Mobility & Wireless News, Features, and Interviews

• Here's how much the iPhone 11 costs in Australia

  The iPhone 11 picks up where the iPhone XR left off - but how much does it cost to buy in Australia?

• Top 10 underused SD-WAN features

  Zero-touch provisioning, application-aware routing and microsegmentation are just a few of the features that SD-WAN products and services can deliver.

• 20 advanced tips for Android 10

  Whether you're just now getting Android 10 or have been using it for months, these pro tips will help you unlock some of the software's most valuable additions for busy professionals.

• Congress weighs in on additional Wi-Fi spectrum

  Wi-Fi could benefit from additional wireless spectrum currently set aside for connected cars, but the FCC initiative to grab it faces hurdles from a Congressional committee and the Department of Transportation.

• How digital transformation can reveal network weaknesses

  When enterprises embraced digital transformation, some found their existing networks had a limited ability to address cloud connectivity.

• Cisco adds proactive problem solving to data centre software

  Additions to Cisco's Data Centre Network Assurance and Insights suite of software can detect problems in network switch fabric.

• How to deal with the impact of digital transformation on networks

  To unleash the promise of digital transformation, businesses need to embrace automation, software-defined networking and security.

• Apple refuses latest government iPhone-unlock request

  By refusing to put a permanent backdoor in its iOS platform, Apple is protecting millions of users from future threats by both governments and hackers.

• Wi-Fi 6 will slowly gather steam in 2020

  There’s a lot to look forward to about 802.11ax, aka Wi-Fi 6, just don’t expect it to be a top-to-bottom revolution in 2020.

• Johnsonville Sausage makes cutting-edge links with SD-WAN

  Johnsonville Sausage’s IT department modernized its wide-area network, getting costs down and simplifying the overall enterprise network environment, to move the business forward.

• A new spin on interconnects for colocation data centers

  Stateless, Inc. launches its Luxon platform that enables provisioning of network functions as microservices.

• Ultra Wideband (UWB) explained (and why it’s in the iPhone 11)

  Ultra Wideband and IoT devices hold the promise of more precise location services as well as secure access to a myriad of systems. The technology, which has been around for years, is built into the latest iPhones.

• 5 questions to answer before deploying Wi-Fi 6

  Wi-Fi 6 offers many valuable new features including speed and higher density, but it’s different from its predecessors.

• Desktop 2025

  The desktop is undergoing change, but what will it look like in five years? Here’s what I see in my somewhat cracked crystal ball.

• Cisco: 5 hot networking trends for 2020

  Cisco exec says SD-WAN, Wi-Fi 6, multi-domain control, virtual networking and the evolving role of network engineers will be big in 2020.

• Cisco buys Exablaze for low-latency chip technology

  Cisco continues to build up its internal electronics tools by acquiring Field Programmable Gate Array technology designer Exablaze.

• 7 considerations when buying network automation tools

  Here’s the factors IT leaders need to weigh up to make a smart decision about network automation tools.

• Cisco targets hyperscalers with silicon, high-end routers

  Cisco rolls out its Silicon One plan, 8000 Series carrier-class routers and aims at selling chips to whitebox or hyperscale developers.

• What’s hot at the edge for 2020? Everything

  From SD-WAN and cloud interconnection to security, the edge will be one active place in 2020.

• Passive optical networking: Its day is dawning

  As bandwidth demands continue to increase, passive optical networks looks like an alternative that can solve a number of problems.

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