Tackling the lack of adequate broadband infrastructure in America, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ReConnect program has spent almost $1.3 billion to facilitate broadband deployment in areas of rural America that don’t currently have sufficient access to broadband. America is not alone in trying to provide broadband access to more of its citizens. Australia’s national broadband network (nbn) recently announced …

Network traffic has surged due to the global pandemic and with companies extending work-from-home arrangements indefinitely (and in some cases permanently), network traffic will probably never return to its former predictable levels. The need for network agility and the ability to make changes quickly is helping fuel the growth of network virtualization. A virtualized network is provisioned (and can be …

According to a recent report from Meticulous Research, “The network functions virtualization (NFV) market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 34.9% from 2020 to 2027 to reach $122 billion by 2027.” This rapid growth is being fueled by the many benefits of NFV, including lower costs, increased flexibility, and greater scalability.These benefits are the same reasons why many broadband …

The topic of network agility has been gaining momentum in the past few years. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting work-from-home surge has put the importance of network agility into overdrive. Network Agility: A Definition The term “network agility” means different things to different people. In looking for a common denominator, network agility can be defined as the network’s …