Networking 2012: Top ten news stories of the year

New networking technologies take center stage 2012

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The tectonic shifts across IT have driven entirely new networking technologies in 2012. In fact, basic routing and switching barely registered a blip on the radar of SearchNetworking readers. Meanwhile stories about software-defined networking and building wireless LANs to support BYOD drew readers by the thousands. In this networking 2012 slideshow, find out the top ten networking trends of 2012 according to our readership numbers.

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