ChannelVision Magazine

MARCH - APRIL, 2020 EMERGENT 8 IoT device explosion 10 Emergent tech winners 12 Rethinking DT By Peter Radizeski VIRTUAL REALITIES 16 Powering to Productivity SD-WAN enters its plateau By Martin Vilaboy 22 SDI Rises in the East PCCW Global talks software defined interconnection By Gerald Baldino 28 Migration Must-Dos Lessons from successful cloud migrations By Adir Cohen INTERNATIONAL AGENTS 30 Extending PEACE cable 30 New Singapore exchange 32 Better to Break Up? The potential for voluntary telco separation By Martin Vilaboy 38 Thinking Global, Acting Local The value of international DIDs By Sascha Mehlhase CORE COMMUNICATIONS 40 Kari’s Law compliance 40 Jenne Adds Poly 42 Brownout burnout 44 Robocalls and TDoS Threats and Protection By Donald St. Denis 48 NHC’s full stack By Gerald Baldino CYBER PATROL 50 Attacks on MSSPs 50 Retail be warned 52 Unisys inters channel 54 SIEM on Steroids By Gerald Baldino 56 Cyber Channel Challenges Could buyers be feeling “breach fatigue”? By Gerald Baldino CHANNEL MANAGEMENT 62 Friends and frenemies 64 Meet ZenFi’s channel program 64 Telarus adds Peerless 66 Reasons GAFA is Winning And why you should apply them By Peter Radizeski 68 Maximize the Master Agent Relationship By Bruce Wirt ZETTABYTES 70 Dark fiber ‘or else’ 70 FirstLight buys PrimeLink 71 FCC pats back on rural divide BUYERS SIDE 72 It starts with CX By Peter Radizeski MOBILE & WIRELESS 74 The Wireless Report Sponsored by P2 Telecom 6 Editor’s Letter 76 ICYMI 82 3 Questions 82 Ad index CONTENTS Volume 19 – Issue 2 4 CHANNEL VISION | March - April, 2020