Heavy Reading and F5 Webinar: The Time Is Now to Add Cloud-Native Network Functions for Both 4G and 5G

Virtualization is here to stay. That much is clear. But, we’ve all seen the rise of cloud-native applications running in containers, and with that the rise of Kubernetes as the preeminent container orchestration platform. As an open source technology for container deployment, management, and orchestration, Kubernetes becomes the de facto standard and is gaining momentum in adoption.

Unlock the full potential of 5G by optimizing, monetizing, and securing your network. Expert guidance will be imperative to successfully get 5G capabilities up and running, maintain or optimize your existing 4G LTE network, and transition to modern virtualized networks—all while securing your network against new threats and vulnerabilities.

For enterprise networks to be compliant they must encompass two things: standards that define how networks are configured and ensuring those standards are enforced rigidly and uniformly across the network, whether it is physical, virtual, or cloud.However, today’s modern and exploded network infrastructure includes a multitude of edge devices such as switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, and with the addition of cloud-based services it’s only getting more complex. Effective management of the network in a holistic manner is crucial for operational consistency. Regardless of your network size or type, constant configuration changes to infrastructure components based on business and technical requirements are inevitable and organizations need a modern approach to ensure configuration compliance across all network devices and services.

This webinar will explore the mobile private networks opportunity and how enterprises can deploy cellular to improve operations, reduce downtime, and enhance their digitization efforts. This is already happening with Private Long Term Evolution (LTE), and Wireless Local-Area Network (WLAN) technologies, currently across many verticals, but 5G will introduce several new features, including positioning, deterministic networking, and low-latency capabilities.