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Enterprise networking trends to watch in 2020 expertIP
While humanoid robots that can do box jumps and back flips get more attention than enterprise networking tech--after all, if you're not in the IT business, you have no clue what SD-WAN is--2020 is poised to be the year when trends become reality. One of those much-hyped trends is 5G. But it's more likely to be used by consumers than enterprises in the coming year. So what does that mean for your enterprise network? "In 2020, Wi-Fi 6 will enter the enterprise, through the employee door and through enterprise access point refreshes. Indeed, Cisco projects more people will be using Wi-Fi 6 in 2020 than 5G. In part, that's because 5G service still won't provide "the ultra-high speed connectivity that we have been promised or that we will see in future years," Oswal points out in his blog. So expect a continued reliance on Wi-Fi, at least for the time being. Eventually, though, once 5G gets up to speed (literally and figuratively), Oswal believes we're in for a "period of innovation in ...