As CSPs face challenges to maintain business services revenue and profit streams in the face of bandwidth commoditisation, SD-WAN solutions open up possibilities to enable them to increase the value of their managed services for business customers.
The keys to a Smart City
In major metropolitan areas and smaller cities alike, governments are adopting software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) to deliver the agility and flexibility needed to support adoption of ‘smart’ technologies that enhance the liveability, workability and sustainability of their locale.
Bottom line in mind
If network infrastructure is not your organisation’s core competency, a network infrastructure cost optimisation consultation can help you drive infrastructure costs down, capture the network environment processes, identify systemic issues and leverage best practices.
Former VMware, Microsoft and Citrix execs open new startup
Start up ContainerX has created a platform for IT operations administrators to centrally manage clusters of application containers.
BlackBerry launches Priv
After months of leaks, rumors, and non-announcements, BlackBerry is putting the Priv up for pre-order on its website.
Intel Security to discontinue McAfee SaaS products
Intel Security has announced plans to decommission select McAfee software-as-a-service products.
Google reports strong profit and explores machine learning potentials
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported its quarterly financial results on 22nd October, with revenue and profit both up from a year earlier.
Microsoft reports decline in revenues
Microsoft recently reported declines in revenue for Windows, its Surface line of hardware and its Smartphones, key components to the new More Personal Computing group that debuted its earnings with the September quarter.
A safe hire
Companies should take great care when hiring a party that will be granted access to its most sensitive systems and data. Follow these steps to give yourself the best chance of assurance.
The public Internet of Things
In recent years, enterprise mobility (EM) has evolved from being a simple mobile device management tool. As part of this evolution, it is branching out to a variety of endpoint interfaces to include cross-mobile platforms and connected things.
Managing data in a mobile and cloud world
A simple strategy for standardising metadata can improve decision-making, data governance and data security.
The cleanest environment
It’s a mobile-crazed world, and skyrocketing demands are not the only problem. Developers also need to choose the right technologies for building mobile apps.
The big transformation
Over the past half-decade, the Big Data flame has spread like wildfire throughout the enterprise, and the IT department has not been immune. The promise of data-driven initiatives capable of transforming IT from a support function to a profit centre has sparked enormous interest.
Adobe signs partnership with Dropbox
Adobe and Dropbox have entered into a partnership that aims to enable people and organisations with greater flexibility to work the way they want with documents at home, in the office or on-the-go.