The proliferation of connected devices is placing unprecedented demands on campus networks. With over 30 billion connected “things” expected by 2020, ensuring quality of experience for users in ultra-high-density locations is becoming more challenging than ever. Indeed, applications such as 4K video streaming are...
After suburban lifestyles being the norm for generations of Americans, the pendulum is beginning to swing back towards urbanism: the United Nations says 54% of the world’s population lives in urban areas today, a proportion that is expected to increase to 66% by 2050....
Manufacturing businesses are increasingly adopting advanced digital technologies to enhance their capabilities to satisfy customer demand for the production of more high-quality products at a faster rate than ever before,
Automation, for example, is employed in several applications including assembly lines, computer-aided design and manufacturing...
The healthcare industry in the United States is hugely complex, and under increasing strain. Pressure is being exerted by multiple factors. The increase in baby boomers retiring and demanding care is arguably the most significant. Rising demand reveals a chronic shortage in terms of...
Oil and gas will become one of the driving forces in industrial IoT (IIoT). Oil and gas facilities generate tremendous amounts of data, and only a fraction of it gets used. Companies like Shell - which tracks over 7 million data points on systems...
The role of connectivity in healthcare applications has been growing exponentially in recent years and evolving to be a must-have feature in medical devices. According to Vodafone IoT Barometer report, global IoT adoption in the healthcare industry has increased from 19 per cent in...
Thousands of people pour into and out of high-rise office buildings each day, and each must be kept safe and secure. Two of the most significant challenges in accomplishing this are guard tour management and ensuring that all fire and safety equipment complies with...
As many of us routinely trapped in rush hour backups can attest, traffic congestion can be incredibly frustrating. But beyond the annoyance, a study from INRIX estimates that congestion costs drivers in the United States several billions of dollars a year in lost time...
Now that I spend a lot of my time thinking about how to help companies get their networks to do what their businesses want them to do, I realize what sorts of challenges IT organizations have overcome to get any truly remote management operational. Now...
Today’s IT landscape is all about moving towards the microdata centers, as the demand for edge computing pushes through the need for quick and instant access to data. Edge computing is localized computing for systems that operate away from the primary data center. Typically,...
The use of software as a service (SaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is well established in the enterprise data center. Now, industrial organizations are beginning to make tentative steps to XaaS offerings for their operational computing. However, there is some trepidation preventing...
While personal data breaches keep cyber security in the headlines, the topic of privacy lacks the drama of a high-profile hack. That is a shame, since privacy and cyber security are closely related. Privacy is usually defined as the right to be left alone,...
The internet of things (IoT) is creating enormous innovation opportunities for mobile operators, vendors, and enterprises. But it comes with commercial and technological challenges. From years of testing and launch experience, here’s what we’ve learned about how best to get your latest device from...
While the IoT market is still in its infancy, it’s growing at a breakneck pace as more devices and machines connect each day. Cities, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing and other industries are dominating the global economy are transformed due to IoT gains. According to Ericsson’s...
Your company has just acquired or agreed to merge with another firm. Exciting times are ahead, as your group is taking the lead in combining the IT functions. You have a lot to deal with, consolidating duplicate infrastructure and reconciling a multitude of applications,...
5G technology is still in its infancy, with widespread deployment not expected until about 2021, yet as we enter the limited test phase, it’s time for businesses to begin considering just how powerful this technology will be. With increased speed, efficiency, and broader IoT...
Software-defined networking, and SD-WAN in particular, is helping to redefine IT strategies for organizations across a number of industries. Companies with distributed operations have been traditionally dependent on resource-intensive, time-consuming and expensive processes to accommodate the networking needs of their business – and their...
