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Many energy and utility companies have been making significant investments in digital technology with the goal of improving service, driving revenue, and enhancing the customer experience. With an ever-greater reliance on networks and applications, IT professionals face mission-critical challenges in assuring the...

This is a light-hearted tribute to IT professionals and the hard work they execute for digital transformations. With apologies to Clement Clark Moore, we based it on his classic poem originally titled “A Visit from St. Nicholas” and now better known as “’ Twas the Night Before Christmas.” We hope you enjoy it, and...

Airports already are ramping up for the holiday travel season—or if they aren’t, they should be. CNN reported that summer air travel in the United States reached new record-setting levels in 2024, particularly around Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and Labor Day holidays. This pattern is anticipated to hold true for the...

Defending your network efficiently requires as much knowledge about your adversary as possible and the ability to operationalize that knowledge to adapt defenses to the attacker’s ever-changing tactics. The NETSCOUT DDoS Threat Intelligence Report’s latest findings indicate that volumetric reflection/amplification...

What Is Network Slicing? Network slicing is a virtual networking technique that creates multiple logical networks on the same physical network infrastructure, providing flexibility in the allocation and use of network resources. Network slicing involves creating slices in a network according to the various needs of...

Much like nearly every other business sector, the insurance industry is undergoing a transformation. As the introduction of digital technologies heralds greater efficiencies for sales agents, brokers, adjusters, and administrators, new advancements also hold tremendous promise for better quality customer experiences...

4G/5G fixed wireless access (FWA) represents a major growth opportunity for mobile network operators (MNOs) because they bring more traffic, new services, new subscribers, and, importantly, new revenue streams. According to Ericsson, there will be 330 million FWA 5G connections by 2029. With all this potential new...

NETSCOUT is excited to announce that its Arbor Edge Defense (AED) solution has won “Threat Detection Solution of the Year” at the 8th annual CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards! The mission of the CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize innovation, hard work, and success in a range of...

In today’s cybersecurity landscape, security teams face a barrage of increasingly sophisticated threats, from stealthy malware to advanced ransomware attacks. Yet, many of these threats slip past traditional defenses, resulting in missed detections, slow response times, and incomplete forensics. Why? The problem often...

When supporting a 5G standalone (SA) network, a service provider’s ability to harness real-time data is important in assuring cost-effective network evolution and profitability. Tasked with managing the subscribers’ experience through multiple generations of radio technology and access networks, service providers are...

NETSCOUT is honored to announce it has been recognized by TMC, a global, integrated media company, with the 2024 Cloud Computing Excellence Award for its nGenius Enterprise Performance Management solution. TMC’s Cloud Computing Magazine presents the Cloud Computing Excellence Award to vendors that have demonstrated...

Over the past decade, innovative new technologies have been assisting healthcare providers as they focus on delivering the best care possible to their patients. Digital transformation initiatives are introducing invaluable tools geared toward improving the patient, doctor, pharmacist, and staff experiences. Throughout...

“Unleashing AIOps: Data Driven Insights” is the new whitepaper discussing the adoption of AIOps - and how it opens new opportunities for market expansion and collaboration to enhance service offers. Communication Service Providers (CSPs) have the potential to pair high-quality data from the network with AI inferencing...

We’re past the days of "garbage in, garbage out." Today, just one bad dataset fed into artificial intelligence (AI) technology and—voilà: “garbage AI.” So, if AI-driven initiatives such as artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) are to succeed, they need consistent AI-ready data of the highest quality...

The holiday season is right around the corner—and consumer trends continue to show that spending during holiday shopping periods is higher than at any other time of year. With this increased spending comes the heightened need for reliable banking services. From credit card and debit card authorizations to deposits and...

Working on the technical front lines to ensure customer satisfaction can be challenging for network operations (NetOps) teams. The root cause of day-to-day problems must be determined quickly to resolve ownership and next-step actions. This effort is even more difficult to manage when network teams do not have access...

Cyberthreats are all around us, lurking in the shadows of networks, devices, and the internet. Numerous cyberattacks can target individuals and enterprises, but some are more common than others. Here are nine of the most common types of cyberattacks: Malware: Malicious software installed on target devices or networks...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the modern business landscape, much like steam and steel shaped the industrial revolutions. Instead of revolutionizing manufacturing processes, AI is transforming IT operations thanks to automation and streamlined processes. Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps)...

Pervasive network visibility is key to success in the modern enterprise network. It allows IT teams to see beyond technical borders across the entire network and its numerous interdependencies. This enables swifter, more efficient incident response for network performance and security issues to optimize user experience...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more advanced and widely used, so does its use for nefarious purposes. Bad actors are using AI to increase the efficacy of cyberattacks. AI systems can be leveraged in many types of attacks—including distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, where they optimize the attack to...