We have come a long way since the first cell phones, which could barely keep a call connected, let alone send a text message. Today, 4G is seen as a blessing for many, but as we progress forward we now find ourselves on the cusp of the 5G roll-out which has been promised for years by network providers across the world. The jump to 5G will make accessing data a more efficient and faster experience, or so that is the promise. However, for vendors like Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon to achieve these...
Read MoreFixed mobile convergence (FMC) and unified communications (UC) have been talked about for years, but it is only recently with the advent of cloud-based technology options that the market for these has truly become viable, both for end users and service providers. Various surveys, reports and research studies exist providing evidence of market growth. According to industry analyst and research firm The Cavell Group, the total number of European cloud comms users will grow from 10 million...
Read MoreMore and more businesses today are looking to extract insight from the data they have access to in as near real-time as possible. They are looking to rapidly gain the insight and intelligence they need to drive optimum customer experiences; faster time to value and a competitive edge. By Jeff Fried, Director, Product Management - Data Platforms, InterSystems.
Read MoreIt’s now widely accepted that we live in an “always on” culture, with the average person spending five hours per day on some type of mobile device. For enterprises, there is an underlying expectation that employees are, at the very least, contactable wherever they are working – and at best, able to function as efficiently on-the-go as in the office. In fact, a recent survey of 500 senior IT and business leaders led by Oxford Economics showed that 80 percent of respondents believe their...
Read MoreGreig Schofield, Technical Manager at Netmetix, explores how Wi-Fi could expose your business – and your employees – to ‘Man in the Middle’ cybercrime.
Read MoreSoftware-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) is an evolving technology, so characterising an SD-WAN architecture can be difficult. How SD-WAN was defined five years ago, or even two years ago, is not necessarily how it is defined today. In fact, trying to figure out where it’s going to be a year or two from now has become an interesting thought exercise for some technology leaders. By Donna Johnson, Vice President of Product and Solution Marketing at Cradlepoint.
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