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Distance may make the heart grow fonder in relationships, but it doesn’t do a heck of a lot for the hearts of IT personnel when it comes to maintaining critical tools at the business edge—such as unified-communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) systems at remote site locations. The...

With a growing reliance on remote operations, today’s enterprise IT teams face considerable challenges ensuring that network and application performance meets the needs of these disbursed facilities and personnel. For instance, healthcare providers and their patients must be able to rely on the performance of...

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), a European Union (EU) regulation, supersedes and surpasses previous directives and regulations such as the European Central Bank (ECB) Cyber Resilience Oversight Expectations (CROE) and the EU Network and Information Security (NIS2) directive. Its objective is to guarantee...

What happens when a state’s network crashes or its security is breached? Critical services may come to a halt, important systems could go offline, and sensitive data might be exposed—creating a ripple effect that impacts everyone. Network operations (NetOps) and security operations (SecOps) are on the front lines...

Due to its innovative cloud-native design, 5G standalone (5G SA) offers tremendous promise for communications service providers (CSPs), opening the door to critically important new capabilities, such as slicing and open APIs, that hold the potential for greater monetization of investments. The new network paradigm can...

As banks increasingly face competition for market share from digitally native neobanks and fintechs, many have embraced digital transformation and new technologies to level the playing field. Innovation has been key to ensuring the best customer experience, which is essential for customer retention and attracting new...

Remote work is on the rise with 32.6 million American expected to ditch the central office by 2025. But as the workforce shifts, so do the complexities IT teams face. Today’s ongoing digital transformation has made it possible for employees to conduct work from nearly anywhere around the world. These locations might...

As many recent cyberattacks have shown, healthcare networks are prime targets for online criminal networks. Compared to other industries, healthcare systems, and hospital networks have created large attack surfaces based on complex, unintegrated systems that create vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are created by...

Unlike 5G non-standalone (NSA) that is connected to the 4G LTE core network infrastructure, 5G standalone (SA) works independently and is deployed with dedicated 5G equipment and network functionalities. 5G SA networks link to a cloud-native 5G core that can deliver a more complete experience for support of advanced...

For manufacturers, the expression “time is money” speaks to the mission-critical need to keep operations and supply chains running smoothly and ensure deadlines are met. This is no small task in complex manufacturing environments, where even the slightest disruption can negatively impact revenue, harm customer...

NETSCOUT is honored to be named winner of Network World’s Best of Enterprise Network 2024 Award in the Network Performance Management category for our nGenius Enterprise Performance Management solution. Network World presents the Best of Enterprise Networking Awards to companies being recognized for unique innovations...

The backbone of any DDoS defense is accurate, operationalized threat intelligence. Without the properly vetted knowledge that world-class threat intelligence provides, your networks have the ability to identify and mitigate only a small percentage of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks your organization...

With lives at stake and your brand reputation on the line, we know your critical systems must be up 24x7. How can you be sure your security investments are working as efficiently as possible to enable superior patient care, protect revenue, and mitigate reputational risk? A key part of success is avoiding the...

Many energy and utility companies have been making significant investments in digital technology with the goal of improving service, driving revenue, and enhancing the customer experience. With an ever-greater reliance on networks and applications, IT professionals face mission-critical challenges in assuring the...

This is a light-hearted tribute to IT professionals and the hard work they execute for digital transformations. With apologies to Clement Clark Moore, we based it on his classic poem originally titled “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and now better known as “’ Twas the Night Before Christmas.” We hope you enjoy it, and...

Airports already are ramping up for the holiday travel season—or if they aren’t, they should be. CNN reported that summer air travel in the United States reached new record-setting levels in 2024, particularly around Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day holidays. This pattern is anticipated to hold true for the...

Defending your network efficiently requires as much knowledge about your adversary as possible and the ability to operationalize that knowledge to adapt defenses to the attacker’s ever-changing tactics. The NETSCOUT DDoS Threat Intelligence Report’s latest findings indicate that volumetric reflection/amplification...

What Is Network Slicing? Network slicing is a virtual networking technique that creates multiple logical networks on the same physical network infrastructure, providing flexibility in the allocation and use of network resources. Network slicing involves creating slices in a network according to the various needs of...

Much like nearly every other business sector, the insurance industry is undergoing a transformation. As the introduction of digital technologies heralds greater efficiencies for sales agents, brokers, adjusters, and administrators, new advancements also hold tremendous promise for better quality customer experiences...

4G/5G fixed wireless access (FWA) represents a major growth opportunity for mobile network operators (MNOs) because they bring more traffic, new services, new subscribers, and, importantly, new revenue streams. According to Ericsson, there will be 330 million FWA 5G connections by 2029. With all this potential new...