Tips

Tips

• Network designs for dynamic route pacing

  The new generation of network devices means network designs based on dynamic routing. But there are pitfalls to keep in mind.  Continue Reading

• Visibility key to loving your WAN carrier

  Taking a few simple steps can help strengthen the relationship between your WAN carrier and IT management.  Continue Reading

• Future network market vision emphasizes the edge

  Facing two network market truths, carriers must focus on metro networks with big pipes connecting cloud data centers at the edge to keep costs in line with incoming revenue.  Continue Reading

• IT's hardware evolution in this software-defined age

  There may be a software-defined revolution going on, but the hardware evolution continues. Learn why hardware retains its importance in networking today, even in this SDN age.  Continue Reading

• How to build a VMware lab setup for testing

  Understanding what makes virtualization tick comes down to successful testing; find out how to build a VMware lab setup for testing at home.  Continue Reading

• Dynamic virtual network services usher in connectivity revolution

  Dynamic virtual network services are using NFV to provide new enterprise services faster and cheaper by removing the need for expensive hardware deployments from the equation.  Continue Reading

• Proactive risk management: Managing the deluge of alerts

  In today's threat landscape, proactive risk management is needed to stay on top of a surge of network and security alerts.  Continue Reading

• How to make your WAN architecture software-defined

  There's more than one way to make your WAN architecture software-defined. Learn three very different routes to achieving an SD-WAN.  Continue Reading

• Software-defined networking products to enable scalable container deployment

  Container deployments enable the rapid introduction of new applications, but they can also cause networking problems at scale. Analyst Lee Doyle says software-defined networking products will change that.  Continue Reading

• Getting the most out of a managed WAN implementation

  Marketing materials paint a rosy picture, but a managed WAN implementation can be a challenge for enterprise network engineers.  Continue Reading

• SDN/NFV network standards don't address benefits of change

  Evolving SDN/NFV network standards address the technology but don't help operators understand potential operational efficiencies and increased service revenues.  Continue Reading

• Automated BSS and OSS models needed for new network operations

  Modernizing BSSes and OSSes to transform networks operations would be faster than changing the network itself and would save money before SDN and NFV savings start kicking in.  Continue Reading

• How a network security overview pays dividends

  In an age of heightened cybersecurity risks, companies still aren't spending enough to create a network security overview.  Continue Reading

• Building enterprise network platforms for tomorrow

  As more and more devices become connected -- ushering in new management, security and big data challenges -- network platform requirements will continue to evolve.  Continue Reading

• Business is 'destroying' the application delivery process

  Business has changed, and so must the application delivery process. It's time for IT to go from being provider of services to a broker between clouds and end users. Here's how.  Continue Reading