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December 28, 2021

5G wireless WAN will have benefits beyond 4G WWAN

Cellular WAN connectivity has solid enterprise use cases with 4G, and as 5G rolls out, will become more attractive for its speed, reliability, and price. Read more ▶

Image: Sponsored by Sophos: Raccoon Stealer Campaign Highlights Robust Industrialized Criminal Market

Sponsored by Sophos: Raccoon Stealer Campaign Highlights Robust Industrialized Criminal Market

Experienced security leaders know that criminals are constantly evolving and changing their tactics to stay one step ahead of defense mechanisms. New “upgrades” to Raccoon Stealer, a widely-used information stealing malware, is a perfect example of this.

Don’t let bad press about Open RAN sink your private 5G plans

Use RFIs and RFPs to get good information about private 5G gear and to avoid being duped by stories possibly generated by 'unnamed vendors' looking to lock you into their products.

There's a 3-6 month wait for Wi-Fi 6

The chip shortage is hitting Wi-Fi 6, the top performing standard for wireless LAN connectivity that is highly in demand, but supply chain issues are slowing its spread.

Image: John Deere invests $500k in private 5G licenses to support flexible factory networks

John Deere invests $500k in private 5G licenses to support flexible factory networks

With FCC licenses it bought at auction, John Deere can move ahead with 5G now rather than wait 5-7 years for carriers to get around to providing it in rural areas.

Equinix leads consortium that's building fuel cells to power data centers

Seven organizations are looking to develop a fuel cell platform for data centers.

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