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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

Upgrading cloud infrastructure is critical for deploying broad AI initiatives more quickly, so that’s a key area where investments are being made this year. These network, security, and cloud changes allow us to shift resources and spend less on-prem and more in the cloud.”

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Why Going Cloud Native Is the Right Move in the Recession

d2iq

This is why we believe that investment in cloud-native initiatives will only increase, even during the current downturn. The cloud, Kubernetes, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and edge/IoT computing have made such rapid advances that many organizations are struggling to keep up.

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The Top 3 Benefits of Next-Generation SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks

The first generation of SD-WAN products were focused on enabling internet broadband-based connectivity to data centers. In addition to gaining the attractive economics of broadband, future-looking organizations want to solve three big branch office challenges: Delivering secure, high-performance access to cloud and SaaS applications.

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How Leading Companies Support Remote Work and Digital Experience

Kentik

This week, Kentik hosted a virtual panel with network leaders from Dropbox, Equinix, Netflix and Zoom to discuss how they are scaling their infrastructure and services to accommodate the unprecedented growth in network traffic during COVID-19. The panelists discussed how their organizations run their networks and data centers.

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Flexential – Providing Enterprises with the Interconnected Data Center and Hybrid Cloud Solutions They Need

CIO

They must also deliver the speed and low-latency great customer experiences require in an era marked by dramatic innovations in edge computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things, unified communications, and other singular computing trends now synonymous with business success.

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News in Networking: The Best Network Speeds, Cuba’s DIY Internet, and the Cost of Automation

Kentik

The cloud provider Packet grew globally, while the Ericsson-Cisco partnership slowed. Mitel to Buy ShoreTel for $430M to Create Unified Communications Powerhouse (TechCrunch) Telecommunications company and UC provider Mitel is buying competitor ShoreTel. The company announced its expanding into 15 data centers across the globe.

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Designing IT Infrastructure for a Distributed Workforce: Insights from a CIO

Tenable

The rise of cloud-based services is crucial to delivering on the promise of distributed workforces. Thanks to software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors that specialize in things like email and file storage, organizations no longer have to run their operations through bespoke data centers or on-premises file servers.