A Comparison of Carrier Ethernet and MPLS

You certainly know that SONET/SDH is an aging technology and that if your operational network is still based on it then you will need to transition to a packet switched network. Just as certainly, you know that the Internet Protocol (IP) as used in IT networks defines packet formats and routing protocols, but does not define a full networking solution for OT networks.

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Retaining Network Traffic Visibility in the Encryption Era

whitePaper | July 30, 2021

How traffic classification and inspection support networking and security solutions today, and how it will do so tomorrow as encryption usage and standards evolve.

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Making 5G A Reality

whitePaper | December 12, 2019

Qualcomm said it expects 200 million 5G smartphones to be sold in 2020 and that will make it the world’s largest supplier of mobile phone chips. Qualcomm Chief Financial Officer Akash Palkhiwala said on an investor call there would be “two inflexion points” for 5G chips next year. One would be in the spring when firms like Samsung and several Chinese handset makers tend to introduce new phones. “The second point will be in the Autumn when another set of flagship devices will adopt 5G.” Fall is when Apple and Alphabet launch new models. Qualcomm’s 5G market estimate, disclosed during a fourth quarter earnings report, is the first from the company

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Access-to-Core Optical Transport Network Switching

whitePaper | June 21, 2021

Layer 1 transport services are a highly profitable offering that service providers can sell to enterprises. These services, which include ethernet, fiber channel, and legacy SDH/SONET, provide connection to data centers and other corporate locations. However, it has always been a challenge to provision these services fast enough, due to the rigid, low-cost nature of optical access networks. This paper highlights how an innovative and economical access-to-core Optical Transport Networking (OTN) switching solution can enable service providers to provision these lucrative services rapidly, speeding up time to revenues, maintaining customer satisfaction, while also guaranteeing service availability.

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Telecom’s 5G future

whitePaper | March 10, 2020

More than ever, communications service providers need to rely on the latest solutions related to 5G, (hybrid) cloud, artificial intelligence, edge computing, platform technology and blockchain to enable the digital transformation of the network needed to thrive in today’s environment. IBM has an extensive global network of telecom solution labs, research labs and innovation centers to support its industry offerings. With more than 22,000 subject matter experts in the communications industry, we work with more than 200 major communications service providers across the globe. IBM continues to invest significantly in key acquisitions to add expertise and capabilities that enable clients in this industry.

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Powering Infrastructure to Help Shape the Data Center of the Future

whitePaper | December 5, 2022

In order to make cloud services more efficient and flexible to provide support for business innovation and intelligent transformation in various industries, especially to move enterprises and edge computing to the cloud, many cloud service providers (CSP) are working on the cloud data center architecture innovation and software tuning. Those efforts can eliminate the bottleneck of the infrastructure and make it more efficient and intelligent, thereby bringing users better service and performance, higher stability and security, and better management and control efficiency.

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MOBILIZING PRIVATE 5G NETWORKS

whitePaper | May 13, 2021

This whitepaper from Cambridge Consultants has been written as a practical guide to the successful implementation of private 5G networks, maximizing ROI and creating competitive differentiation. The report has been written in response to the many enterprises who are exploring – and even starting to roll out – private 5G networks as spectrum is released around the world. The use cases these networks enable promise to deliver huge business advantage

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