Jared Ecker is a researcher and fact-checker. He possesses over a decade of experience in the Nuclear and National Defense sectors resolving issues on platforms as varied as stealth bombers to UAVs.

In 1980, Robert Metcalfe proposed that a single fax machine on its own is useless, but the value of many fax machines connected to one another results in a network effect that increases exponentially ...

Network effects occur when the value of a product or service increases as more users join the network, thereby profoundly influencing competitive dynamics in various industries. In network industries, ...

I have written previously about Intent-Based Networking (IBN) ("Intent: Don’t Tell Me What to Do! (Tell Me What You Want)", "The Most Important Work in SDN: Have We Got It Backward?") and the ...

A network effect occurs when a product or service becomes more valuable as more people use it. This creates a self-reinforcing cycle that attracts new users, increases retention, and lowers customer ...

CrowdStrike gets a Buy rating as AI-driven, cloud-native network effects fuel retention and growth—plus key risks to watch.