Carl Weinschenk

Network virtualization is on the short list of most vital technologies being developed and implemented today. It is possible to make a case for several being the most important, but virtualization offers an impressive litany of advantages: Faster and less expensive fulfillment of customer orders, lower long-term capital investment, and the ability for subscribers to […]

The exciting landscape of modern life has been built with the aid of powerful computers. They have done dazzling things, from making the trains run on time to helping to build skyscrapers. Now, imagine a discontinuity in computing in which these capabilities are suddenly expanded and enhanced by orders of magnitude. You won’t have to […]

Few things have changed more drastically during the web era than the relative standing of web browsers. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer at one point didn’t just rule the roost. It more or less was the roost. Those days are very much over, of course. In May, Computerworld analyzed numbers from Net Applications that revealed that Microsoft’s […]

It seems clear at this point that the future will involve large numbers of drones buzzing around. They will be taking video of the inside of a burning house to assess the situation here, delivering a package there. The priority, of course, is to perform all these tasks safely and efficiently. Recently, the regulatory structure […]

The versions of the iOS and Android mobile operating systems (OS) keep rolling out. iOS 11 was unveiled this week and Android O is expected to be released toward the end of the summer. The Verge starts its description of the new elements of iOS by suggesting that the changes are small compared to some […]

Three items – two surveys and a government study – that were released in recent weeks show just how serious the Internet of Things (IoT) security situation is. Altman Vilandrie & Company found that 48 percent of responding organizations’ IoT networks have been breached, some more than once. The survey, which included results from almost […]

AT&T, which is aggressively virtualizing its network, took another step with the purchase of the Vyatta network operating system (OS), the vRouter, and related assets from Brocade Communications Systems. The announcement, which also said that some Brocade employees related to Vyatta would be hired by the carrier, was made on June 2. The press release […]

The timeline for 5G technology is becoming more aggressive. The ecosystem seems to be making great progress, which tends to embolden marketers and financial planners. This, in turn, leads to more pressure from executives and creates the accelerated timelines. No carrier, vendor or other member of the value chain wants to be left behind. The […]

Cato Networks released a study this week predicting a 200 percent year-over-year rise in the adoption of software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WAN) during the course of the next 12 months, according to SDxCentral. The security firm found that 10 percent of the 350 IT professionals responding reported that their organizations already have SD-WAN deployed. Nineteen percent […]

One of the key elements in the comparison of mobile carriers, whether for corporate or private use, is coverage. People tend to take coverage claims at face value, however. After all, how can they be checked? Indeed, coverage is such an accepted constant that a clever ad campaign was built around it. A few years […]

The west is at war with terrorism. In any war, sacrifices must be made. One that American travelers may be called upon to make is to travel internationally without laptops and tablets on all international flights. Currently, devices larger than smartphones are banned from the cabin of flights from 10 airports in the Middle East […]

The future of the tablet sector has been the subject of much debate and, almost certainly, discomfort among those working in the ecosystem. Recently, Microsoft and Samsung introduced equipment that might affect that conversation going forward. Microsoft has introduced the newest version of the Surface Pro. The company didn’t give it a number. If it […]