The cost of retaining aging IT Infrastructure

Many organizations, when faced with budget challenges, put off capital expenditures (capex) and seek alternatives to acquiring new hardware platforms, such as lengthening server life cycles and extending software licenses. This pattern of stretching the useful life cycle of servers has a number of near-term benefits for customers in terms of depreciating assets over a long period of time or prolonging an existing lease. But if a transition to new technologies has been deferred too long, then the time comes when the system has fallen far behind the performance and cost-efficiency levels being offered by multiple vendors in the marketplace today. This has been especially true in recent years, as the performance of processors has more than doubled each year, based on the emergence of multicore, multiprocessor system designs with improved system speeds.

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2022 Data Center & Infrastructure Report

whitePaper | June 7, 2022

The way in which IT teams responded to the challenges ushered in by the pandemic, as well as the threat of global security breaches, deserves recognition. Teams expertly pivoted, executed what was necessary, and proved change can happen at a rapid pace. While hybrid work and increased security measures introduced new challenges, the industry remains focused on reducing costs and finding ways to diversify data center workloads.

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The Evolving Role of Desktop-as-a-Service in Provisioning the Intelligent Hybrid Digital Workspace

whitePaper | September 26, 2022

The pandemic and its accompanying disruptions changed forever how enterprises think about, acquire, and use technology resources in order to meet constantly changing demands. One of these demands, the ability to work in collaborative teams anywhere in the world, dramatically accelerated in the 2020–2021 timeframe. This transition to hybrid work requires changes not just in the underlying technology architecture required to deliver the work experience, but also to the management and very definition of work.

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Transport Networks for 5G

whitePaper | August 27, 2023

5G deployments continue their upward trend and will soon be the dominant mobile wireless protocol deployed in North America. The ecosystem is gathering valuable information from these deployments, and one area of focus is the transport network. As part of 5G’s evolution, key architecture components are being separated and distributed to the cloud in ways that make 5G more scalable and flexible. Meanwhile, bandwidth demands continue to increase at the same time applications and services require low latency. New requirements are presented to the transport network at each step of an operator’s 5G journey. The transport infrastructure of today must be flexible to adapt to upcoming requirements as it enables new architectures, tools, and ultimately, 5G networks innovation, monetization, and performance. The fundamental goal of the 5G transport network is to deliver transparent connectivity that allows both present and future functions to work together seamlessly.

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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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5G European Annual Journal 2021

whitePaper | May 26, 2021

What a year! COVID-19 is a tremendous challenge for all people on the planet and has also impacted our constituency. First, personally – I hope all colleagues involved in the programme as well as their families are in good health.

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The Modern Data Center Report

whitePaper | February 25, 2020

To understand the current data center landscape and what’s changing-and to pinpoint the challenges and solutions available to IT leaders as they rethink their data centers-Forbes Insights surveyed 150 senior IT executives and data center managers for their perspectives on the future of the data center. Read this report to learn more.

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