Customer-focused strategy more key than digital transformation hype

Networking Digest A roundup of network technology content from TechTarget|March 6, 2017 FEATURED STORY Customer-focused strategy more key than digital transformation hype by Antone Gonsalves, News Director The tech industry's chatter about digital transformation and disruption are scare tactics that shouldn't distract companies from making purchases based on a customer-focused strategy. (SearchNetworking.com) Advertisement NEWS   Cisco, Ericsson deliver Spark services over fixed, mobile networks By the end of the year, Cisco and Ericsson will release technology that lets service providers deliver Spark services over fixed or mobile networks. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   Riverbed launches NFV management, provisioning platform to telcos Riverbed launches an NFV management and provisioning platform; Super Bowl Wi-Fi data sets a new record; and ManageEngine premieres auditing for AWS and Azure. (SearchNetworking.com)   How leaf-spine architecture differs from fabric extenders This week, bloggers compare leaf-spine architecture and fabric extenders, look into HPE's acquisition of SimpliVity and discuss the need for AI in SDDCs. (SearchNetworking.com)   Versa Networks' SD-WAN platform now supports IPv6 In SDN news, Versa Networks announces SD-WAN that supports IPv6, and ONUG releases the speaker lineup for its upcoming spring conference, hosted in San Francisco on April 25-26. (SearchSDN.com)   How messaging platforms disrupted the UC market These days, disruption and innovation entwine like a hashtag. As an example, Slack and other messaging platforms have ruffled the unified communications market with a new way of working and collaborating. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   Communication APIs mark uncharted waters for UC security Unified communications security is venturing into unknown territory with the growing trend of embedding communications into business applications. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Network trends include new hardware role in a virtual era Network trends that enterprise IT pros must consider include rethinking the role of hardware in today's virtualized, software-defined services architecture. (SearchNetworking.com)   Unified critical communications reinforce employee safety Imagine this: A shooter has entered one of your offices. Employees' lives are in danger. How do you communicate quickly with the right people to facilitate employee safety? (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com)   With new IEEE Ethernet standard, old cables learn new tricks The new IEEE Ethernet standard offers some much-needed flexibility for network managers trying to keep up with skyrocketing bandwidth demand while working under long refresh cycles that prevent frequent rip-and-replace upgrades. SearchNetworking.com)   SDN service for sale ... from a healthcare provider? Early NSX adopter BayState Health is weighing the possibility of a future as an SDN service provider -- using multi-tenancy to run other organizations' networks parallel to its own. (SearchSDN.com)   How to leverage UDP port scanning as a security scanning tool UDP port scanning isn't as robust as TCP port scanning, but there are steps you can take to include the technique as a security scanning tool. (SearchNetworking.com)   How do Google business collaboration tools compare with Office 365? Google's enterprise collaboration suite offers organizations an array of cloud collaboration tools. But it faces tough competition from the market leader, Microsoft Office 365. (SearchUnifiedCommunications.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Networking Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Networking Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2017 TechTarget. All rights reserved.