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An in-depth look at the latest trends and technologies in enterprise networking.
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Complying With Automation
- Broadband Testing 14 May 2024 -
Maybe Einstein Was Wrong with E and MC - Apparently SoftIron = VM Squared...
- Broadband Testing 20 Mar 2024 -
New Optimisation Kid On The Block Puts Hybrid Users On The Cloudbrink Of Performance...
- Broadband Testing 05 Feb 2024
Thinking back to the early 2000s (I refuse to call them “the noughties”) it seemed that whatever technology you were talking about, the word “security” always came into the equation. Fast forward ...
Let’s face it, the scenario facing VMware for resellers and customer alike, post-Broadcom acquisition is common knowledge – the future landscape is not as it was. On top of that, it has to be ...
As many of you will know, one of my major focus areas since Stone Age Man (almost) has been network optimisation in its broadest sense. It seems ironic that, in 2024, optimisation is required more ...
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SASE Evaluation - The Thoughts Of A Founding Father
- Broadband Testing 31 Jan 2024 -
Low Code Hits New High - Results Of A New Survey
- Broadband Testing 31 Jan 2024 -
The Last Word In Analysing SASE Offerings: Evaluation Advice
- Broadband Testing 18 Jan 2024 -
Why We Should Maybe Get Hyper Over A Cloud...
- Broadband Testing 14 Dec 2023 -
Optimistic Cloud Forecast - IT Managers No Longer Left In The Shade...
- Broadband Testing 28 Nov 2023 -
A Whole Lot Of Monkeys Required... VAST Data Looks To Revolutionise AI
- Broadband Testing 02 Aug 2023 -
Holidays and Awards – The Perfect Summer Marriage...
- Broadband Testing 18 Jul 2023
Now here’s something a little different. On this ‘ere blog, you are used to hearing my views on the world of networking, comms, security and occasionally wine. You may also have read my recent ...
Had a really interesting conversation the other day with Adrian Bignall, he who is in charge of International Sales at Evoke Technologies. Evoke is a rather large tech consultancy that only ...
DEFINING A Network Scorecard For Evaluating SASE Cloud Solutions While it could be argued that there are a near-infinite number of variables – and very few constants – that go into defining a SASE ...
This time last year I was basking in the icy cool, but mercifully dry climate of Berlin, testing SoftIron’ s HyperCloud product in its Berlin labs and very much appreciating the fantastic support ...
Remember the early days of cloud computing. All the promises – low-cost, scalable, simple to deploy and manage, secure, be in control of your own data and apps without the OnPrem hassle… All ...
If there has been one extraordinarily overused buzz phrase in recent IT years, that phrase has to be AI or Artificial Intelligence, often in tandem with ML or Machine Learning. As a judge on the ...
Well, it might be 2023, a world of geo-dispersed user bases, flexible working hours and networks that can be accessed and managed from anywhere, anytime but… still half the world of IT disappears ...
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SASE Delivery - Is A PoP always a PoP? What to look for...
- Broadband Testing 03 Jul 2023 -
Top Of The SASE PoPs
- Broadband Testing 03 Jul 2023 -
Top Of The POPs
- Broadband Testing 13 Jun 2023 -
Half A Rack In Half A Day: Building A Private Cloud
- Broadband Testing 20 Mar 2023 -
Running Out Of Energy...
- Broadband Testing 07 Feb 2023
In my previous blogs I spoke of the delivery-related problems when there are no local PoPs, or the equivalent technology in place to successfully deliver those services, and how this potentially ...
In my previous blog I noted how themes occur seemingly from nowhere, that are common among vendors from different spheres of IT. In this particular case it is various vendors I’m working with who ...
I always find it interesting when unanticipated themes crop up out of nowhere that are suddenly commonplace between multiple conversations with different vendors, especially vendors that are very ...
Having entered my 39th (gulp!) year in IT, it’s fair to say I’ve had to endure more than my fair share of IT hype and BS. Many are the times at live events I’ve done a tally chart on the number of ...
Ironic, at a time when energy and oil companies are announcing record profits, the issue of energy – or a lack of it – is, or should be, a major concern for IT professionals, but seemngly isn't. ...