"Basically, in our monolith it’s moving a pretty large deployment into a fully distributed deployment. This accelerates that.” Cisco's Masum Mir said.

BlueJeans, acquired by telecom giant Verizon for $400 million in 2020, is on the way out as the carrier plans a full shutdown in 2024.

SD-WAN and secure access service edge vendors often deride MPLS, but if those critiques are accurate, why is MPLS still a force in the WAN market?

Operator executives admit growing data demands from the consumer and enterprise space “have outstripped the current capabilities of networks.”

The resources of one 5G network slice are isolated from others to ensure confidentiality and integrity; but security remains an ongoing issue.

Among the features of Akamai's new API Security offering is an edge connector and the Akamai Shadow Hunt service.

"It's about being experts who understand what our business customers face," Alicia Dietsch, SVP of business marketing for AT&T, said.

The SD-WAN market is made up of many different hardware and software elements including vendors, managed service providers and end users.

A growing number of enterprises are turning to synthetic data. This, as its name suggests, isn't real data, but closely resembles it.

Gartner's new Hype Cycle categorized 19 zero-trust networking technologies, including secure access service edge, into five maturity stages.

The carrier is looking at different spectrum models to power a “nonstandard-based solution” or multi-dwelling unit strategies.

"5G is going to open up a whole new world of possibilities for IoT, but it's also going to create new security challenges," said Forrester's John Kindervag

CEO Mike Sievert: "For the market we’re trying to serve, [FWA is a] profitable, accretive, incremental business with little to no capital allocated."

"Zero trust and platform are intertwined. If you want to have an enterprise zero trust, you need to go to a platform-centric approach,” Anand Oswal argues.

The deal is a “foundational contract extension” in his firm’s now 10-year relationship with Verizon, Synchronoss CEO Jeff Miller said.

“This journey of ‘re-shaping’ the [radio access network] was never expected to be smooth and many challenges remain," Dell'Oro Group notes.

"Quantum computing has the potential to impact the problems we're working on right now," D-Wave VP Murray Thom said.

While some pit Wi-Fi against 5G, this “clash of titans” idea is fueled by hype and a fundamental misunderstanding of how the technologies.

Secure access service edge certification courses are available and some popular cybersecurity certifications have incorporated SASE elements.

Based on the big three hyperscalers' environmental strategies and public data, Google Cloud stands out.

Verizon Business added international IoT management capabilities, making it easier for enterprises to deploy and manage devices overseas.

"We evaluated several smart NICs in the market at the time, and Pensando really showed up in a big way," IBM's Satinder Sethi said.

The 5G SA core market continues at a near standstill despite significant revenue-generating opportunities the technology can support.

The program has hit political potholes that have slowed the approval process and left operators holding the money bag.