With a more expansive and dynamic network, network engineers can benefit from new skills in cloud management. If you’re like most network engineers, more of your organization’s workloads are moving into the cloud which puts more of a focus on cloud management. According to Gartner, the cloud computing market, predicted to hit $260.2 billion by […]
Unless you’re independently wealthy, you probably live on a budget. These days, there are all sorts of tools and resources to help you keep your financial house in order. Whether you have assistance from an accountant, use a software program or mobile app, or simply scribble numbers in a notebook, they all start the same […]
When you look at this image, do you see a chalice? Do you see two men in profile? Now that I’ve mentioned both images, can you see both images at once? Fiber testing can be like this trick, you have to be able to see more than what is obviously in front of you. In […]
Our recent webinar with Light Reading, Lessons Learned: Efficient Deployment & Maintenance of FTTH/PON Networks, garnered several questions from the attendees. We thought that even those who may not have caught the live webinar might benefit from this Q&A. If you’d like to see the webinar recording, please visit the Light Reading Testapedia page. Q. Is […]
VIAVI Solutions has been named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics (NPMD) for the fifth year in a row. In the 2018 report, VIAVI is again recognized as a leader in its category based on the company’s “ability to execute and completeness of vision.” The Gartner Magic Quadrant […]
Check out the Top 5 IT Exes and see if any of these once-great network tools ever found a place in your heart. Valentine’s Day can be a time for rekindling a forgotten romance, or reminiscing about the way things used to be – in IT. Over the years, there have been a handful of […]
Joint solution empowers IT with visibility into cloud assets to ensure optimal end-user experience. Today business leaders opt to migrate services to the public cloud without consulting or even notifying IT of the change, until an issue arises. While this has become common, IT teams are still responsible for finding and fixing problems, remaining accountable […]
How can you improve event detection with your OTDR tests? Ever wondered why your OTDR isn’t reliably accurate in detecting all the events on your fiber under test? One reason is that there isn’t just one test configuration that is optimal to characterize a link with a single OTDR shot. If you use an OTDR […]
Networks are converging at an unprecedented pace – a fact which is widely known and accepted in today’s hyper-growth and incredibly competitive global business environments. On top of that, every network flavor (fixed, wireless, cloud, enterprise…) must manage according to insanely accelerated cycles for updates, improvements, and advancements in their networks to support that complexity. […]
Simplify FTTH/PON Testing with “Smart” Fiber Features The rise in fiber adoption by service providers is fueling the demand for workers who can skillfully build and certify fiber plants, especially for deployment of Fiber to the Home (FTTH). This means that installers and contractors, who are traditionally trained in copper or coax network installation, must […]
