This time in Thought-leaders on Emerging Technologies we spoke to Mohammed Khan who is a specialist in Telecommunications and has 15 years of experience working at the forefront of Network Technologies. He previously worked at Juniper, followed by Huawei where he was the CTO of SDN/NFV and Cloud Solutions in Shenzhen, China. When he moved […]
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Thought-Leaders on Emerging Technologies – Atrinet
We interviewed Roy Silon Vice President R&D and Yuri Denisov Vice President Product Management from Atrinet. Atrinet is based in Israel and is a leading provider of Network Management designed to automate and orchestrate network operations. Their solution leverages the power of Software Defined Networks (SDN) and facilitates innovation that ensures optimization of network resources […]
Thought-leaders on Emerging Technologies – Silver Peak
Fortnightly interviews where thought-leaders share their expertise on emerging technologies in the networking industry. Every fortnight there will be a new interview with a leader in the networking sector. First up, The global leader in SD-WAN, Silver Peak. We spoke to Simon Pamplin, EMEA Technical Sales Director for Silver Peak and a regular speaker at events, […]
Network Automation – The network of the future
Network automation, we hear a lot about it. It’s a big topic on networking conferences, there are many meetups organised about the topic and it’s seen as the network of the future. But Automation is also a controversial topic. On the surface, automation translates into a loss of jobs for people. Network Engineers think that […]
Mesh Networks – the system that keeps you connected during Natural Disasters
The Caribbean and parts of America just went through the strongest ever Atlantic Ocean hurricane on record. The hurricane left a terrifying path of destruction behind. Natural disasters such as Hurricane Irma can be a threat to not only human life, but also to telecommunication systems. The Caribbean Island of Saint Martin was one of […]
Intent-based networking, the next big thing in networking
The next big thing on the networking horizon promises to be….wait for it… Intent-based Networking. IBN, the word has been thrown at everyone since Cisco revealed its vision for the future of networking earlier this year. And when Cisco is interested in a technology many will follow. Well established network companies and start-ups are all […]
6 Key Milestones in Computer Networking History
It’s time to take a trip down memory lane and look at some breakthrough computer networking technologies. You will find 6 key revolutionary developments that are core to the enterprise network IT professionals today. In our milestones in computer networking history you will notice that it doesn’t include the more recent technologies such as SDN, […]
The basics you need to know about SDN
Whether you know it as software-defined networking, SDN, network automation, or network programmability, you must have heard about it. The technology has been announced for years as the next big thing in the networking industry. Many are trying to figure out what SDN exactly is about and how it will impact their work as network […]
The benefits of Cisco certifications
There are many different networking certifications to get certified in. If you want to be a networking professional, getting certified is a good step forward in your career. The benefits of IT certifications go far and beyond simply receiving a piece of paper to tack to your office wall. Today we will discuss acquiring Cisco […]
What’s SDN and is 2017 the year for this emerging technology?
Software Defined Networking or SDN as it is better known, is one of those buzz words that has been flying around for a couple of years now with very few people knowing what it really is. If a Network Engineer is not looking at how they will up-skill themselves to work on SDN soon, then […]