Cost, security and a lack of skills are the main concerns of businesses looking to implement converged networks, according to new research. Despite these fears, 25 per cent of companies have already ...

The traditional separation between Wi-Fi and cellular networks — a cornerstone of enterprise wireless planning — is facing fundamental challenges according to a new 6G vision statement released this ...

A global beverage manufacturer was having network performance and communication disruptions between factory floor assets. These disruptions were causing unplanned production losses due to network ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. A converged Application ...

The fear of disclosing confidential customer records is by far the biggest barrier to deploying a converged IP network, according to a network security survey commissioned by communications giant AT&T ...

Networks today must evolve into a robust, services-oriented platform that enriches emerging, innovative, composite applications and yet still manage to balance technology and business processes. In ...

Traditionally, the Security Operations Center (SOC) and Network Operations Center (NOC) functions run separately within technology organizations. Recently, cloud-based technologies have virtualized ...

Convergence is telecommunication's Holy Grail – a single network infrastructure delivering all services. Through the 1990s, ATM was touted as the technology to achieve this goal. While it had ...