What does a next-generation WAN look like?

	IDG Contributor Network: More evidence traditional voice calling is disappearing | Why communications service providers need to implement SD-WAN
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	What does a next-generation WAN look like? After years of sitting in the shadow of virtualization, SaaS, containers, and all the other exciting IT trends, the wide area network is finally getting some attention. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems WAN Virtualization with Citrix CloudBridge This white paper provides a detailed overview of WAN virtualization and discusses some of the unique features that the CloudBridge Virtual WAN solution provides. Learn More In this Issue IDG Contributor Network: More evidence traditional voice calling is disappearing Why communications service providers need to implement SD-WAN 3 Big takeaways from Amazon's latest cloud outage 'Is this sweet, sweet Google Fiber in the wild?' So you're a VW software engineer … WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Hybrid Will Be the New Normal for Enterprise WAN Public cloud services, SaaS, and mobility are driving enterprises to rethink how they architect their WANs. Gone are the days when all applications resided in regional data centers and branches only needed a single MPLS connection. Learn More IDG Contributor Network: More evidence traditional voice calling is disappearing A growing proportion of smartphone users may be making no calls at all, according to a new survey published by consultant Deloitte in the U.K.While mobile voice volumes have increased by 4% there between 2012 and 2014, most smartphone owners' patterns of use have "become more data-centric," the report says.The research firm accounts for those voice volume increases with population gains, adoption of unlimited voice plans, more allowances, and a shift from landlines.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Hybrid Will Be the New Normal for Enterprise WAN Public cloud services, SaaS, and mobility are driving enterprises to rethink how they architect their WANs. Gone are the days when all applications resided in regional data centers and branches only needed a single MPLS connection. Learn More Why communications service providers need to implement SD-WAN Communications Service Providers (CSPs), including carriers, managed service providers and cable providers, are challenged to maintain business services revenue and profit streams in the face of bandwidth commoditization (e.g. high speed, inexpensive Internet services). Software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solutions could and should enable CSPs to increase the value of their managed services for business customers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: NTT DATA Tackling ERP Complexity This IDG research report explores the need to simplification of the ERP landscape and maps out the value of strategic partners in digital business. Learn More 3 Big takeaways from Amazon's latest cloud outage In the wee hours of Sunday morning something went very wrong in an Amazon Web Services data center.At 6 AM ET error rates for the company’s massive NoSQL database named DynamoDB began skyrocketing in AWS’s US-East Virginia region - the oldest and largest of its nine global regions. By 7:52 AM ET, AWS determined the cause of the problems: an issue with how the database manages metadata had gone awry, impacting the service’s partitions and tables. Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Service's Health Dashboard shows the timeline of events from Sunday's outage, including the root cause. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More 'Is this sweet, sweet Google Fiber in the wild?' The question -- 'Is this sweet, sweet Google Fiber in the wild?' – was posed on Twitter this morning by Nick Owen, CEO of WiKID Systems, an Atlanta-based purveyor of two-factor authentication products. Read More So you're a VW software engineer … If you've read about this Volkswagen scandal, you know that VV needed "special" software written or a bunch of its diesel cars would never see the road. How did that workplace conversation go? Read More
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