5G has rapidly risen to the top of the industry agenda. Leading service providers are working to finalize target network architectures for 5G RAN and mobile edge computing. The shift to virtualization has enabled service providers to host cloud services in large and hyperscale data centers but has not removed the need for localized computing … read more
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Reports
The Rise of PAM4 and 64QAM: A Competitive Analysis of Optical Modules & Components
February 2019
The shift to cloud services and virtualized networks has put the data center in the middle of our world and meant that connectivity within … read more
Multi-Terabit Switch Chips & Software
October 2018
Cloud-based services and the data centers required to deliver those services are driving strong demand for high-performance switch chips … read more
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White Papers
Domain-Specific Accelerators: What They Are & Why They Should Matter to Cloud & Network Providers
January 2019Sponsors: Netronome
The bandwidth demands on server processors have significantly outgrown the increases in central processing unit (CPU) performance over the … read more
Next-Generation Platforms for Telecom Cloud Services
Saturday, 18 March 2017Sponsors: Advantech
Telecom services are shifting to a cloud infrastructure, in which new services can be rapidly provisioned by deploying virtual network … read more
Platforms for Accelerating the Virtual Infrastructure
Friday, 2 September 2016Sponsors: Advantech
Network infrastructures are shifting from physical systems to virtual functions, and this requires a new class of network appliance that … read more
Webinars
Optical Networking Digital Symposium
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 and Thursday, May 28, 2020Sponsors: Acacia, Fujitsu, Nokia
Join Heavy Reading and experts including Simon Stanley for a Digital Symposium designed to educate service providers on the most significant … read more
Supercharge your Fiber Broadband Service
Thursday, May 21, 2020, 12 p.m. New York / 5:00 p.m. LondonSponsors: Radisys
How open, disaggregated, software-defined access networks can be a game changer As data usage continues to explode with the number of … read more