Network availability is crucial in today’s business world. Organizations require consistently fast and reliable network performance just to support mission-critical business applications, but the adoption of emerging technologies make bandwidth demands increasingly harder to meet. The Internet of Things (IoT), for instance, necessitates that IT teams expand the scope of their wired and Wi-Fi wireless networking to begin processing data outside the data center — at the edge, in the fog or in the cloud. Join CDW experts as they discuss how this digital transformation drives organizations to adopt next-generation networking technologies such as the cloud, software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and intelligent WAN (iWAN).
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A network can be a bit like highway infrastructure. Highways are critical to how we live and work. When traffic moves as expected, no one thinks about it much. However, when issues such as congestion arise, they cause problems for everyone involved.
It may seem easy to buy a simple technology tool such as a laptop. But many questions can swirl around even such a modest purchase.
When CDW works with organizations on hardware purchases, we talk about how staff members plan to use the devices, how much memory they will need and other factors such as processing power and applications.
There’s an old saying in networking that goes something like “You’re only as good as your tools and to the degree that they are updated.” This usually comes up when we’re talking about network management. Like the rest of the IT world, innovation in networking technology is constant, which means that the processes and tools we use to run the network are constantly being improved upon and updated.
What’s worse than warranty work? Box fails. Is it the power source? A bad fan, blade or card? Either you need a new box or technical support to fix the current one. Every IT manager has been there, and every IT leader wants it fixed immediately. There may not be a more mundane workflow in IT and a bigger drain on valuable IT resources (well, maybe help desk). Every manufacturer offers some type of warranty service with software support and equipment replacement.
Many organizations have embraced software-defined innovations such as the software-defined data center and the software-defined WAN, taking advantage of programmability and automation to simplify the management of their networks and other data center resources. What’s been missing, until recently, was a way to achieve the same benefits at the access layer of the network.
5G connectivity is coming, and when it arrives, it’s going to dramatically change the landscape of wireless connectivity. The new cellular standard will be 10 to 100 times faster than 4G connectivity, opening up a whole new range of use cases for businesses. With Gigabit LTE available in many areas, it’s important for business and…
