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By Darian Germain Last week, our long-time peering partner – Peer5 – announced that it had been acquired by Microsoft. Peer5 may not be a household name, but here at MediaPlatform, they’ve been an important partner for more than three years when we made the investment to integrate their peering...

By Nicole Olsen While many of us were anticipating a return to the traditional workplace in 2021, the Delta variant has thrown us another loop and caused companies to re-evaluate their remote working plans. Since the start of the pandemic, the workplace has seen a lot of unpredictability—are we allowed...

By Nicole Olsen and the Peer5 Team In this guest blog, MediaPlatform partner Peer5 offers tips for configuring your VPN to efficiently deliver video to your remote workforce. VPNs are nothing new, but they’re making a huge comeback in these wacky days of COVID-19. This gives us an opportunity to...

By Nicole Olsen and the 6Connex Team In this guest blog, MediaPlatform partner 6Connex explains the basics of hybrid in-person and virtual events. Last year, COVID-19 completely revolutionized the events industry and disrupted many business practices across the globe. Organizations quickly halted large in-person gatherings and brought virtual events to...

By Nicole Olsen In this guest blog, George Richards from MediaPlatform partner Hive Streaming helps you gauge whether your network will be ready when video-savvy employees return to the office. Can your network handle the increase in video usage when your employees start to come back to the office? As...

By Mike Newman While every company will have a unique view on the right time to return to the office, it appears that many are now planning to do so with a hybrid home- and office-based workforce. While going back from whence you came sounds simple enough, over the last...

By Darian Germain While that term may conjure visions of rudimentary 3D renderings and animations, our customers recognize that today’s virtual event is an entirely different thing. Next-gen virtual events take advantage of everything the online experience has to offer –such as imaginative settings, global attendance, and myriad ways to...

By Nicole Olsen Because of the pandemic there have been radical changes to how events are hosted. While event goals remain the same – bringing people together to meet a common objective – how we now run these events has changed. Like almost every other thing we do, events are...