The Future of Network Autonomy, Accelerating Programmability with APIs, & SD-WAN Trends

Week of February 14, 2021
The Present and Future of Network Automation
As 5G continues its evolution toward broad digital enablement of the enterprise, the proliferation of artificial intelligence and machine learning in networks will be a crucial part of service provider strategies. For infrastructure, increasingly automated deployment, configuration and management accelerates time-to-revenue as closed technology stacks give way to open, cloud-native architectures.
Accelerating Network Programmability with APIs
APIs have been a driving force of innovation in networking over the past two decades. This trend is now accelerating with the expansion of cloud infrastructure and API programmability, which will enable anybody to manifest networking functionality into applications with the press of a button.
7 Key SD-WAN Trends to Evaluate in 2021
As SD-WAN continues to mature in 2021, the technology is expected to improve in its support for integrated remote access, automation and multi-cloud connectivity.
Overcoming Digital Transformation Challenges With The Cloud
Here’s how cloud computing can enable the future of work, accelerate data strategies, integrate AI and cyber strategies, and innovate for social good.
Network Automation: ‘Everything Comes Back to Data Quality’
As operators consider any type of artificial intelligence- or machine learning-based network automation projects, “Everything comes back to data,” according to Damion Rose, senior product manager of mobile signaling and data analytics at BICS. “Using machine learning starts with data.”
SASE Market Emerges and Grows as the ‘Wave of the Future’
Secure Access Service Edge is the latest technology to garner industry buzz in networking and security. Although it’s still relatively new, the technology is making waves.