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Thursday, September 23, 2021

Feature of the Week

The Future of Factories with Wireless Networks and 5G

5G and industrial wireless networks are projected to be the driving forces behind the data-driven factory of the future, as they address Industry 4.0's major networking concerns. Read more ►

Interactive Submarine Cable Map Hits 487 Cables Over 1.3 Million Kilometers

TeleGeography has upgraded their Interactive Submarine Cable Map so that users can search and choose numerous cables, landing points, countries, RFS years, and suppliers from the map. Read more ►

Common IoT Connectivity Difficulties Companies Face

As IoT connectivity issues like scalability and compatibility make deployments more complicated, IT administrators must plan for the infrastructure necessary to support IoT initiatives Read more ►

CIO Viewpoint

Network Security Forms the Underpinning for Every Business

By Doug Myers, VP & CIO, Pepco Holdings, Inc.

Pepco Holdings is one of the industry leaders in implementing Smart Grid technology. The AMI Advanced Metering Infrastructure) data can be leveraged to manage customers energy usage better which can lead to saving energy and money. Read more ►

Integrating Cloud Capability To Provide Reliability, Authentication, And Messaging Infrastructure

By Kim Tracy, CIO, Northeastern Illinois University

In being a public university, we look for investments in IT infrastructure that we believe will definitely be of value. Of the key parameters I look at the future flexibility that an investment helps us achieve. Read more ►

Featured Vendors

EKINOPS : Smart Networking through Cloud-based Virtualization

By Didier Brédy, CEO,

EKINOPS is enabling companies to stay ahead of the growing network requirements with its layer 1, 2 and 3 solutions to service providers and enterprises around the world. The company’s open, programmable and highly scalable solutions enable... Read more ►

ngena: Communication Complexity Simplified

By Bart de Graaff, Managing Director & CEO ,

ngena provides Network as a Service platform which combines SD-WAN technology and managed services to modernize networking for companies globally. The platform provides an SD-WAN overlay with multiple choice of underlay connections, and a full... Read more ►

NOKIA : Next-gen Networking through Unparalleled SD-WAN Expertise

By Pekka Lundmark, President & CEO,

Nokia has emerged as the trusted partner to improve networking capabilities and stay ahead of the game. Nokia combines its expertise in the areas of networking, cloud, managed services, and service orchestration to offer solutions and services... Read more ►

CXO Insights

Quantum Key Distribution : Fighting Quantum with Quantum

By Andrew Lord, Head of Optical Research, BT

Barely a week goes past without another quantum computing announcement Read more ►

Security Advantages of Software Defined Networking (SDN)

By Dr. Edward Amoroso, Member of the Board of Directors, M&T Bank

Perhaps the defining aspect of wide-area routing over Internet infrastructure has been decentralized control. Read more ►