The Hidden Budget Killer: Death by a Thousand License Fees
When organizations evaluate a new network, the conversation often starts with hardware. How many network devices? How many access points? What’s the cost of the infrastructure? But the purchase price is only the beginning. Modern enterprise networks increasingly...
Is “We’ve Always Done It This Way” Driving Your Next Network Refresh?
“We’ve always done it this way.” Few phrases are more dangerous during a technology decision. In enterprise networking, however, it can be surprisingly persuasive. For decades, organizations have built local area networks around a familiar model: Ethernet switches...
The Massive Reach of Passive Optical Networking
Passive Optical Networking (PON) may be one of the most successful networking technologies that most people rarely talk about. For network engineers, that’s worth appreciating. PON has moved far beyond being an interesting optical architecture. It has become...