Simplify Your Network Edge

whitePaper | December 12, 2022

The Accenture-Cisco Center of Excellence is an international center integrated with ACIC+ and its catalogue with a hub in Rome in the Accenture Cloud Innovation Center and one in Milan, in the Cisco Cybersecurity Co-Innovation Center as well as a Demo Center at Equinix’s datacenter ML5. The Center will leverage Market leader software-defined solutions for DC, WAN and LAN, Security for both corporate and industrial sites, to establish, based on Equinix Fabric and network edge catalog, a direct and low latency cloud interconnection through its resilient facilities to main cloud providers (MAG). The benefits of having Equinix in this architecture are numerous in terms of lower IT costs thanks to consumption-based billing, faster time-to-market and rapid innovation that supports large scale-up with fluid and real-time service enablement, plus monitoring from a single portal.

whitePaper | December 8, 2021

Switch stacking is a technology that connects multiple physical switches into a single logical switch. Network administrators can add or remove switches to increase or decrease port count without getting a multi-card chassis switch and dealing with the configuration of multiple switches. The network can evolve over a period with a pay as you grow model and therefore benefit from both the switch vendors and their customers.

whitePaper | May 11, 2022

Secure access service edge (SASE) is a concept initiated by analyst research firm Gartner Inc. in 2019 as part of the technology “hype cycle.” Recently, SASE has been embraced by the customer and vendor community more readily to solve a variety of modern networking and security challenges.

whitePaper | July 26, 2021

5G standalone (SA) operation, using a new core network, is foundational to mobile operators seeking to offer advanced 5G services with a low cost of production. Over the next two to three years, operators in all global regions will design, deploy, and scale 5G core networks on software-defined infrastructure. By April 2021, eight operators had already launched SA, according to the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), and a further 36 have firm plans to launch in the near term. There is now a good supply of devices that support SA mode, including the iPhone 12 after the latest iOS update.

whitePaper | June 17, 2021

Despite misconceptions, open interfaces provide increased independent visibility and the opportunity for an enhanced and more secure system.

whitePaper | July 18, 2021

In this Omdia White Paper, learn more on: How converged policy will evolve in 5G. Why operators need converged policy. How operators need converged policy. The importance of a cloud-native policy across NSA to SA migration.