Expert Opinions | Digitalisation World

The Future of WANs: How will their performance improve?

Published in Infrastructure Networking Networks + Telecoms

Going back to the latter months of last year, it would have been incomprehensible to know what effect Covid-19 was going to have on the way we work. Some say it will continue, with staff working from home and the way we use and now rely heavily on wide area networks (WANs), internet and the cloud....

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IPv6 is finally gaining a foothold – have ISPs seen the light?

Published in Infrastructure Networking Networks + Telecoms Protocols + Topologies

The successor to IPv4 is nothing new in the world of IP addresses. In fact, you may be surprised to hear that IPv6 launched back in the 1990s. However, to say that ISPs have been slow to upgrade to IPv6 is something of an understatement. Even though our supply of IPv4 addresses is now depleted and...

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WAN Confusion: Why WAN Data Acceleration isn’t

Published in DC Facilities + Colo Infrastructure Infrastructure + Hardware Networking Networks + Telecoms

WAN optimisation or SD-WAN WAN optimisation and SD-WAN vendors tend to talk about cost-efficiencies, scalability, virtual flexibility, their ability to accelerate any application despite the limitations of TCP/IP, being cloud-ready, industry-leading. In addition, it’s about being able to...

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Enabling digital learning with network visibility

Published in Infrastructure Networking Networks + Telecoms

The need to connect remotely has hugely affected all students this year, altering their university experience. By Adrian Rowley, Senior Director Sales Engineering EMEA at Gigamon.