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AvidThink publishes research briefs and reports on infrastructure technologies including Edge, IoT, SD-WAN, SDN, NFV. We also provide customized research and go-to-market consulting. In the last five years, AvidThink’s research reports (as part of SDxCentral’s research offerings) have been downloaded over 110,000 times by 40,000 technology buyers and industry thought leaders. We’ve partnered with well-known clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 firms to bring you the reports you see on our Research Reports archives.
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Reports and Briefs
Trusted reports and research briefs covering the latest in infrastructure technologies.
2020 Next-Gen Infrastructure Acceleration Report
This research report discusses infrastructure acceleration technologies adopted by CSPs and explores the products available from leading vendors.
Dynamic Network Functions Placement — An Essential Capability for Successful 5G
In this research brief, we look at the evolution of NFV into the world of clouds and explain why successful 5G rollouts require dynamic network function (NF) placement.
Impact of 5G on the Future of Storage
For this research brief, we chatted with over 40 experts in the industry (vendors, carriers, cloud providers, and academics) to compile the findings.
Articles
Thoughtful and insightful analysis.
Now Available: 2020 Next-Gen Infrastructure Acceleration Resource Site and Report
The 2020 Infrastructure Acceleration Report discusses infrastructure acceleration technologies adopted by these CSPs and explores the products...
What is “Going to Work” Anyway?
The commercial real estate (CRE) community, including the vendors that serve them, is on a steep learning curve to keep their businesses, and their...
CSPs, Hyperscale Clouds and Edge - Beware the Camel's Nose
Once hyperscalers have inserted themselves into telco networks, it might be hard to get them out.