Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Work-Life Balance in a 24/7 Network Support Role

It’s 2 a.m., and while most of the world is sound asleep, a network engineer sits in front of a glowing screen, eyes scanning logs, fingers dancing across the keyboard, tracing the root cause of a critical network outage. Coffee might have replaced sleep, but the sense of responsibility keeps the mind sharp. In 24/7 […]

[Network Computing Virtual Event] Strategic Security for the Modern Enterprise

[Virtual Event] Strategic Security for the Modern Enterprise Risks to a Successful SASE Project: What’s the biggest risk to a successful SASE project? It could be a feature or function you tested, it might even ben the vendor you choose, but the #1 threat to a successful project is Deployment and Adoption. Between Coaching, Digital […]

2 Ways to Think about AI and Networking (Without the Hype)

AI at Cisco Live 2025 felt a bit like glitter at a kid’s birthday party — everywhere, sparkly and impossible to ignore. From the moment you landed in San Diego, you couldn’t swing a lanyard without hitting a session titled “AI-powered something.” Out of more than 1,700 sessions and demos, over 650 had “AI” in […]

Takeaways from Antonio Neri’s Keynote at HPE Discover 2025

Hewlett Packard Enterprise recently held its HPE Discover user event in Las Vegas. One of the highlights of the event was the keynote delivered by Antonio Neri, president and CEO at HPE, in the iconic Sphere for the second consecutive year. Some keynotes are visionary, and others are technical. I thought Neri’s keynote delivered a […]

Navigate Network Security Compliance in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Network security compliance is a key component of corporate risk management. It provides the foundation for the well-being of IT systems, while also supporting the due diligence and good faith responsibilities of board members, CIOs, CEOs and network managers. Unfortunately, continuous changes in regulatory compliance are making it difficult for everyone to keep up. Today, […]

The Missing Link: Intelligent Network Standards

For technology executives, standardization represents more than technical housekeeping. It’s the systematic process of converting documented brownfield complexity into predictable, automation-ready infrastructure that can scale with business demands while reducing operational risk. In my previous Network Computing articles, I established that we’re in the third era of networking in which networks must work smarter, not […]

Building Resilient Security Through Zero Trust Adoption

The most effective zero trust strategies become an adaptable mindset to combat increasingly sophisticated cyber threats that continue to exploit traditional security models. Today’s most important question is how can enterprises harness zero trust to fortify their environment? In this archived keynote session, Jerich Beason, CISO of Waste Management, explores how zero trust’s core components […]

The Network Challenges of IoT Integration

With an estimated 27 billion to 41 billion IoT components in operation worldwide, organizations are evaluating the best ways to integrate IoT environments into their enterprise networks. To that end, the IoT integration market is expected to record a 31.2% compound annual growth rate between now and 2034, topping $72 billion, according to Polaris Market […]

The Tools and Scripts a Network Engineer Can’t Live Without

A network engineer without the right tools is like a chef without a knife. Sure, you might get the job done, but it’s going to be messy, frustrating and take twice as long. In this field, efficiency is everything, and troubleshooting feels like solving a mystery. You don’t just want the basics; you want the […]

Data Center Asia Live Event

Data Center Asia – Brought to you by Informa Markets Jul 15, 2025 TO Jul 17, 2025 Building on the success of Data Center World (US), the event expands across the Asia-Pacific, with Data Center Asia Hong Kong (DCA-HK) as its inaugural and flagship edition. Strategically positioned in the Greater Bay Area, DCA-HK serves as […]