Networking

Why Tech Companies Are Eager to Invest in 5G Nearly all tech service providers are planning to leverage 5G technology very soon, according to a survey from Ixia. The accompanying report, "5G Is Not the Future. It Is the Present," indicates that the vast majority of releases are expected over...
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HPE Allies With Big Switch Networks As part of Big Switch Networks joining the HPE Open Networking ecosystem, HPE and its channel will offer Big Cloud Fabric and Big Monitoring Fabric software.
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Versa's NFV Platform Simplifies SD-WAN Deployments Many IT organizations don't have the resources to manage an SD-WAN, so MSPs such as VergX are building services around the SD-WAN platform from Versa Networks.
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Aerohive Networks Aims to Approach MSPs on Their Terms Managed service providers can now acquire access points from Aerohive without having to pay for software licenses until those access points are deployed.
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Cisco Debuts Wireless Network Products for SMB Market Cisco's new wireless network products, which are priced for the SMB market, open up new sales opportunities for the vendor's channel partners.
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MSPs Need to Prep Now for an SDN Transition It's time for MSPs to prepare for the rise of software-defined networking and network virtualization because they stand to gain more than they might lose.
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NFV Platform Battle Plays Out at Mobile World Congress Many service providers at the Mobile World Congress came to the realization that they are falling behind when it comes to Network Function Virtualization.
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Datto Buys OpenMesh to Extend MSP Reach into Networking To expand its partners' market opportunities, Datto acquired OpenMesh, a provider of networking and security infrastructure managed via the cloud.
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Open-Source Networking Is Coming of Age Service providers will be the beneficiaries of much of the work carriers such as AT&T and Verizon have put into hardening open-source networking technologies.
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Infoblox Aims to Create TAP Ecosystem Around DNS The company is building connectors between its Domain Name System appliances and complementary third-party networking and security products and cloud services.
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Avnet Drives the Channel Into the IoT Market By providing partners with a middleware platform, starter kits and other resources, Avnet hopes to jumpstart growth in internet of things applications.
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Interest in Network and Security Services Grows As both networking and security become more complex and difficult to manage, there will be a much greater tendency to rely on managed services, according to a survey of 700 IT professionals conducted by Cato Networks, a provider of software-defined...
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Government IT Organizations Get Behind IoT Large-scale internet-of-things projects typically require some level of interaction with IT systems managed by local, state and national governments. CompTIA, in a survey of 172 professionals with responsibility for local, state and federal IT...
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Battle for Network Control Plays Out in Channel Following a wave of M&As and alliances, networking vendors now are unifying their channel programs across a range of wired and wireless solutions.
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5 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling UC Platforms The UC market is growing in size but also in complexity. We look at the five top mistakes agents must avoid in order to drive more sales.
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SDN, Network Virtualization Set Pace of Innovation Software-defined networks (SDNs) and network virtualization are all the rage these days. As a result, it's not surprising to see mainstream enterprise IT vendors, such as VMware and Cisco, trying to lead the charge. However, solution providers...
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Networking Pain Points Create Channel Opportunities The fragility of enterprise networks remains a major pain point for most IT organizations. As a result, interest in new networking solutions that better address the rigors of enterprise application environments remains strong, suggests a new study,...
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Tapping IoT's Bounty, Navigating Its Challenges Most connected product companies are committing to internet of things-enabled offerings to boost their competitive standing, according to a recent survey conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Xively by LogMeIn. A poll of representatives...
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13 Key Facts the Channel Should Know About IoT The internet of things is more than just hype, and channel companies are already making money from the IoT. In a new survey, CompTIA finds that 23 percent of the U.S. channel companies polled have made money from IoT offerings, up sharply from 8...
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Tech Data Launches IoT Business Practice Tech Data's primary goal is to provide solution providers with access to a range of engineering expertise required to build and deploy IoT solutions.
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The Long March to SDN Transformation There's been much progress in transforming enterprise networks, but not enough organizations equate advances in software-defined networking (SDN) with increased business agility, according to a new survey from Juniper Networks and Wakefield Research...
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