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Building a Cloud-Centric, Hybrid Network With Software-Defined WAN

Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is a new class of network technology that can help distributed enterprises meet growing network demands, but before implementing organizations must carefully evaluate their options.

Digital Transformation: A Moving Goal Post

Organizations are embarking on the quest for business transformation, but how do they know when the transformation is complete?

Building a Next-Generation Network With Software-Defined WAN

Distributed enterprises need a new WAN. What options are available to meet growing network demands?

How’s Your Bandwidth? Getting the Network Ready for Cloud Computing

Cloud services are transformative, but to reap the benefits, specific prep work is necessary to make your network cloud-ready.

Disrupting Disruption

How to Enhance Customer Service with Network Capabilities

Whether you outsource certain parts of your networking execution or insource all of your networking programs, it is good business to develop your IT staff.

19 "Move to the Top of Your Queue" Network Improvement Tips

Are there network improvements CIOs should consider adopting right now?

5 Tips for a Successful SDN Deployment

Software-defined networking (SDN) is one of the most interesting developments in network architecture to emerge in over a decade.

The History of Carrier Ethernet

The story of Ethernet continues to evolve, even today.

What is NFV?

Network Function Virtualization, or NFV, is way to reduce cost and accelerate service deployment for network operators.

SDN – Enabling The Next Generation IPVPN

Simply put, broadband and Ethernet provide the foundation of the new network.

The Network Gets Strategic

When during the last four years that enterprises starting thinking differently about their networks?

The Evolution of Network Services

Enterprises are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of their networks—how what used to be considered a tactical necessity has evolved into a strategic asset. They now recognize that high-performance services are core to their business strategy—that is, their ability to quickly share data internally, distribute data externally and collaborate globally.

Software Defined Networking: Beyond the Hype

Software defined networking (SDN) is in the news just about every day. Is that much happening with SDN, or is all the news mostly hype?

The Web-Scale Effect and the Future of Networking

There’s no doubt that Internet Content Providers have fundamentally changed the way we find and consume content.

Why Ethernet for Infrastructure?

Ethernet as a data networking technology has been in wide use for many years, keeping pace with the network speeds demanded by applications and adding key service management and quality of service (QoS) attributes needed to succeed beyond the local area network (LAN).

3 reasons SDN will boost Carrier Ethernet

Carrier Ethernet services have seen significant growth over the last decade, most recently being driven by the uptake in cloud services. Now SDN will bring greater performance and cost efficiency to optical transport networks and carrier Ethernet services, further driving this growth.

Controlling Costs in the Enterprise Network: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3

Whether managing a campus network or specialized enterprise wide area network (WAN), cost control is a paramount concern as IT budgets are under constant pressure and return on investment is routinely scrutinized.