There is an abundance of news relating to cybercrime and business in the last few years. Hackers are finding new ways to attack enterprises every day. While ransomware continues to grab headlines, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are becoming a major problem, too. DDoS is responsible for 22% of downtime reported in 2016, according to the Ponemon Institute. The costs …
Cloudshift and Bandwidth: Is Your Network Ready?
Cloudshift is occurring across all categories of business from single applications to total cloud solutions. It’s not surprising. The cloud delivers scalability, mobility, redundancy, and security all at a lower cost over traditional network cores. But, shifting to the cloud isn’t as simple as flipping a switch and all your data and operations just work seamlessly. You need to consider …
2017 Enterprise Networking Predictions
The end of the year is a great time to look back and see how our industry has changed and consider what the future holds for communications. The oncoming year will be full of development and change in the network world. Here are a few predictions that have been made that we agree with: SDN Moves Beyond the Data Center. The …
3 Possible Developments from the Internet of Things
Expectations are growing rapidly for the potential impacts the Internet of Things (IoT) will have on the world. All manner of sensor laden devices designed to directly integrate the physical world into computer-based systems open up a world of opportunity, and a fair amount of risk as well. Companies are producing new, network-ready tech at a staggering rate, but not …