speeds, lower latency and increased capacity than today’s 4G LTE technology. It’s also a potential alternative to WiFi with greater reliability…
5G is poised to transform manufacturing
5G promises not just super-fast connections and more bandwidth than Wi-Fi and 4G LTE but also better connectivity, low latency, and support for thousands of…
Private 5G keeps Whirlpool driverless vehicles rolling
5G promises super-fast connections, low latency and better coverage. In the manufacturing realm, early adopter Whirlpool is deploying a private 5G network in one its…
Cybercrooks fight over DDoS attack resources
As more groups get into the denial-of-service attack business they’re starting to get in each other’s way, according to a report released this morning. That…
Ad network takes steps to reduce fraud
The fraud rates for online ads are scary, with advertisers losing billions of dollars each year.Last week, Pixalate released a report showing that 35 percent…