Unsung Heroes of Telecom: Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American film star during Hollywood’s “Golden Age.” But many people are not aware that she was also a scientist and inventor. Lamarr co-invented an early technique for spread spectrum communications that was designed to combat Nazi jamming signals that could redirect torpedoes. Her patented frequency-hopping signal led to the development of GPS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.
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Technology Spotlight: Why Are More Enterprises Turning to
Managed Communications Services?
Your business success quite literally depends on a lifeline of reliable, cost-effective and secure communications for everything from voice to data to video.
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Cybersecurity Attacks: What SMBs Stand to Lose
When big business falls prey to cybercrime, we see a frightening picture of how costly and invasive a security breach…
One Size Fits None – The UCaaS Product that Fits Your Business.
A growing proliferation of telecom providers are competing to establish a foothold in the Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS)…
Making Sense of Wireless Technologies from 5G to LTE-M and Beyond
How to Stay Smart in the Coming Era of IoT 5GSprinkled across the 5G landscape, the Internet of Things (IoT) introduces a jumble of acronyms that have left us all in a collective mental haze. As with every new technology, we must do a bit of work to make quick sense of the changes if we want to keep up. So, get familiar with some of the names for new technologies and they will start to make more sense.
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Understanding the Ramp-Up to 5G
When it comes to wireless technology of the future, it’s all about faster, better, cheaper. As the speed of change drives more and more demand for bandwidth and businesses strive to keep up, the need for the 5G Network intensifies. Observers may debate the merits, but technology keeps driving the market forward, oblivious to the fears and hesitations of some more entrenched business environments—and the average person.
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SD-WAN and MPLS: It’s a Marriage Not a Divorce
SD-WAN simplifies the delivery of Wide Area Network (WAN) services to branch offices, improving connectivity and WAN management. Research firms forecast a continued bright future for SD-WAN and its near-primacy in the network services market.
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Runaway M&A – The Impact of Telecom Mergers & Acquisitions
Recent large-scale mergers and acquisitions are so numerous and dramatic that 2017 could well be called “The Year of the…
NetBond connects your private network to the cloud
A recent State of the Cloud survey shows that 95% of enterprises have incorporated cloud into their business in some…
Business Continuity and How to Achieve It
The days when you could leave an “out for lunch” sign on the front door of your business are over….