Transport

As the new high-speed kid on the block, fixed wireless is not always fully understood by the people it could help most. The short version: If you need carrier-grade, high-speed connectivity, and you need it...

By its most basic measure, the FCC E-Rate program has done a remarkable job of bringing broadband to K-12 schools. 98% of U.S. schools now have high-speed internet access of at least 100 kbps per...

As retailers continue to reimagine their physical stores with innovative digital technologies, “personalization” is emerging as one of the most compelling opportunities. By arming associates with real-time data, personalization enables store personnel to know their...

Water and oil, light and darkness, Superman and kryptonite. When cataloguing things that don’t mix, you can remove rain and fixed wireless from that list. While “rain fade”– the reduction of effective bandwidth you get...

Players in highly competitive industries face constant pressure to increase operating efficiency and grow sales. Of course, the best way to plan for and make these decisions is through data. Beverage producers in particular, use...

Winter snow and ice, spring thunderstorms with tornados, and fall hurricanes are all unplanned but critical factors we have to deal with to assure our services are up and running to keep communications and commerce...

Suppose you’re an enterprise that depends on connectivity to/between data centers. Your needs are straightforward but not easy to address, with a focus on enabling efficient data transfer for storage area networks and infrastructure to self-provide Layer 2...

For as long as we’ve had data networks, IT leaders have waged war against downtime. Although the war is far from over, victory is within reach. According to a recent survey, more than half of IT...

  Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is rapidly replacing traditional WAN in enterprise networking, for good reason – including greatly reduced service costs and downtime, plus improved network security and flexibility. The question for most organizations isn’t...

The airline industry has always been highly dependent on IT. This has been true since long before the web – and way before smartphones – began putting unprecedented power into customers’ hands. For example, the...