Networking & SASE
TechSpective’s Networking & SASE section covers the infrastructure layer that connects enterprise environments — from core network architecture and zero trust security models to 5G adoption, managed IT services, and the organizational questions around how IT teams are structured and supported.
Zero trust and AI-driven network security are prominent current themes. Coverage examines how AI strengthens zero trust enforcement by enabling continuous, context-aware verification across users and devices, and how SASE frameworks are consolidating network and security functions at the edge. The TeamLogic IT and NinjaOne partnership illustrates the broader managed services trend — organizations outsourcing endpoint and network management at scale rather than building those capabilities in-house.
Connectivity infrastructure gets substantive treatment, including analysis of 5G adoption barriers for enterprises, CableLabs’ 10G broadband roadmap, and how AI is opening new revenue models for telecom providers through API exposure. Legacy and analog infrastructure appears as a persistent challenge — the efficiency drag that digital transformation strategies often underestimate.
Strategic and organizational topics round out the section: decentralizing IT functions, the role of digital twins in accelerating technology adoption, and what effective IT support actually looks like as a business function rather than a cost center.
Contributors include Tony Bradley, Rob Enderle, and enterprise networking practitioners and analysts. The audience is network architects, IT directors, infrastructure engineers, and enterprise technology leaders responsible for connectivity, access control, and the network fabric that enterprise security and cloud strategies depend on.