#network edge

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Stephan Rettenberger shares his top 3 market trend predictions for 2022. Here's the video with Next Gen Infrastructure.

The enterprise is struggling to accommodate the connectivity needs of the legions of new teleworkers that have arisen in the past month, which in turn is placing a burden on the metro and regional network providers to keep the data flowing in this time of crisis …

The enterprise has long struggled with the intricacies of connecting branch offices and other remote sites to centralized data facilities. Not only does navigating the WAN require a host of third-party providers, but the terminal equipment at individual sites is often complex, expensive and difficult to maintain. But with the advent of the cloud as a means to support production workloads, not to mention even more disparate resources on the IoT edge, the need to simplify wide area networking is no longer just a helpful development but a competitive necessity …

Did you visit any of this year’s major communication conferences? If so, I’m sure you noted service providers and vendors talking a lot about the increasing relevance of the network edge. There’s a common understanding that powerful edge servers will soon be hosting virtual network functions and control processes in proximity to the customer or an enterprise appliance. But what might look like a logical complement to central clouds needs to be seen as a disruptive change to long-standing network design best practices, with complexity being centralized to create economies of scale and operational savings. So what created this shift in network architectural preferences and how will this unfold next year …

It’s that time again! Here are some predictions for NFV in the coming year ...