Analysis
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In the U.S. alone, there are more than 663,000 open cybersecurity positions, due to various reasons including legacy practices and tight budgets. -
Cisco buys Working Group Two to boost Mobility Services and IoT networks
"Basically, in our monolith it’s moving a pretty large deployment into a fully distributed deployment. This accelerates that.” Cisco's Masum Mir said. -
Verizon's BlueJeans surrenders to Zoom. What went wrong?
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. -
Racing at the Edge: How portable data centers are driving Formula 1
Why IT is essential to the need for speed and success in F1
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The dark side of ChatGPT: Hackers tap WormGPT and FraudGPT for sophisticated attacks
The key difference from ChatGPT is these variations have no guardrails or limitations and are trained on stolen data, said Forrester's Allie Mellen. -
5 reasons why MPLS isn’t dead yet – and won’t be anytime soon
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? -
Why telecom operators struggle with the cloud
Operator executives admit growing data demands from the consumer and enterprise space “have outstripped the current capabilities of networks.” -
Network slicing maximizes 5G technology, but are security concerns slowing adoption?
The resources of one 5G network slice are isolated from others to ensure confidentiality and integrity; but security remains an ongoing issue. -
Money Moves: July 2023
Databricks' $1.3 billion MosaicML buy tops the money moves, but it wasn't the only billion deal ... plus, more funding, merger and acquisition news. -
Akamai focuses more tightly on API security, adds XDR protection
Among the features of Akamai's new API Security offering is an edge connector and the Akamai Shadow Hunt service.
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IBM carbon calculator uses AI to optimize cloud workloads
The vendor's new sustainability tool helps IBM cloud customers more accurately measure and report carbon emissions, as well as optimize workloads. -
The Hybrid IT rebuild
In the wake of a ransomware disaster, and during the Covid pandemic, Travelex rebuilt its IT infrastructure for resiliency
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How does 5G play into AT&T’s enterprise plan?
"It's about being experts who understand what our business customers face," Alicia Dietsch, SVP of business marketing for AT&T, said. -
SD-WAN by the numbers: Market size, growth, adoption
The SD-WAN market is made up of many different hardware and software elements including vendors, managed service providers and end users. -
Why synthetic data is a must for AI in telecom
A growing number of enterprises are turning to synthetic data. This, as its name suggests, isn't real data, but closely resembles it. -
Dedicated Regions: Bringing cloud on-premise
Vodafone talks about its journey with Oracle OCI
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How to use Gartner’s Hype Cycle for your zero-trust and SASE strategies
Gartner's new Hype Cycle categorized 19 zero-trust networking technologies, including secure access service edge, into five maturity stages. -
T-Mobile looks for creative ways to boost 5G FWA growth
The carrier is looking at different spectrum models to power a “nonstandard-based solution” or multi-dwelling unit strategies.
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The 5G paradox: Why increasing IoT efficiency creates new security risks
"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
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T-Mobile US aggregates spectrum to create data superhighway and advance FWA
CEO Mike Sievert: "For the market we’re trying to serve, [FWA is a] profitable, accretive, incremental business with little to no capital allocated."
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Palo Alto Networks SVP envisions network security as a zero-trust-based platform
"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. -
VMware calls anti-ESG messages disadvantageous noise
"When you have a lot of noise, it obscures what's really important," VMware Chief Sustainability Officer Nicola Acutt said. -
Synchronoss scores Verizon cloud extension
The deal is a “foundational contract extension” in his firm’s now 10-year relationship with Verizon, Synchronoss CEO Jeff Miller said.
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Open RAN growth slows to a crawl
“This journey of ‘re-shaping’ the [radio access network] was never expected to be smooth and many challenges remain," Dell'Oro Group notes.