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The COVID-19 worldwide stay-at-home orders have created unprecedented internet changes that continue to shift as the crisis continues. The biggest shift is that enterprise, education, and public WiFi traffic have now (mostly) collapsed onto a single access network — fixed consumer broadband. This is the first time that we have an opportunity to get a...

"With people working from home, VPN usage will increase." Another far out prediction we made when the work from home mandates began to spread worldwide. Security is so critical to corporate IT strategies, and most companies of any size mandate the use of a VPN to access corporate resources. As content and more corporate services move into the cloud, the...

One of the first predictions I made when the stay-at-home orders began to spread globally was that we would see an increase in gaming traffic. Not the most controversial prediction to be sure, but one that actually has a major impact on network operators since gaming can be both a network congestion source with massive gaming downloads, but also a...

Since the pandemic started, I have been deluged with inbound requests for updates on what has happened to video traffic during the shutdowns. Up until now, there has not really been an impact on the volume of video traffic overall, with one exception in a shift of content preferences. For the first time that I have seen in the Global Data, YouTube is...

In a recent chat with one of my friends, I made reference to the toilet paper crisis of 2020, which for some is eclipsing the real crisis of 2020 – COVID-19.

I have been getting a lot of requests for data on what is happening worldwide with more people practicing social distancing, events being cancelled, and people working from home. Sandvine is in a unique position with our Global Internet Phenomena customer base to see what is happening and, more importantly for many people, what is GOING to happen.

As part of Sandvine’s Global Internet Phenomena series, we have released several spotlight reports that examine the popularity and prevalence of video and television piracy around the world, along with the challenges facing content owners globally.

2020 marks a lot of things for a lot of people – new year, new decade – but at Sandvine, it marks the 10^th year of the Global Internet Phenomena Report. Since its inception, the report has established Sandvine as the ultimate authority of internet traffic trends. These trends drive network operators’ strategies for delivering and monetizing their network...

We often talk about the big brands on the internet and their dominance. Last year, I did a spotlight on Asia that showed that Google was over 40% of the connections in Asia, and in the mobile report, Facebook was over 20% of all mobile traffic. I decided to dig through the Phenomena data to discover how the brands' library of applications and content...

A major challenge for network operators is maintaining accurate and granular visibility into the traffic on their network. Sandvine releases new versions of our application signatures regularly to support network operators who offer integrated over-the-top (OTT) services and optimized delivery of OTT content. These services have a higher level of urgency...