Demand for high speed networking in data centers is growing rapidly driven by the massive shift to cloud services. 100G was in development for many years before there was widescale deployments in data centers. 400G was developed and deployed in hyperscale data centers relatively quickly and 800G will be deployed much quicker than many realize. […]
Artificial Intelligence: Charting the Way Forward for AI
2022 Survey of IT Leaders and Service Providers on AI Deployment This report presents the results of the Heavy Reading AI Acceleration in Data Center Service Provider Survey conducted during May and June 2022. The survey focused on investigating the opportunities and challenges for artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in data centers and operator networks and […]
Heavy Reading’s Accelerating Open RAN Platforms Operator Survey
This white paper written by Simon Stanley presents the key findings from the Heavy Reading “Accelerating Open RAN Platforms Survey,” conducted in March and April 2021. The combination of 5G and open RAN is driving significant opportunities for carriers and enterprises to upgrade and enhance their wireless networks without being tied to legacy equipment and […]
Heavy Reading SmartNIC Survey 2021: Accelerating Digital Services and Cloud-Native Transition
Cloud services, virtualized networks, ubiquitous broadband, and high speed wirelessnetworks based on LTE and 5G technology are enabling a digital services transformation.The virtualization technologies that have underpinned cloud services and virtualizednetworks are now being replaced by cloud-native architectures that are significantly morescalable. With the right CPU technology and hardware acceleration provided by smartNICs,the latest servers […]
Capitalizing on Synergies Across 5G, Edge and Cloud Platforms White Paper
The world is changing with the widespread adoption high bandwidth wireless data and cloud services, and the development of the Internet of things (IoT). Hidden behind these changes is another revolution with the shift to virtualization and the rapid growth of edge and cloud data centers to deliver these services. In this changing world, processor […]
Domain-Specific Accelerators: What They Are & Why They Should Matter to Cloud & Network Providers
The bandwidth demands on server processors have significantly outgrown the increases in central processing unit (CPU) performance over the past few years. This is already having an impact on cloud and network service providers, which are installing a growing number of servers and data centers to meet the demand from customers. Virtualization is key to […]
Next-Generation Platforms for Telecom Cloud Services
Telecom services are shifting to a cloud infrastructure, in which new services can be rapidly provisioned by deploying virtual network functions (VNFs) instead of physical boxes. This dramatically reduces the operating cost of carrier networks and allows carriers to invest in new infrastructure as revenue grows. To gain the full benefit of this new cloud […]
Platforms for Accelerating the Virtual Infrastructure
Network infrastructures are shifting from physical systems to virtual functions, and this requires a new class of network appliance that provides high-performance processing, balanced input/output (I/O) and hardware or software acceleration. Software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) are changing the way networks and services are provisioned. This new virtualized infrastructure requires a combination […]