5G and NFV Make a Great Combination, but There’s a Big Hidden Performance Cost.
The cost benefits of replacing physical network infrastructure with virtualized software are undeniable. That’s why mobile network operators (MNOs) have embraced network functions virtualization (NFV) to support 5G’s vastly greater infrastructure requirements relative...
The Antidote to Cloud Overprovisioning
VM and network upgrades can improve poor cloud performance in the short-run, but lose effectiveness over time because they don’t address one of its major causes. As a result, successive rounds of increasingly expensive upgrades and budget-busting overprovisioning have...
Recent Outages at AWS, Google, Microsoft, IBM and Oracle Highlight the Importance of Adopting a Hybrid Multi-Cloud Strategy with an HCI Platform to Support It.
But slow is the new downtime, and none of the cloud vendors or HCI platforms address the underlying cause of poor cloud performance. What are they missing?
Over 90% of large enterprises have moved from relying on a single cloud provider, to a hybrid multi-cloud architecture that combines on-premises infrastructure with multiple public clouds.1 They’ve done this largely as a defensive measure against outages like those...
Why A VPN is Absolutely Necessary for Travel – And Why I Chose This One
Do you trust Wi-Fi in airplanes, airports, or hotels? GUEST POST by SCOTT EDDY: I’d love to tell you that the internet is a safe place. I’d also love to be able to say that free Wi-Fi in public areas isn’t a threat to your online security. But that’s not the reality....
Gartner Says Many More of Us Will be Working From Home Post-Covid-19 if CFOs Have Their Way. The Potential Savings Look Too Good to Pass Up.
Can Companies Make this Shift Without Sacrificing Employee Productivity and Data Security, Costing Them Much More in the End?
According to a recent Gartner Survey of 317 corporate CFOs, remote work and telecommuting will become more permanent and widespread after Covid-19. Among the CFOs surveyed, 74% expect to move previously onsite employees to remote work post-Covid-19, in a bid to cut...
