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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO

On July 8, 2022, a botched maintenance update on the Rogers ISP network in Canada crashed internet access across the country for at least 12 hours, with some customers experiencing problems for days afterward. The nationwide outage affected phone and internet service for about 12.2 The impact was profound. Not just a domestic issue.

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The Telecommunications Service Provider Journey – From Telco to Techco

Cloudera

Earlier this month, the multi-national carrier MTN announced a rebranding, and along with its logo refresh, announced that it was moving to focus on being a technology provider. The boundary between technology and business was disappearing, the group agreed: is there a new discipline of DevSecOps, or BusOps emerging? .

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Ukraine’s Wartime Internet from the Inside

Kentik

In the past year, we have used Kentik’s unique datasets to show some of the conflict’s impacts on Ukraine’s external internet connectivity, ranging from DDoS attacks and large outages , to the rerouting of internet service in the southern region of Kherson. One of those Ark servers is located in Kyiv. datagroup.ua. 193.109.128.78

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Signals from space: SD-WAN marks the next stage in commercialized space-based comms

CIO

Indeed, from an individual perspective, one of the biggest demands we place on our mobile phones and computers is better connectivity and access to the internet, anytime and anyplace. As a WAN access technology though, satellite communication does experience its fair share of obstacles.

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Lightyear scores $3.7M seed to digitize networking infrastructure procurement

TechCrunch

Lightyear , a New York City startup that wants to make it easier for large companies to procure networking infrastructure like internet and SD-WAN, announced a $3.7 million seed round today. Amplo led the round with help from Susa Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Mark Cuban, David Adelman and Operator Partners.

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Trends and Disruptors Influencing the Communications, Media, and Technology Industry in 2024

Perficient

Fueled by technological advancements including 5G, generative AI, and cloud computing, the communications, media, and technology (CMT) industry is poised for significant growth and disruption in 2024. “ORAN or OpenRAN,” with its decoupling of infrastructure from the service layer, fosters a new era of open ecosystems.

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Is it SaaS, IaaS, or NaaS?

CIO

Let’s look at 3 prime examples: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) SaaS is defined as any software application delivered and accessed via the cloud in a subscription-based offering. Examples include Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure.