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5G Reality check not stand-alone
/ Claudio Guerrini

5G Reality Check: Standalone Is Not Really Standalone

5G standalone (SA) deployments are on the rise. According to a recent report by Market.us Media, growth in the global 5G SA network market is estimated to reach a compound annual...

  • Service Provider
Woman with arms folded looking at reports on large wall monitor
/ Eileen Haggerty

So Many Tools, So Many Apps, So Little Visibility!

If the recent nationwide CrowdStrike outage has taught us anything, it’s that enterprises must be prepared for anything and everything. This only goes to reinforce the importance...

  • Enterprise
Hand on laptop
/ Brad Christian

How Long Does a DDoS Attack Last?

Before diving into how long a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack lasts, it’s necessary to uncover how a DDoS attack works. DDoS attacks aim to overwhelm systems by sending...

  • DDoS
  • Service Provider
Image of what is believed to be a DDoS Attacker
/ Brad Christian

Why Do Hackers Use DDoS Attacks?

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are a common tactic among hackers. They disrupt the availability of networks, applications, websites, and more to interrupt the...

  • DDoS
  • Service Provider
Businessman with glasses looking at laptop writing on tablet.
/ Eileen Haggerty

UCaaS Tools Are Essential for Remote Sites—Until They Fail

“Out of sight, out of mind” might be a charming notion when it comes to dealing with household chores, but when IT professionals are attempting to ensure unified-communications-as...

  • Enterprise
Cell phone with images of 5G, Lock, gears and hand choosing from selection
/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

How Does 5G Enhance IoT?

Research shows that the cellular Internet of Things (IoT) market is in recovery, with a growth of 7 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2024. 5G provides connectivity...

  • Service Provider
2 people in Operations Lab review information on laptop
/ Heather Broughton

Taking an AIOps Approach to Improve Network Performance Management

At a recent NetworkX webinar, Heavy Reading and NETSCOUT took a closer look at how telecommunications operators are rethinking artificial intelligence for operations (AIOps) to...

  • Service Provider
Male smiling with headset on in front of laptop
/ Eileen Haggerty

Is Your Contact Center Helping or Hurting the Customer Experience?

It’s hard enough to build a world-class customer service organization, but when you add in the demand to ensure top performance of unified-communications-and-collaboration-as-a...

  • Enterprise
Hands on Keyboard
/ Andrew Green, Scott Iekel-Johnson

Why NetFlow Is Still the Best Mechanism for Detecting DDoS Attacks

Recently some network operators have raised questions about the use of flow data to detect distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, with the main concern being a perception...

  • DDoS
  • Service Provider