Whiteboard Video Series — LTE Advanced

Today’s IoT topology is a hodge-podge of standards, communication mechanisms, software, and hardware.

Look at a typical home IoT environment that requires a unique hub for every IoT device. This results in complexity and interoperability challenges for widespread adoption and support. Sensors will continue to reduce in size, power, and cost but will remain constrained as to how many features one can bind into a small compute device. Communication standards at the Edge range from WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Zwave, Thread, ANT, and the list is growing. What is needed are smarter Edge devices that provide the services of communication routing, security, aggregation, and resiliency.

Join this webcast with Perry Lea, Principal Architect and IoT Strategist, for insight into the “wild west” of IoT interoperability, recommendations and predictions on how smart gateways will evolve in the near future.

An ACG Analysis, Research Brief and Webinar Developed in Partnership with RCR Wireless. Concurrent innovations in 5G radio access and in network control and application delivery using virtualization and the cloud at multiple layers of the ‘stack’ will bring services to market not feasible in the past. This fortunate combination makes the arrival of 5G especially inspiring. Evaluating several of the more impactful new radio access innovations, the way they benefit from virtualization and the cloud in managing the network and and delivering new applications, and examining the benefits these enhancements bring to stakeholders in the 5G and IIoT ecosystems is the focus of this research.

One area of innovations in 5G and IIoT is to support a massive scale of connectivity for ‘things’ for commercial and industrial use. In many cases use of low power access technologies such as LoRa is integral to supporting new applications at scale. In other cases innovative data distribution mechanisms such as Coordinated Multi-Point communications (or CoMP) to support the use of diverse types of end-stations are crucial to bringing the versatility, efficiency and scale to IIoT that some applications need. In parallel support for highly reliable and ultra-low latency communication for applications in transportation, health care, public safety and other vertical sectors will harness new frequency bands and transmission management techniques to accomplish their functions.

This research brief and webinar from ACG Research will examine the symbiosis between 5G radio access innovations and the technologies of virtualization and the cloud for delivering IIoT at scale in ways that have not been possible in the past.

Digital transformation is driving the increased deployment of cloud-based applications, a mobile workforce, and IoT. A new WAN architecture is required to support this digital transformation and deliver reliable, secure connectivity to people, places, and things.

In a live webinar on May 24, 2017, Lee Doyle of Doyle Research and Todd Krautkremer of Cradlepoint will discuss the technologies enabling the next-generation WAN, including SD-WAN, Software-Defined Perimeter (SD-P), and LTE.

With 5G rapidly climbing the hype cycle toward the peak of inflated expectations, many organizations are asking the same question: “Where does 5G stand today, and how long before it can help my business?”

Carriers in the U.S. are not only talking about it, but claiming their trials are ongoing and deployments are coming soon — in many cases, years earlier than had been thought possible. In reality, 5G has a limited, powerful use case today, but can reach its exceptional potential within the next couple years.

At 11am PT / 2pm ET on April 26, 2017, join Cradlepoint’s David Rush and Ken Rehbehn of 451 Research to explore the 5G reality today and how 5G can help people and businesses in 2018 and beyond.

Cradlepoint is the global leader in cloud-based network solutions for connecting people, places, and things over wired and wireless broadband.

In healthcare, network administrators and IT teams face a unique array of ongoing challenges. Always-on connectivity is more than just mission-critical; it’s about saving lives. Care services must extend beyond fixed locations and far into the field. Also, healthcare practitioners need access to sensitive patient data anytime, anywhere — and security breaches are unacceptable.
 
From primary connections at fixed locations to temporary networks, in-vehicle applications and the Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT), healthcare organizations are looking for purpose-built, cloud-managed solutions that foster HIPAA Compliance and hardware, complexity, man-hours, and costs.
 
At 9am PT / 12pm ET on April 12, 2017, join Cradlepoint’s Roger Billings to explore the many ways healthcare organizations are joining data, cloud, security, and the evolving IoT with intelligent networking to stay always connected and secure.

Kent Woodruff, Chief Security Officer at Cradlepoint, talks about the need to get security buy-in from employees across your organization. “I think the user has always been the low-hanging fruit, as far as an attacker is concerned.”

Learn more about security through Cradlepoint:
https://cradlepoint.com/products-and-services/cloud_applications
https://cradlepoint.com/products/netcloud-engine

Kent Woodruff, Chief Security Officer at Cradlepoint, talk about the trend toward cloud- and software-based security through solutions composed of integrated products.

Learn more about security through Cradlepoint:
https://cradlepoint.com/products-and-services/cloud_applications
https://cradlepoint.com/products/netcloud-engine

Kent Woodruff, Chief Security Officer at Cradlepoint, talks about security issues associated with the rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT).

Learn more about security through Cradlepoint:
https://cradlepoint.com/products-and-services/cloud_applications
https://cradlepoint.com/products/netcloud-engine

At RSA 2017, Cradlepoint Senior Product Marketing Manager Bryan Embrey discusses security and five-nines availability that is cloud-monitored and cloud-managed through a single pane of glass.

At RSA 2017, Cradlepoint SVP for Emerging Technologies Todd Kelly discusses the influx of the Internet of Things, and how a Software-Defined Perimeter approach can foster single-pane-of-glass management of networks, applications, and workloads.

At RSA 2017, Cradlepoint Solution Architect Kevin Johnson talks about all-in-one network connectivity and security through Cradlepoint routers — both at the branch and in vehicles.

