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Lauren Hansen is a writer for TechnologyAdvice, covering IT strategy and trends, enterprise networking, and PM software for CIOInsight.com, enterprisenetworkingplanet.com, project-management.com, and technologyadvice.com. When she's not writing about technology trends, she's working out or spending time with family.1
Data CenterWhat are Virtual Network Assistants?
Companies are increasingly managing their LAN, WLAN, WAN, and SD-WAN with virtual network assistants (VNA). VNAs are just one way that enterprises are harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and IT hyperautomation for network management. A...
Data CenterWhat is AI for Networking?
More and more companies are capitalizing on the synergy between artificial intelligence (AI) and networking. With the proliferation of user devices and the data they generate, companies are increasingly relying on AI to help manage a sprawling network...
Data CenterEdge Computing Use Cases
Edge computing is a distributed computing architecture in which hardware and software support data computation and storage at the physical edge of a network, as close to the end user as possible. Edge computing enhances network performance by transmitting...
Data CenterTop 7 Data Center Colocation Companies
Data center colocation facilities are outsourced data centers that a business uses to augment its own computing capacity. Data center colocation is often a core element of a company’s multi-faceted infrastructure strategy to leverage the optimal amount of...
Data CenterWhat is Software Defined Networking?
Software-defined networking marks the shift from hardware devices to the use of software to maintain and secure today’s increasingly complex networks effectively, efficiently, and flexibly. Companies are quickly moving their data to the cloud, and...
Data CenterBest Cloud Service Providers & Platforms
Cloud service providers have become increasingly popular, as evidenced by the global market’s explosive growth, with an estimated value of $386.97 billion USD in 2021 and an expected CAGR growth rate of more than 15% between 2022 and 2030. With...
ManagementWhat is Digital Identity?
In the B2B environment today, 80% of seller-buyer interactions will happen digitally by 2025. B2B buyers’ increasing adoption of a digital-first approach to buying makes their internet activities that much more interesting to sellers. In order to properly...
ManagementHiring Crunch in Cybersecurity & What Your Company Can Do About It
Cybersecurity hiring is facing a skilled labor shortage as companies undergo digital transformation and need more cybersecurity professionals than the current labor market can provide. Over the past two years, companies’ accelerated digital transformation...
SecuritySoftware Bill of Materials (SBOM) Pros & Cons
As cyber attacks become more sophisticated and happen more frequently, SBOMs or software bills of materials have become a more common practice across the software supply chain to trace vulnerabilities with as much accuracy as possible. Software bills of...
SecurityTop 6 Patch Management Trends
To keep software up-to-date and secure, software developers roll out patches to their applications from a central server on a regular basis. Because of frequent patch releases and the proliferation of software versions they generate, patch management is a...
