Here’s a situation that you may find recognizable. There is a critical service delivery issue and IT leadership pulls together a tiger team of 8-10 people into a war room session — several network engineers, a few developers, some security analysts, and the CTO are included. Within the first 20 minutes, the network engineering team […]
The recent events have led to the mass adoption of remote work, which permanently changes the way we perceive our digital environments. This has placed a unique challenge on fiber networks – as such, network service activation and operation are becoming ever more complex. To be more effective and time-efficient, technicians need to learn various […]
Telecommunication networks play an integral part in facilitating the operations of a wider global market. As such, they are expected to handle large loads of bandwidth at a rapid pace, while maintaining data integrity. Ensuring that the software provided by telecoms companies works flawlessly is of paramount importance. One way to do so is by […]
Turbulent – the word most people use to describe the last 12 months. The nicely protected corporate networks have been turned inside-out by the effects of the global pandemic. Unplanned, universal remote working has put every employee outside of the trusted network perimeter, including the IT team, creating a host of new challenges – and […]
In order to keep pace with the ever-increasing user expectations for instant access to information, operators need the agility to scale on demand, make changes quickly, and launch innovative products and services as required. As such, network operators are leading the path to an open architecture like Open RAN for its ability to provide a […]
VIAVI Observer support for Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring ensures customers never have to compromise on service level visibility or cybersecurity awareness when migrating services to the cloud In my 20 years of network management experience, I’ve watched businesses and organizations transition more and more of their services to the cloud. That migration, already accelerating in […]
Reliance on global high-speed telecommunications is higher than ever before. From urgent financial transactions to endless video live-streaming, undersea cables support numerous aspects of our modern lifestyle that we may not be aware of, making it one of the backbones of the global economy. In fact, commercial undersea cables carry about 97% of the world’s […]
Today, we are in the midst of rapidly expanding 5G’s global footprint. Around the world, over 70 mobile operators have deployed commercial 5G services, and many more are expected to follow by the end of 2020. This continuous expansion and evolution of 5G will not be as successful without the existence of technology inventions that […]
Financial institutions have felt the dramatic impact of the new working paradigm and find it is critical for employees to use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) whenever possible and for IT to manage them effectively. The sheer volume of high-speed financial transactions every minute means that there is a need to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability […]
The deployment of 5G has been long anticipated for its exciting benefits: faster speed, better performance, lower latency, and a much more reliable service. However, we rarely talk about the importance of the network infrastructure behind 5G, which needs to be able to continuously support millions of devices at once. And yet, according to a […]
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