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Migrating from Netscout's phased-out Spectra 2 to Emblasoft Evolver
Most third-party test and validation solutions were not built to handle the complexities of the 5G Standalone (5G SA) environment. As a result, many are being phased out, including Netscout’s Spectra 2, which will be retired before 2026. Evolver provides a comprehensive…
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LEVERAGING AI FOR FRAUD DETECTION IN PHONE CALLS
Fraud in telecommunications is constantly evolving, rendering traditional methods increasingly insufficient for effective fraud detection. To address this challenge, Utel has developed an AI-driven system that leverages machine learning algorithms and statistical methods to…
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Understanding the Significance of Transceiver Qualification in Optical Networks
In the intricate web of optical networking, every component plays a pivotal role in ensuring seamless communication and data transmission. One critical component is the optical transceiver, serving as the bridge between fibre optic cables and network devices. However, not all…
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The Challenges Facing Early Adopters of 800G Technology
As the digital era accelerates, the demand for faster, more efficient data transmission has never been more important. In the heart of this technological revolution lies the emergence of 800 Gigabit Ethernet (800G), a beacon of high-speed data transmission that promises to…
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What is CMIS and why is it important?
CMIS (Common Management Interface Specification) is a management protocol used for optical transceivers operating at 100Gb/s and faster. As speeds supported by transceivers have increased so has the complexity of these modules and associated management of the operation of the…
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How to limit the consequences of a DDoS attack
A DDoS attack does not need to be large and long-lasting to negatively impact the network. In fact, the overwhelming majority of these attacks last less than an hour and nearly a quarter of them no longer than 5 minutes. Long before the pandemic, distributed denial of service…
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Introducing OMNIA 10
Introducing Omnia Omnia is a new series of network visibility & monitoring appliance for SMB & Enterprise applications. Every member of the Omnia series supports advanced network features across 3 stacks: PacketMaster (Layer 2-4) ACL filtering inline Session-Aware Load Balancing…
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Introducing OMNIA 20
Introducing Omnia Omnia is a new series of network visibility & monitoring appliance for SMB & Enterprise applications. Every member of the Omnia series supports advanced network features across 3 stacks: PacketMaster (Layer 2-4) ACL filtering inline Session-Aware Load Balancing…
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Webinar: 400GE Deployment Challenges in 5G Times
About The new 400G Ethernet standard is based for the first time on PAM4 signals rather than NRZ ones. While this choice brings numerous advantages, it also carries some peculiar testing needs with it. Forward Error Correction becomes mandatory and has an impact on how to…
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Latest Allegro Packets Software
Who are Allegro Packets? Delivering smart, affordable and high-performance appliances to help simplify and speed up network analysis and troubleshooting. Founded in 2014, Allegro Packets is the creator of the Allegro Network Multimeter family of products. Based in Leipzig,…
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Webinar: Software defined network visibility
In this webinar we will discuss the drivers that are creating the need for software defined visibility, the challenges that SDN presents for network monitoring and solutions to achieving visibility over automated and fast-changing networks. 9.30am, Tuesday 15th September,…
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WiFi-6 Seminar , Antennas
This tutorial webinar will be held at 3pm, Thursday 23rd July, 2020. In this session of our tutorial series, we will take a deep dive into the fundamentals of antenna physics and the methodology of achieving optimum MIMO and MU-MIMO performance in a wireless testbed. We will…
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Understanding the difference between PTP and Synchronous Ethernet
5G networks are heavily reliant on highly accurate phase and time being available to deliver on the promise of 5G-NR. Two technologies have historically been used to deliver synchronisation to base stations, PTP and Synchronous Ethernet, however, the technology and capabilities…
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5G and Wifi Wireless Seminar
We want you to join us on February 13th, along with our colleagues from Octoscope and W2BI, where we will be discussing and presenting the latest in 5G and WiFi testing technologies. We will be providing lunch and an opportunity to get hands on with hardware and software during…
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ROME Wins IET Innovation Award
Last night the IET Communications Innovation Award winner was Wave 2 Wave for their Robotic Optical Management Engine (ROME) that automates the configuration of physical fibre layer connections in data centres and optical networks. Contact us today to find out how the ROME…
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TAPs are essential for network security
To understand security breaches on your network every packet matters. To a hacker, your increasingly complicated network infrastructure provides an increasing number of attack possibilities. In order to understand how a network intrusion occurred you need to be able to recreate…
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