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Emerging Technologies and Markets: What’s Trending at Leading Industry Events
The Bandwidth IG team is fresh off of the late spring / early summer events season, which capped off with a great experience at International Telecoms Week (ITW) and NANOG 88 In Seattle. It’s no surprise that some of the resounding themes at some of the most visible...
‘Future’ Optic: Trends from Life in the Digital Fast Lane (And Dark Fiber’s Role in it All)
When we think about time passing and the changes that come along with it, many often imagine a steady march of years and a consistent flow of new ideas, information and strategies. In reality, that’s not exactly how it works. A digitally transforming world like ours...
How Did I Get Here? What an 80’s Pop Song and Dark Fiber Have in Common
As the data centers we rely on to process critical information continue to proliferate, it’s no secret that the need for dark fiber to empower these facilities is growing in tandem. What may be surprising is that the need for new dark fiber networks is as high as...
How to Manage Information Technology Costs with NEW Dark Fiber
With the U.S. inflation rate climbing and the economy slowing, prudent businesses are preparing for a possible economic downturn. Some of the biggest names in the technology industry are reassessing their hiring practices, and venture capitalists are preparing for...
Celebrating Women in Technology Volume II: The Women Behind Bandwidth IG
At Bandwidth IG, we believe in celebrating the BIG stuff. That can range from expanding our dark fiber networks to provide stronger connectivity for more data centers and enterprises, to recognizing the team that makes it happen. In recognition of Women’s History...
Trending: How Bandwidth IG Enables the BIG-gest Technology Trends
Last year was a hallmark year that saw some of the biggest technology trends continue to advance. The use of 5G became more widespread, telemedicine visits continued to rise, and enterprises found increased uses for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...
4 Essentials for a Successful Enterprise Network
Today’s modern businesses must have extensive network capabilities to thrive. Modern enterprise networks have to interact with their customers instantly, with near-perfect context across a wide variety of channels. Scaling the systems to handle those interactions is...
System Failure? How Adding Network Diversity Can Keep Enterprises Online
It goes without saying that in today’s highly connected world, internet connectivity is vital. And today, the key to running a successful business lies in ensuring the reliability of that connection with network diversity. Without a reliable connection, business can...
Panel Recap: ITW 2021 Where are the New Data ‘Hubs’?
Expert panelists offered their views on a timely subject: where are the new data hubs? Bandwidth IG CEO Jim Nolte explained how new dark fiber will shape future hubs…