Published: 26 April 2023
Communications technologies must continually evolve to match transformations across digital business landscapes. Technology and service providers must address demand posed by changing cloud, networking, security, cellular connectivity and infrastructure business models.
5G security and secure access service edge (SASE) will have the highest impact on industries, business functions and markets.
Propelled by the advancements of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) technology, automation is a key capability that spans across many technology profiles, including AI networking.
The use of additional unlicensed radio spectrum enables Wi-Fi 6E to increase capacity and lower latency by removing support for legacy Wi-Fi protocols.
Technology and service providers seeking to develop or expand their portfolio of communications technology solutions via emerging technologies should take these steps:
Develop roadmaps for targeted uses by evaluating data center workloads, and
Analysts:
Christian Canales, Tim Zimmerman, Bill Ray, Sylvain Fabre, Nat Smith
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