Read this white paper to explore the critical relationships between network ecosystems, technology failure and trust, why 5G SA and 5G NSA networks cannot afford to fail, and what you can do to prevent it.

This Heavy Reading case study shows how Telefónica is automating its IP network to improve network robustness and reliability, and to automate its disaster recovery with the Cisco Crosswork Network Automation software family.

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Increase the speed of client deployments, accelerate large-scale network changes from months to one day, and improve infrastructure security, visibility, and automation with Cisco Nexus 9000 and Cisco DCNM.

As a network operator, you can always count on Cisco to focus on optics solutions that provide real-world benefits. Read this solution overview and learn how to transform your network with world-class optics.

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Analysys Mason recently conducted a global survey of operators to examine their drivers, challenges, use cases and deployment strategies for building edge computing infrastructure. This white paper summarizes the findings.

Cisco is advocating a new Converged SDN Transport architecture to bring about simplification in order to drive higher scale and lower TCO for IP services.

There is some confusion and noise in the communications market on post-quantum security threats. This paper is an attempt to provide some clarity on the issues and the possible solutions and demonstrate how Cisco is preparing in this new era.

This special Cisco sponsored report from ACG Research reviews a new study on the ROI and TCO benefits of network automation and orchestration for Service Providers.

This paper provides an overview of edge computing use cases, challenges, and strategies.

With 5G networks expected to require a significantly greater number of edge sites in comparison to current LTE deployments, telco and enterprise companies are demanding highly automated, open, and scalable management solutions for their multivendor IT physical infrastructure. This paper provides an overview of Open Distributed Infrastructure Management.

This Analysys Mason authored white paper defines the various acceleration technologies that are typically explored, in conjunction with general-purpose hardware and software technologies, to maximize the performance and efficiency of NFV/SDN, 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications.

This white paper by ACG Research explores the unique circumstances giving rise to edge computing today.

This new ebook explores edge computing architecture and the benefits associated with having a more distributed network. You'll learn the advantages and challenges telecom operators face, as well as the strategies required to deploy a successful 5G network infrastructure.

This report shares insights from new industry research, which highlights the significance of rapidly expanding edge computing space for enterprise edge adoption across industries.

This white paper establishes the need for Open RAN within service providers' network architecture and details its ability to enhance 4G capabilities while providing a simple and accelerated path for adopting 5G.

Learn how a new end-to-end picocell solution from Comba Telecom using Intel Technologies can be used to create a flexible 5G Infrastructure, which provides excellent coverage, capacity and performance.

Download this whitepaper to learn how 4G and 5G radio access network (RAN) security is leading the security evolution.

This executive-level, end-to-end summary explores solutions overcoming key data explosion challenges with superior network economics and intelligent designs that balance performance and efficiency. A great comprehensive summary of Nokia's coherent solutions built for the next decade, key applications, network/user benefits and essential product details.

Organizations across the globe remain dependent on the Internet as a means to conduct business and deliver their services to other businesses and consumers alike. This report contains observations from DDoS attacks against Corero customers in 2019, as well as comparisons against previous years.

This report from Omdia provides an analysis on initial security requirements for service providers looking to implement 3GPP security for their 5G networks with special emphasis on enterprise and industrial 5G applications.

Clearly the market most impacted by 5G technology is telecom, which will be required to deploy large amounts of networking infrastructure, such as virtual radio access networks (vRAN) to support the new spectrum and resulting use cases. Learn more about 5G opportunities and solutions in this brief.

See how your industry peers are thinking and designing for their futures in the new reality caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We interviewed executives, IoT, and DevOps leaders in late April in the US and China to get their opinions on 5G, applications for the edge, container-based development and much more.

This Heavy Reading study describes China Unicom’s TianShu system which taps into the operator’s OSS/BSS data as well as detailed information from network management systems to provide comprehensive information that facilitates network construction and operations and maintenance processes.

This case study describes how CenturyLink worked with Dell Technologies to offer its CenturyLink Private Cloud, running VMware Cloud Foundation on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, giving new levels of flexibility, performance and results in a fully automated software-defined data center solution.

Complete, open solution allowing MNOs and wholesale operators to build best-in-breed networks for competitive advantage while enjoying a broader and more secure vendor supply chain.