Networking For Nerds: Virtual Connectivity to the Cloud

In today’s digital world, legacy IT and network infrastructures can be huge inhibitors to enterprise cloud adoption. A Riverbed global survey of 1,000 business and IT decision makers in multiple industries reports that 97% of the respondents said, “Their legacy network infrastructure will have difficulty keeping pace with changing demands of cloud and hybrid networks.”

Ryan MalloryJune 12, 2019June 28, 2019

Cloud

Global Solutions Architects

How to Converse in Cloud: Cloud Radio Access Networks

As 5G is capable of transmitting petabytes of data, it is more cost-effective for network operators when handling these large volumes of traffic to deploy centralized C-RANs, in addition to improving network performance via low-latency connections.

Ryan MalloryApril 10, 2019May 3, 2019

How to Converse in Cloud: Cloud Security Controls

When compute processing, content and data move to the cloud and data sources become more geographically dispersed, protecting those assets can be a challenge. Security controls need to extend out to the edge to deliver robust and reliable data and application privacy, protection and compliance.

Ryan MalloryMarch 7, 2019June 10, 2019

Cloud

Enterprise

Interconnection

Tapping Interconnection to Tame Cloud Complexity

The second annual Global Interconnection Index (the GXI), a market study published by Equinix, projects Interconnection Bandwidth will grow at a 98% CAGR between 2017 and 2021.[ii] One of the key factors driving this bandwidth increase is the rise of multicloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures, which spur a greater demand for private interconnection between businesses and the Cloud and IT Provider ecosystem.

Ryan MalloryDecember 6, 2018January 5, 2019

Cloud

Enterprise

Interconnection

What’s Driving the Rapid Growth of Interconnection?

Our newly released market study, the Global Interconnection Index (the GXI) Volume 2, offers some striking projections that illustrate how essential Interconnection is becoming to digital business.

Ryan MallorySeptember 20, 2018September 28, 2018

Networking for Nerds: Is Your Data Center Interconnected?

Is your data center interconnected? Does it have private interconnectivity with any partner or customer you want to reach across multiple global metros? Can you provide fast, direct and secure access to a cloud or software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider that is not directly located in the same city as your employees? Can you ensure the local security your users require at geographically dispersed data centers? These are the hallmarks of an interconnected data center.

Ryan MalloryAugust 15, 2018November 9, 2018

Cloud

Enterprise

Interconnection

How to Converse in Cloud: Blockchain Cloud

The emergence of blockchain cloud technology is no surprise. Blockchain distributed ledger solutions for secure transactional processing, the Internet of Things (IoT) and a number of other applications are ripe for major cloud brokers to provide a variety of Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) offerings. But what is a blockchain cloud in relation to other types of cloud platforms?

Ryan MalloryJune 5, 2018June 10, 2019

5 Trends from PTC 2018 Point to a World Connected by Services

This year’s Pacific Telecommunications Council’s (PTC) 40th anniversary theme, “Connecting Worlds,” spoke to the global nature of communications that is launching a new decade of connections in our industry. And I’m not just talking about the physical and virtual connections that carry the massive amounts of data being transported all over the world, but the interconnection between service providers and their customers that enable private data exchange, which is essential for global digital business to flourish in the decades to come.

Ryan MalloryFebruary 1, 2018July 27, 2018

Global Solutions Architects

The Big Boom is Here for Professional Services

Business is booming for professional services as enterprises look to outsource more functions, so they can accelerate digital transformation. It’s exciting stuff, but the pace of change in this market is making it a challenge for many established players to keep up with newer, sometimes more agile competitors.

Ryan MalloryJanuary 4, 2018January 4, 2018

The 6 Top Industries That Are Driving Greater Interconnection

How are companies using Interconnection to scale as digital businesses? That is just one of the many things that the “Global Interconnection Index” market study was created to find out.

Ryan MalloryAugust 22, 2017August 25, 2017