Knowledge Centre
Networking best practices
by Stuart Hardy, Business Unit Manager of EOH’s Carrier and Network Solutions Division With so much information available to on how best to run networks, things can get a bit confusing as one gets bogged down in all the details. So in providing a set of networking...
Unified Communications breaking down barriers
by Stuart Hardy, Business Unit Manager of EOH’s Carrier and Network Solutions Division The way companies operate has fundamentally been altered in light of new digital forms of communication, particularly mobile. The barriers between work and home are increasingly...
Network monitoring and its importance in the cloud
by Stuart Hardy, Business Unit Manager of EOH’s Carrier and Network Solutions Division A digital technology environment depends on the efficiency and reliability of IT assets. So organisations have to constantly evaluate the performance of servers and immediately fix...
The evolution and challenges of next-generation networks
by Stuart Hardy, Business Unit Manager of EOH’s Carrier and Network Solutions Division A range of nascent technologies are having a powerful impact on enterprise networking. The new enterprise IT landscape of cloud services, mobility and BYOD, social media usage and...
Why intelligent subscription management is essential for ISPs
by Stuart Hardy, Business Unit Manager of EOH’s Carrier and Network Solutions Division With the growth of broadband services and extreme price competition, intelligent subscription and user management has become an important activity for ISPs. Mainstream broadband...
The role of content caching in the telecommunications industry
by Stuart Hardy, Business Unit Manager of EOH’s Carrier and Network Solutions Division What is content caching? Caching refers to a method of duplicating international content at a local level. Large volumes of content are constantly created and placed on servers for...
Global MPLS and cloud-based network optimisation
by Stuart Hardy, Business Unit Manager of EOH’s Carrier and Network Solutions Division The growing importance of network optimisation Network optimisation is by no means a new concept. However, different users, applications and processes compete more and more for...
Next generation content delivery network with Cloudflare
by Stuart Hardy, Business Unit Manager of EOH’s Carrier and Network Solutions Division A content delivery network (CDN) speeds up the serving of content on websites by caching it in distributed data centres. The net effect of this is that the content is located closer...
Voice communications still essential to business
by Stuart Hardy – Business Unit Manager, EOH Carrier and Network Solutions Division In a survey conducted in the UK late last year, voice still topped the business communication stakes. The Critical Communications report indicated that 78% of UK employees and IT...
The battle for broadband connectivity
by Stuart Hardy – Business Unit Manager, EOH Carrier and Network Solutions Division The fast-paced telecoms sector is one of the fastest growing industries in South Africa. Even so, we still lag behind the rest of the world in terms of Internet penetration, speed and...