|
|
Latest Research
Craig Leddy
August 2016
This report explores multicast ABR for cable, including its benefits, implementation, supporting technologies and key challenges. Included is a Supplier Comparison chart of technology companies that support M-ABR and provide products and solutions for IP video delivery by U.S. cable service providers and content providers.
Danny Dicks
August 2016
This report examines the approaches being taken in testing, measuring and monitoring a virtualized network, and the way the vendors' offerings are changing. Virtualization is blurring the lines between test/measurement and service assurance, and the layers of the technology stack are collapsing - and this report looks at the impact of this on vendors and their service provider customers. In addition to providers of T&M probes and other tools, this report profiles a testing services consultancy that has documented an NFV testing framework, as well as a high-level service assurance solution provider that is competing with assurance platforms built by probe vendors.
Simon Stanley
August 2016
This report analyzes the current and projected use of multicore processors by telecom and networking equipment manufacturers, based on the results of an exclusive worldwide survey of engineers, designers, product managers and sales/marketing personnel that work for telecom and networking system equipment manufacturers and suppliers. The responses to our survey make it clear that these devices are critical components in most types of networking equipment, from the access edge to the core of the network.
Simon Sherrington
July 2016
This report examines the data center investment and service strategies of the world's biggest telecom operators. It reviews the trends shaping the data center industry and analyzes how the value chain is evolving. It also profiles a selection of leading carrier-independent data center operators and data center solution providers and pinpoints what they have to offer telecom operators.
Denise Culver
July 2016
This report examines hypervisors, using data collected from 10 companies that provide such solutions. It analyzes vendor investment strategies, challenges the market faces and trends expected over the next 18-24 months, and offers a detailed comparative analysis of solutions.
Craig Leddy
July 2016
This report explores cable's WiFi mobility options, the market drivers, opportunities and challenges. Included are updates on WiFi activities by the four largest cable providers and profiles of 12 suppliers that promoted WiFi products and solutions during the INTX 2016 cable and broadband convention in May 2016.
Roz Roseboro, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading
June 2016
The Future of Virtualization Indexes -- part of Light Reading's Virtuapedia initiative -- track CSP progress in deploying virtualization. These indexes will be updated twice a year, providing an industry-wide scorecard for tracking the transition to virtualized networks and services. This report provides the findings of our second Future of Virtualization survey, based on data gathered in May 2016.
Patrick Donegan, Chief Analyst, Heavy Reading
June 2016
This report analyzes recent patterns and trends in the nature of DDoS attacks and their impact on CSPs. It explores the growing threats to network availability and security from ever more sophisticated attacks, as well as from network transformation with SDN and NFV, and highlights the key requirements for protecting network infrastructure against DDoS attacks. Finally, the report examines shifts in the market landscape for CSPs that are looking to monetize DDoS protection as a service.
Simon Stanley
June 2016
This report examines 400G components, including what's driving demand and the solutions available. We are still early in the development of the 400G market, but we now have a critical mass of components becoming available for 400G so companies can start developing and deploying initial systems. This report explores the market and the applications of 400G components. Finally, the report profiles 19 vendors in the market.
Danny Dicks
June 2016
This report analyzes the market for antennas, looking at the applications in development and considers how they fit into the 5G movement. Further, the report examines beamforming, and profiles 10 leading players in the market.
Steve Koppman, Contributing Analyst
June 2016
This report examines the current state of MSO efforts in the U.S. Ethernet services business as this segment is poised to change structurally with the merger of three significant players. It examines MSO strategies, as well as major market trends and issues, and estimates Ethernet transport market shares. Finally, this report profiles significant U.S.-based cable companies (including one specialized data subsidiary) in the Ethernet services market.
More Research
|
|
Heavy Lifting
Enterprise Cloud Turns to Containers, Microservices
Sandra O'Boyle, Senior Analyst � CEM & Customer Analytics, Heavy Reading
9/15/2016 9:10:00 AM
The next phase of moving applications to the cloud means looking at platforms that use container technology and are suited to a cloud-native, microservices approach.
Multicast ABR Clears IP Video Stream Dams
Craig Leddy
9/1/2016 7:45:00 AM
As video consumption swells across all available player devices, the industry is looking to transition from quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) technology to Internet Protocol (IP) and that ...
Conferences & Communities Grapple With IoT
Steve Bell, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading
8/31/2016 7:15:00 AM
Dealing with the implications of the Internet of Things (IoT) will require not just an ecosystem of companies and government agencies, but also a broad, engaged community of thought leaders.
Achieving a Fully Automated IoT World
Steve Bell, Senior Analyst, Heavy Reading
8/25/2016 11:05:00 AM
The Internet of Things could trigger a global transformation of economics and culture on an unprecedented level.
Cloud, IP Shake Up Media & Broadcast IT
Sandra O'Boyle, Senior Analyst � CEM & Customer Analytics, Heavy Reading
8/23/2016 11:00:00 PM
Just as telecom is moving toward virtualized data centers and SDN, the broadcast and media services industry are transforming core IT processes and moving to cloud and IP.
SD-WAN to Catch Up With Pace of Cloud IT
Sandra O'Boyle, Senior Analyst � CEM & Customer Analytics, Heavy Reading
8/19/2016 2:43:00 PM
Commercial launches of SD-WAN services will help better align service provider networks with the changing cloud and hybrid IT needs of enterprise customers.
VoLTE Can Drive 4G Small Cells Adoption
Ravi Narayanan, Senior Analyst � Cloud & Next Generation Mobile Networks, Heavy Reading
8/18/2016 5:27:00 PM
Small cells are well past their hype cycle now, and VoLTE looks set to be a game-changer for their adoption over the next three years.
Virtualization Won't Kill Hardware Test Tools
Danny Dicks
8/18/2016 1:31:00 PM
As network functions virtualization (NFV) brings changes and challenges to the market, it is opening up numerous opportunities for test and measurement (T&M) vendors.
BlackHat's Red Flags for CSPs
Patrick Donegan, Chief Analyst, Heavy Reading
8/8/2016 10:40:00 AM
There was plenty of security-related food for thought for operators to chew over at this year's BlackHat event in Las Vegas.
Can Google Save African Broadband?
Guy Zibi, Managing Director, Xalam Analytics
8/4/2016 4:00:00 AM
Google's fiber moves in Africa could point the way towards a better economic model for high-speed infrastructure.
400G Packet Processing Required
Simon Stanley
8/2/2016 11:30:00 AM
Findings from our most recent multicore processor survey show how important these devices are in networking systems, giving us a look at what will be increasingly vital in 2017.
|
|
|
Upcoming Live Events
September 27, 2016, Philadelphia, PA
November 3, 2016, The Montcalm Marble Arch, London
November 3, 2016, London, UK
November 30, 2016, The Westin Times Square, New York City
December 1, 2016, The Westin Times Square, New York, NY
December 6-8, 2016, The Westin Excelsior, Rome
Cable Next-Gen Technologies and Strategies 2017 - Website Coming Soon!
March 21, 2017, The Curtis Hotel, Denver, CO
May 16-17, 2017, Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX
Infographics
Everyone's talking about gigabit broadband, but where in the world would you find such a service?
More from Heavy Reading
Become a Heavy Reading VIP
Sign up now to get exclusive previews of Heavy Reading's upcoming research, discounts on research purchases - and even the chance to earn free reports and free passes to Heavy Reading events!
Join Now
|
Cart
