Top Tech Trends of 2020, Modernizing the Network Edge & 5G Site Management
Week of January 19th, 2020
Predicting 2020 Top Trends: 5G Impacts On Automation & AI
ABI Research recently unveiled its 54 Technology Trends to Watch in 2020. According to the company, these are the things that will or won’t happen next year.
What To Expect From SD-WAN In 2020?
In the first year of a new decade, 2020 will see software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) continue to play a vital role in facilitating digital transformation and powering cloud-connected enterprises. Continuing upon present trends, cloud will dominate in the enterprise as enterprises look to lower costs and stay agile, while businesses will continue to embrace Internet of Things (IoT) and facilitate its growth. This will drive the move towards SD-WAN that fully optimizes operations, but what else is in store for SD-WAN in 2020? Here are 10 predictions for the SD-WAN market in 2020.
How Machine Learning And Automation Can Modernize the Network Edge
If you want to know the future of networking, follow the money — right to the edge. Applications are expected to move from data centers to edge facilities in record numbers, opening up a huge new market opportunity. The edge computing market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 36.3 percent between now and 2022, fueled by the rapid adoption of the “internet of things,” autonomous vehicles, high-speed trading, content streaming, and multiplayer games. As edge computing grows, so do the operational challenges for telecommunications service providers such as Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc.
Connecting Directly To The Cloud Makes SD-WAN Attractive To Enterprises
Like taking the first step to the cloud, one of the first things that many enterprises hear today about SD-WAN or software-defined wide-area networks is the cost benefits it promises. Years in the making, the technology has in recent times made headway with enterprises that are looking to lower the costs of using traditional technologies such as MPLS (multi-protocol label switching). However, it can deliver a lot more.
Bringing 5G Site Management To The Intelligent Era
With the roll-out of 5G, it’s more important than ever for service providers to have a clear, complete and up-to-the-minute view of radio site performance and capacity. Knowing the current status of all site equipment helps service providers plan and manage their networks much more effectively. It optimizes capital expenditure, increases network availability, and improves operational efficiency.
APIs And The DevOps Community
Every enterprise recognizes the need to change the way they work in order to deal with today’s hypercompetitive business environment. While a DevOps model increases reliability and minimizes disruption, with the added side benefit of increasing speed, relying on DevOps alone isn’t enough. It must be balanced with an API strategy for businesses to get the most out of digitization.
What’s The Difference Between Thin And Thick SD-WAN Branch Offices?
When rolling out software-defined WAN, you’ll need to consider the current makeup of your branch offices. For instance, are applications on-site or in the cloud?
Exclusive: Cisco Adds Network Insights To IBN
Cisco added new network insight capabilities to its data center portfolio that the vendor says makes networking operations proactive rather than reactive. It’s another step closer to a fully automated, self-correcting network, or what Cisco and others call intent-based networking.
Nearly 75 Percent Of SD-WAN Owners Lack Confidence Post-Digital Transformation
Nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of businesses deploying SD-WAN have “significantly” less confidence in their networks following digital transformation initiatives, a new study finds. Researchers with Cato Networks polled 1,333 IT professionals around the world to learn about their budgets, challenges, and readiness to change their digital environments. Nearly half (43 percent) work for companies with more than 2,500 employees, all have some cloud presence, and 82 percent work for organizations with at least two physical data centers. More than half (56 percent) expect their networking budget to increase in the next year; 73 percent say the same for their security budgets.
SASE: What It Is, What It Isn’t, And Why Should You Even Care
For years, enterprise networking and security leaders have had to weather the complaints and consternation of IT and business executives. IT costs too high? Blame that MPLS network. Web taking too long to load? It’s that darn VPN client again. Now a new product category, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), is supposed to put networking and security teams firmly ahead of the game. So impactful is this new sector that Gartner’s termed it “transformational,” a lofty status that not even SD-WAN, with all of its market impact, ever achieved. Within four years, Gartner expects 40 percent of enterprises will have strategies to adopt SASE.
VMware Acquires AIOps Vendor Nyansa To Bolster SD-WAN
VMware today announced its intent to acquire AIOps provider Nyansa for an undisclosed sum, marking a sustained appetite for acquisitions following its $2.7 billion Pivotal purchase among others. The software giant says Nyansa’s technology will enable the company to deliver improved network visibility, monitoring, and remediation to its VeloCloud SD-WAN platform, making it easier for customers to operate and troubleshoot network disruptions, or application performance challenges.
Bring On The Private Networks With Critical Capabilities
Government agencies and companies often have stringent critical communications requirements. What a blessing then that they can now benefit from the new generation of private 5G networks that has emerged. Here’s a look at how new innovative applications tap into critical broadband networks’ capabilities to unleash the potential for operational transformation, automation, and efficiency. And how such a safe, secure business- and mission-critical communications environment unlocks seemingly limitless fresh business potential throughout the 3GPP ecosystem.
Eleven DevOps Trends That Will Matter Most In 2020
DevOps is about constant improvement, and many trends are maturing this year and becoming pervasive. In a field as fast moving as DevOps, it’s valuable to find out what might lie ahead. The goal is to create a working environment in which building, testing and deploying software can occur quickly, reliably and frequently. By doing this, a company can achieve its goals faster and deploy new features, security patches and bug fixes. TechRepublic turned to the experts to ask their opinions on the top 11 DevOps trends worth watching in 2020.
DevOps’ Next Decade: How To Prepare Teams
With so much written about DevOps, it is easy to forget that it is only in its early stages of maturity. But during the next few years, we can expect it to evolve far beyond its current status. Software teams have the opportunity to start sharpening their skills now in order to be ready for the next level of DevOps, across development, deployment, and quality assurance. At the same time, those team members need to be ready to address some big challenges.
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