Sponsored The rise of single-mode fiber for data centers
Single-mode fiber offers superior longevity, distance and upgradeability, while costs have dropped dramatically in recent years
Opinions - Connectivity
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Private cloud is still alive and kicking
Highlights from the State of the Data Center Networking report
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Sponsored Consider the move to 400Gb now - it’s closer than you think
Progress rarely comes without a cost and a fair bit of hassle, warns CommScope’s Ken Hall
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Delivering the promise of composable infrastructure at scale
It's time to rethink IT architecture to increase flexibility and utilization
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Sponsored The importance of Data Center Interconnect (DCI)
Connecting with customers today can be hard enough, but what will it take to connect to the customer of tomorrow?
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Sponsored Putting our networks to the test
Surprisingly, perhaps, the root causes of many network problems point towards errors during installation
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The data center is evolving. Day 2 is here to stay.
It is imperative to think about automation from Day Zero
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Sponsored Why modular data centers are a resilient and flexible choice for digital and virtual learning
Upgrading educational IT infrastructure in the face of Covid-19
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Better together - the open road to future success
Openness is not just about just saying you’re open, it’s about actually embracing openness
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How intent-based networking helps data centers self-heal
Intent-based networking is more than just a self-driving data center
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Right from the start: An efficient, sustainable IT infrastructure for 5G
5G and the services it enables need a smarter approach
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Information manoeuvre, Part 2: communication at the tactical Edge
How the British Army's land forces communicate effectively in all situations
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Key drivers of 100Gbps network adoption
It's not just that new NICs are cheaper and faster. People actually want speed...
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Key considerations when deploying service mesh architectures at telecom 5G data centers
5G services are distributed, but they can learn from cloud-native technologies.
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Keeping up with the evolving data center: part 2 – best-practice testing for DCIs
Once you've adopted new interfaces, you need to make sure they keep working
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Keeping up with the evolving data center: part 1 – emerging technologies and related challenges
Increasing traffic is driving faster adoption of new interconnection technologies
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Network problems causing ever more outages
Power problems are no longer the top cause of outages
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Change is afoot in the world of cloud networking
There’s a new type of networking around, designed with modern multi-cloud needs in mind. But what should we call it?
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Network as a nervous system: 5 networking trends to know in 2021
As many of us continue to work remotely, outages have become more frequent and more acute
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The IPv4 run-out – one year on
We've known for thirty years that we need to move from the old Internet protocol. Finally the cost of sticking with IPv4 is pushing organizations to make the move
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What the Internet can expect from 2021 and beyond
After 2020, does it really make sense to try and predict?
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Sponsored 400G in the data center: options for optical transceivers
When you make the jump to 400G, there's a choice of transceivers: pick the one that fits your future plans
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The difference between dark fiber and lit fiber
Which is most cost effective for you?
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Sponsored The evolving role of the data center in a 5G-enabled world
We know how networks will evolve within the data center. From core to edge, things are less clear