No Silver Bullet for 5G, Hybrid Integration & Operations Automation

by | September 20, 2019
No Silver Bullet for 5G, Hybrid Integration & Operations Automation



Week of September 15th, 2019


There’s No Silver Bullet For 5G Deployment

When it comes to 5G, a common mistake is to think there is a silver bullet for successful deployment. Often operators assume there is one magic remedy that if introduced to their network, will see them succeed. For example, automation is a key pillar of the 5G era; end-to-end automation maximizes the efficiencies and responsiveness of 5G. However, it would be a mistake to assume there is one method of automation that leads operators to successful 5G deployment. There are a vast range of automation areas and use cases such as network slicing and DevOps that can play a key role.

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Why Integration Must Be Hybrid

Integration is the central piece that ties your enterprise together. The need to integrate has only increased with the proliferation of SaaS applications, IoT sensors and devices, B2B e-commerce supply chains and mobile app development in addition to the vast number of applications that still reside in on-premises data centers which also host mainframe, legacy and custom applications. One of the biggest drivers today is digital transformation – organizations are rapidly trying to become digital enterprises in order to differentiate themselves from the competition and develop new business models to create new revenue channels.

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Going On The Cloud? Think SD-WAN

The move to the cloud is a big part of any transformation effort today, as enterprises seek to deliver applications and services more quickly and responsively. However, what’s often not said is the failure to reap the full benefits of this monumental move, because of legacy network models that are hampering the effort. More than 80 percent of enterprise workloads will run in the cloud by 2020, with more than 40 percent running on public cloud platforms, according to a study by LogicMonitor. Unfortunately, going on the cloud is just one part of the equation. Getting the best out of it requires a rethinking of the router-centric network design from the past.

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Think Small Automate A Task, Think Big Automate Your Operations

The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) hype is drawing a lot of attention. One of the first questions I’m asked by those investigating RPA is, “what can I do to improve my chances of success?” While success looks different for each customer, thematically, customers seek improved productivity, strengthened compliance, increased workforce morale, enhanced data quality and reduced transaction costs.

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Open Source Software In DevOps Has Become Strategic For All Organizations

A higher percentage of top performing teams in enterprise organizations are using open source software, according to a survey conducted by DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) and Google Cloud. Additionally, the proportion of Elite performers (highest performing teams) nearly tripled from last year, showing that DevOps capabilities are driving performance.

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Four Common Use Cases For SD-WAN

Software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WAN) has clearly taken off. A 2018 survey of 225 IT professionals by SevOne found 66 percent of respondents already had at least some percentage of their WAN software-defined, and nearly 50 percent had active SD-WAN projects. Perhaps most impressive, 17 percent of respondents said they’d connect 100 or more remote sites within 12 to 18 months. It’s a good time to look at what’s driving organizations to implement SD-WAN and what type of organizations the technology is best suited for.

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IBN’s Success Is Driven By Formulating The Right Test Validation Strategy

Intent-Based Networking (IBN) is widely considered to be the next big innovation in networking industry. IBN is all about simplifying the process of implementing new upgrades and changes in any networking environment to ensure the results match the original intent. IBN can be considered a successor to software-defined networking (SDN) as it seeks to automate networking operations while better aligning networks with business intent.

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Does Roaming Look Different In A 5G World?

Roaming models are poised to change in the years to come as networks shift to 5G and automation plays a larger role. As rural carriers consider capital expenditures and justifying investments for network upgrades, it’s important for smaller providers to be having active conversations with Tier 1 carriers about things like RAN sharing and network sharing, according to Craig Sparks, chief innovation officer of C Spire, speaking on a panel session at the CCA annual convention.

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DevOps Automation: Why It’s A Necessity For IoT

The “always-on” nature of the Internet of Things means that organizations can continuously update software based on feedback from connected devices. It just so happens, that’s exactly what DevOps facilitates. However, DevOps automation isn’t just complementary to an IoT initiative — it’s critical to its success.

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Building An AI-Driven Network

Artificial intelligence (AI) – it’s a nebulous term that means many things to different people. What is true is that one day in the near future, machines will be likely to possess ‘human-level’ intelligence, providing organizations with efficiencies that they have never seen before. But what role is AI playing inside organizations today, particularly when it comes to providing a good experience for internal users and external customers across their wide area networks? Tech execs gathered in Sydney in September to discuss the benefits of using artificial intelligence technologies inside their wired and wireless networks.

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SD-WAN Still All The Rage

As enterprises look to kick-start their digital transformation strategies, many have adopted software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) to solve a myriad of issues associated with carrying real-time communications traffic across the wide area. By evaluating traffic patterns and choosing the most efficient path in real-time, SD-WAN tackles two problems that can plague a UC service– loss and latency. Also, with its promise of network flexibility, simplified management, and built-in and add-on security, SD-WAN seems like a no-brainer for many enterprises.

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Why Automated AIOps Is Better Than Just AIOps

In today’s hybrid blend of on-premises and virtual servers, public and private cloud platforms, and mobile devices of all types, it is more critical than ever to identify, resolve, and mitigate potential outages or performance issues. And these issues are now more difficult to detect and identify, much less remediate. Both the volume and variety of network and application traffic that data enterprises are generating have skyrocketed. To effectively monitor and manage IT operating at this level of complexity, organizations are turning to artificial intelligence for IT operations, or what’s called AIOps.

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Itential is the only automation platform built to support both network and cloud, making it easy for enterprise organizations to maintain network compliance, reduce manual operations, and simplify network management. The Itential Automation Platform is a low-code cloud-native SaaS solution that seamlessly connects IT systems with network technologies for end-to-end network configuration, compliance, and automation.

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