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In today’s modern digitally transformed environments, enterprises have fully embraced the importance of migrating workloads to the cloud. A 2024 survey of more than 740 tech professionals and IT leaders found that 58 percent of businesses planned to migrate more workloads to the cloud this year—up from 44 percent last...

As telcos continue to roll out 5G networks, it is imperative for them to move beyond traditional network operations and on to a data-driven, adaptive approach for enhanced service delivery and business growth. Although network data can provide information “gold,” it must be mined to accelerate the journey from...

Performance and innovation matter as 5G networks expand from a non-standalone (NSA) to a standalone (SA) environment. This transition compels communications service providers (CSPs) to evolve their hybrid networks to a cloud-native ecosystem. Evolving to 5G SA means service providers must expand their strategies from...

How did we get here? Just a few decades ago, AI was mostly the stuff of sci-fi movies. Today, artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) is emerging as the key to unlocking IT management by using AI to predict the future… basically. As Alan Turing said, “ We are always faced with the need to improve and innovate...

Supply chain management (SCM) systems, customer relationship management (CRM) platforms, enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools... the list goes on. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology is deeply rooted in daily operations across all industries—and success can depend largely on its performance. NETSCOUT research...

Communications service providers (CSPs) increasingly are turning to the creation of artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) teams to position themselves to drive next-generation automation and monetization use cases for 5G standalone (5G SA) and beyond. To facilitate this objective, AIOps needs “high-fidelity...

The telecom sector is experiencing a transformative period, with fixed wireless access (FWA) emerging as a significant growth area amid various challenges. As telecom operators embrace FWA, they face new complexities and risks, particularly concerning the protection of the mobile network core. This blog post delves...

Imagine trying to catch bad actors in a crowded city. They could blend in with the crowd, hide in the shadows, or even disguise themselves. To find them, you’d need eyes everywhere—on every street, in every building, watching every interaction. In the world of cybersecurity, catching a bad actor—be it a hacker, a...

When it comes to the evolution of the modern network environment, all we can say is—we’ve come a long way, baby! Over the years, we’ve progressed from being Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-enabled, operating private data centers that invariably included loads of applications, to today’s virtualized private data...

Is AIOps the future of IT management, or just a buzzword for digital transformation enthusiasts? According to Carlos Casanova, principal analyst at Forrester, artificial intelligence for operations (AIOps), will revolutionize traditional IT approaches. While each company’s path to AIOps is unique, they all have one...

Unified-communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) technology is ingrained in business operations at enterprises around the world in every industry. Whether Zoom is being used for telemedicine appointments between patients and providers in healthcare or Microsoft Teams is being used internally at a leading financial services...

Businesses are rapidly adopting digital transformations such as cloud migrations, software as a service (SaaS), and unified communications as a service (UCaaS) to gain a competitive edge. These advancements enable seamless communication and agility but also introduce complexity to network environments. This complexity...

5G standalone (SA) deployments are on the rise. According to a recent report by Market.us Media, growth in the global 5G SA network market is estimated to reach a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 51.6 percent by 2033. With the massive increase in 5G SA investments, communications service providers (CSPs) will face...

If the recent nationwide CrowdStrike outage has taught us anything, it’s that enterprises must be prepared for anything and everything. This only goes to reinforce the importance of observability, which is crucial for IT teams who need to respond rapidly to problems within mission-critical network and application...

Before diving into how long a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack lasts, it’s necessary to uncover how a DDoS attack works. DDoS attacks aim to overwhelm systems by sending illegitimate traffic to applications, websites, servers, or other network environments. The end goal is to bring the service offline...

I recently sat down with Rick Fulwiler, Senior Director of Product Management – AIOps at NETSCOUT, for an in-depth and insightful discussion on the foundational role that good data has in ensuring that service provider AIOps delivers on its promise. You can watch the entire discussion here, but the following are some...

In the digital age, where connectivity and data are paramount, cybersecurity threats such as ransomware loom large, posing significant risks to organizations worldwide. Ransomware attacks have evolved into sophisticated campaigns that can cripple businesses, demanding ransom payments in exchange for decrypting or not...

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are a common tactic among hackers. They disrupt the availability of networks, applications, websites, and more to interrupt the functions of enterprises, service providers, and governments. DDoS attacks are also used as a diversion by bringing down one area of a network or...

“Out of sight, out of mind” might be a charming notion when it comes to dealing with household chores, but when IT professionals are attempting to ensure unified-communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) tools at remote sites are operating flawlessly, lack of observability can flat-out ruin your day. As businesses...

Research shows that the cellular Internet of Things (IoT) market is in recovery, with a growth of 7 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2024. 5G provides connectivity for emerging IoT devices and allows for advanced use cases in support of massive, critical, and broadband IoT. Current 4G LTE cellular...