Welcome to AvidThink!
An Independent Research and Analysis Firm
AvidThink is an independent research and analysis firm providing cutting-edge insights into the latest in infrastructure technologies. AvidThink was formerly SDxCentral.com’s research arm and spun out in 2018. We’ve partnered with well-known clients including Fortune 500 technology infrastructure companies, up-and-coming $1B-valuation unicorns and innovative early-stage startups. AvidThink has been quoted by and featured on major publications including WSJ, FierceTelecom, FierceWireless, The New Stack and Light Reading. We cover the latest in technology infrastructure including 5G, Edge and Cloud, IoT, SD-WAN/SASE, SDN, NFV, and Infrastructure Security.
The AvidThink Blog illuminates current issues with articles from our team as well as contributions from guests we feel provide thoughtful commentary about a wide variety of topics. Our blog is also used for surveys, and invitations to industry and private events.
Reports and Briefs
Trusted reports and research briefs covering the latest in infrastructure technologies.
Orchestrator of Orchestrators — Unifying the Edge
This research brief explores the pressing need for an abstraction and orchestration layer that can coordinate edge workloads across multiple clouds.
Mobile Edge in Focus – Manufacturing
This research brief is for CIOs, technologists, and business executives who would like to learn how manufactures can use mobile edge computing.
Unlocking Open RAN: An Infrastructure Viewpoint
This report examines key infrastructure considerations for service providers, integrators and enterprises as they contemplate adoption of solutions based on Open RAN principles.
Articles
Thoughtful and insightful analysis.
Dish Wireless bakes in core principles in infrastructure
In this article, Roy Chua looks at Dish Wireless's core principles and shares his observations on their approach.
Grabbing the Edge Computing Brass Ring - Guidance for Service Providers
For this blog post, we outline key steps CSPs need to take in order for Edge Computing to succeed.
AWS surprises with AWS Private 5G
AvidThink's view is that this shrewd move by AWS reduces friction for enterprises looking to try out Private 5G while preserving their budding...