Municipal Broadband Project

Evidence provided in this report indicates that Erie County could directly benefit from the creation of a regional municipal broadband network, anticipating the average 1.1% growth in GDP (roughly $450 million in Erie County) from the creation of the network, as compared to other communities of its size. In addition, the creation of a regional municipal broadband network would have many indirect benefits to the economy including faster job growth, faster business growth, and increased property values...

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Blade Network Technologies

BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) an IBM Company, brings intelligence and speed to the edge of the network where it’s closer to business applications, users and innovation. BLADE’s superior performance, ultra-low latency and virtual machine awareness are ideally suited to handle dynamic demands at the network edge. BLADE’s lossless, low-latency, low-cost and low-power RackSwitch™ 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, VMready network virtualization and BLADEharmony switch management connect and unify physical and virtual servers, storage and networks in the world’s largest data centers.

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FortiGate Secure SD-WAN on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Reference Architecture

whitePaper | December 25, 2019

The public cloud, often referred to as the cloud, is a popular model of cloud computing. Cloud service providers leverage the internet and make resources such as infrastructure, storage, and servers available for businesses. Third-party providers own and operate the shared physical hardware and offer it to companies based on their needs. This multi-tenant environment makes it easier to spread the infrastructure costs across a number of users. Companies around the globe are adopting the cloud to take advantage of core characteristics: Cost effectiveness. By using cloud infrastructure, customers do not need to spend large amounts of money on purchasing and maintaining equipment. This drastically reduces capital expenditure (CapEx) costs, saving companies the resources and time to invest in hardware, facilities, and utilities, or to build out a large data center to grow their business.

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5G Advanced: Evolution towards 6G

whitePaper | June 21, 2022

The 5G evolution starting with Release 18 is called 5G Advanced. This paper provides an overview of 5G Advanced to show the advantages of its technology components with regard to network performance and capabilities. Guidance is provided on which features to expect in 5G Advanced and how those features enhance and enrich the already deployed 5G networks.

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FROM UTILITY TO UTELCO

whitePaper | August 1, 2021

UTelcos are competitive telecom operators owned by or related to a utility company (power, water, gas, oil, transportation). They usually begin as a group within the utility company in charge of delivering internal communication services. They can then become a competitive telecom operator under the utility-holding company or government entity.

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Emerging trends in wireless infrastructure

whitePaper | April 13, 2022

5G, the fifth-generation cellular technology, is being deployed around the world. 5G is a transformational technology designed to provide significant flexibility and support a variety of use cases. This paper describes the emerging infrastructure trends of wireless networks for 4G, 5G, and beyond 5G. These trends provide even more opportunities to service providers for network deployments, network customization, and network optimization. These key trends include (i) spectrum trends, (ii) densification & coverage extension methods, (iii) virtualization and cloudification, and (iv) network customization and intelligence.

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Building flexible infrastructure for 5G

whitePaper | October 18, 2022

5G networks are more than just an iteration of networking technology. They enable fundamentally new ways for businesses to operate and offer their products and services. To unlock this, service providers will need to adopt a new network architecture that is software-defined, fully disaggregated and has the ability to be distributed optimally to meet performance and latency requirements.

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DISH lays the foundation for 5G network security

whitePaper | April 8, 2021

As DISH builds the nation’s first, cloud-native, 5G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN), this white paper discusses how the company is prioritizing network, system and enduser security from the outset of network deployment. In today’s software-driven world, secure connectivity isessential, enabling businesses to increase productivity, transform the way they operate and generate a higher return on investment. 5G connectivity unlocks a new level of innovation, supporting new business models and delivering innovative services and products.

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Spotlight

Blade Network Technologies

BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) an IBM Company, brings intelligence and speed to the edge of the network where it’s closer to business applications, users and innovation. BLADE’s superior performance, ultra-low latency and virtual machine awareness are ideally suited to handle dynamic demands at the network edge. BLADE’s lossless, low-latency, low-cost and low-power RackSwitch™ 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches, VMready network virtualization and BLADEharmony switch management connect and unify physical and virtual servers, storage and networks in the world’s largest data centers.

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