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Dec 26, 2024

2024: A Telecom Year in Review

Happy holidays, TeleGeography Explains the Internet listeners.

We hope you're savoring the brief week between Christmas and New Year's when the world takes a moment to pause and reflect. School is out, schedules are topsy-turvy, and cookies are acceptable for breakfast. Perhaps like some of us, you've lost track of movies watched and presents wrapped.

If you're looking to take a break between the winter gatherings, grab some headphones. We've got you covered for an hour or so.
Dec 19, 2024

Data Assurance in the Age of AI

What do you envision when you think of data in motion? It's a beautiful, abstract idea.
Nov 21, 2024

When Networking and Security Collide

There's a common theme we encounter here at TeleGeography Explains the Internet.
Nov 7, 2024

Who Orchestrates the Orchestrators?

Last week on the pod, we shared what network managers need to know about AI and machine learning. This week, we're back on the AI beat, specifically looking at how it can support corporate network automation.

Per usual, we had a little help. Our guest today is Jamie Pugh, CTO at Globalgig.

Jamie joined the show not only to ponder all things automation but also to discuss enterprise network orchestration in the era of an increasingly complex WAN.
Oct 31, 2024

What Network Managers Should Know About AI and Machine Learning

It's 2024. We obviously had to do an AI episode of the pod.
Oct 23, 2024

Six Insights from Our 2024 Business Broadband Analysis

The role of business broadband in WAN architecture is evolving. It’s no longer just a backup option—many enterprises now rely on it for core connectivity.

Thanks to the rise of cloud services and SaaS applications, broadband’s flexibility and cost-effectiveness make it a strong contender against legacy services like MPLS and DIA.

We’ve collected data from 170+ countries for our Business Broadband Pricing Database, covering nearly 7,000 broadband plans that range from 1 Mbps to 10 Gbps.

Here’s what we found:
Oct 10, 2024

Ethernet in the WAN

Carrier-grade Ethernet is a critical piece of today’s enterprise WAN, and carriers continue to expand their network footprints and make higher capacities available.

TeleGeography’s latest Bandwidth Price Report—drawn from our Network Pricing Database—takes a deep dive into Ethernet’s place in the WAN and analyzes recent pricing trends across geographies and capacities, focusing on Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS) and Ethernet over DWDM (EoDWDM).
Aug 22, 2024

A Whole Different Kind of Subsea Cable

A quiet August? Not for sharing tech and telecom stories around the TeleGeography office.

Take a peek at what we've been reading over the last month, from thought pieces on macroeconomic forces impacting enterprise networks to mulling over subsea energy interconnectors, as one does. 
Aug 15, 2024

SD-WAN vs MPLS: Battling for Network Dominance

Grab your headphones, we've got a podcast recommendation.

TeleGeography Senior Manager of Enterprise Research Greg Bryan recently visited MEF's Executives at the Edge podcast. He chatted with host and MEF co-founder Pascal Menezes about the evolving landscape of enterprise networking as SD-WAN becomes the norm and SASE gains traction.

Listen in as the pair assesses how MPLS is declining (yet persisting) and why NaaS is generating buzz.
Jun 20, 2024

How Are Network Pros Integrating Cloud and Networking-as-a-Service?

As cloud adoption becomes increasingly necessary for multinational enterprises, networks are becoming more complex. They now need to connect not just corporate offices to each other, but to various cloud providers at optimal locations.

 

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