In March 2017 Cradlepoint is enhancing its SD-WAN and Extensibility Platform with the release of Firmware 6.3, which extends and enhances our SD-WAN offering for People (remote and mobile workers), Places (branch offices, vehicles, pop-up venues, etc.) and Things (M2M and IoT).

Cradlepoint will also be launching new enhancements to Enterprise Cloud Manager (ECM), part of the NetCloud Platform, with Client Analytics. New LAN Client Analytics enhance network visibility and provide insights to what is connected to your network and how your network is being used.

The new features in Firmware 6.3:
— Smart WAN Selection (SWANS): Smart, automated failover when primary connection degrades
— Automatic Quality of Service (Auto-QoS): Optimizes real-time (voice and video) application experience when network traffic congestion occurs
— IKEv2 Support: Enhanced authentication with X.509 certificates, improved encryption policies and security, and mobility support
— Enhanced Supportability Features: Better IPsec status and logging, Firewall Hit Counter, Support Page

Enhancements to the Extensibility Platform offering with SDK-Extensible UI:
— Build in configuration or status for your SDK application
— Leverage existing web server functionality of the router
— Customize landing pages

Enhancements to Enterprise Cloud Manager (ECM) with Client Analytics:
— Client Analytics: Visibility and management of usage by individual network client

Join the Product Management Team for a live webinar to learn more about the new enhancements to Cradlepoint’s networking solutions for today’s agile enterprise.

Jeff Mucci, CEO & Head of Industry Insights and Enterprise IoT at RCR Wireless interviews Lindsay Notwell, VP of Worldwide Carrier Operations and Ken Hosac, VP of Business Development at Cradlepoint on the state of 5G, the proliferation of IoT, and the digital transformation in networking on the show floor from Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

As 2017 takes shape, network administrators and security specialists face an ever-expanding slate of hacker tricks and attempted breaches — tied in part to the rapid increase of workforce mobility, the Internet of Things, network on-ramps, and connected everything.

Join Cradlepoint Chief Security Officer Kent Woodruff to explore how organizations are using software-defined, cloud-based solutions to reduce complexity and protect their most critical data.

There’s no way around it: Setting up and maintaining traditional VPNs for remote access requires extensive time, energy and resources. Configuring, managing, and troubleshooting devices and applications located at the data center in headquarters and in each end device is one of the most complex and laborious aspects of network administration — especially with increased workforce mobility and IoT.

With a next-generation Virtual Cloud Network (VCN), configuration, management, and security policies are streamlined and handled in the cloud.  This enables rapid deployment, reduces operational expenses and completely integrates with your existing infrastructure.

At 9am PT / 12pm ET on March 1 2017, join Cradlepoint’s Bryan Embrey to explore how resilient, redundant, secure, and scalable VCNs leverage software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization technologies to reduce complexity, hardware, and IT man-hours.

In retail, the rapid adoption of omnichannel services, automation, digitization, IoT and mobile devices, and cloud-based applications has rendered Internet and downtime unacceptable. From helping customers to handling back-office duties, retail staff need 24/7 connectivity to do their jobs effectively.
 
Retail IT professionals need flexibility and numerous options for providing Internet failover, router redundancy, and business continuity in a variety of locations and circumstances.
  
At 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET on Feb. 15, 2017, join Cradlepoint’s Landon Reese to explore the best options for failover in retail, as enterprises look to improve the customer experience and save time, money, and man-hours.

With the introduction of the new COR IBR900 and IBR950 routers that are purpose-built for in-vehicle and M2M/IoT applications, Cradlepoint is extending its leadership in 4G LTE networking.
 
The COR IBR900 and IBR950 are the first LTE routers in the world to offer the latest generation “Wave 2” gigabit WiFi (802.11ac). At 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET on Jan. 30, 2017, join Cradlepoint experts to learn about:

— Quad core processor that can achieve near-gigabit operational speeds on both Ethernet and WiFi, and take advantage of carrier improvements in LTE Advanced networks
— A range of features to support high-performance, high-capability in-vehicle networks
— Support for Cradlepoint Platform Extensibility, including elements such as Router SDK, COR Extensibility Dock, and ECM API

Today the Internet is becoming the new corporate network — the Internet enterprise, or the “Interprise.” This new paradigm is gaining traction because of three major technology shifts: cloud, workforce mobility, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
 
With so many organizations looking to partially or even fully put their network architecture in the cloud, the less complex you can make the move, the better. The “Interprise” is now an essential tool for network administrators, IT professionals, and corporate employees.
 
At 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET on Jan. 25, 2017, join Cradlepoint’s Todd Krautkremer for a presentation and discussion about leveraging the Internet and virtual technologies to securely extend the traditional enterprise network — and how Cradlepoint NetCloud can help.

In the year 2017, it’s amazing what’s possible. With Network-as-a-Service, anyone — even your CFO — can create a secure Virtual Cloud Network in 10 minutes or less. When it comes to reducing man-hours, hardware and complexity, this is what they call a “game-changer.”

Cradlepoint NetCloud Engine provides a streamlined process to deploy cloud-based networks in minutes to connect people, places, and things anywhere. You can make the public Internet your private network without giving up visibility, security, and control.

At 9 a.m. PST / 12 p.m. EST on Jan. 12, 2017, join Cradlepoint Global Solutions Architect Roger Billings and CFO Val Heusinkveld to watch exactly how easy it is to set up a Virtual Cloud Network in 10 minutes or less.