Independent market research and competitive analysis of next-generation business and technology solutions for service providers and vendors. Heavy Reading has been conducting surveys focused on edge computing or with an edge computing component for more than five years. Past surveys show uncertainty regarding what edge computing is and more uncertainty as to how it would
With the 5G era commencing, service providers must ensure that their infrastructures have the cloud-native, containerized, service-based architectures necessary to capitalize on the opportunities 5G presents. To outperform competitors, a service provider will need the right security, visibility, and control to protect its 5G network and customers, and to enable the adaptive applications that will
The Industrialization of Fraud: Fighting Fire With Fire, commissioned by Shape—part of F5—and produced by Aite Group, discusses the sophisticated attack strategies employed by organized crime rings as they methodically and systematically leverage the vast amount of breached data to perpetrate financial crime. This white paper also provides a series of best practices that firms
The Importance of Identity for SaaS Applications The enterprise cloud revolution is here. IT organizations everywhere, from small and mid-sized businesses to Fortune 500 companies, are moving from on-premises software to on-demand, cloud-based services. As enterprise IT makes this transition to a new hybrid on-demand/on-premises configuration, controlling who is granted access to which applications becomes
The COVID-19 pandemic has forces millions of people around the globe to stay in their homes. As a result, more employees than ever are working remotely. To some, this new way of working comes as a welcome relief; no more commuting, no more distractions and a noticeable improved work-life balance. For others, however, this overnight
Passwordless authentication is no longer a dream of the distant future. For consumers, everyday technologies such as Apple Touch ID and Face ID and Windows Hello allow users to access their devices password free. And for the workforce, technologies like fingerprint and card readers and mobile authenticator apps help to provide a passwordless experience. Leaving
The metaphorical storm clouds that 2020 brought, undoubtedly contain business-critical silver linings. These will affect the way we all work going forwards in a positive manner. That was the general consensus from five leading technology directors who recently participated in the Okta-sponsored Hot Topics series: “Dynamic Work: Reimagining the Workplace”. Pre-Covid19, these five technology directors
While 2020 kickstarted a mass wave of digital transformation across the enterprise world, the rapid pace of change showed no signs of slowing in 2021. To help strengthen long-term hybrid workforce strategies, secure data from growing cyberthreats, and to adapt to life after the pandemic, organisations of all sizes and locations once again turned to
Cybersecurity and secure software deployment are issues that cut across multiple sectors— aerospace, defense, energy, critical infrastructure, industrial automation, medical devices, telecommunications, and more. What these disparate sectors have in common is that a malicious, network-borne intrusion can cause untold damage, whether financial or physical, and even threaten human safety. Fortunately, there are security-strengthening techniques
Despite surging interest in industrial robotics, fundamental challenges still exist when trying to perform business operations and automate workflows across hybrid network environments and disparate systems. But recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) combined with new communication technologies, including 5G, help integrate robotics into software-defined infrastructures as part of the full-scale digital transformation of organizations.