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How to evaluate SD-WAN vendors and products
How should businesses buy WAN edge technology? You probably shouldn't rely on vendor name recognition alone. Instead, consider some niche players in the SD-WAN market.
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What experts look forward to in 2020 and beyond
In this roundup of networking blogs, experts discuss the key trends they look forward to in 2020 and how these advancements could benefit networking's future.
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Dig into Python and network automation libraries
Python is a useful language, but it can't do everything. Explore some basic network automation scripts that use Python with three automation libraries: Paramiko, Netmiko and NAPALM.
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How Wi-Fi 6 differs from Wi-Fi 5
While Wi-Fi 5 is still sufficient for organizations, Wi-Fi 6 is worth learning about. Here are the major differences between the standards and what they mean for your organization.
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How to evaluate SD-WAN vendors and products
How should businesses buy WAN edge technology? You probably shouldn't rely on vendor name recognition alone. Instead, consider some niche players in the SD-WAN market.
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What experts look forward to in 2020 and beyond
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A 2020 look at the software-defined branch
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Why a food company dumped its first SD-WAN vendor
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Although the terms WLAN and Wi-Fi are used interchangeably, the two wireless technologies are quite different. Fundamentally, Wi-Fi is just a type of WLAN.
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How to prepare for the challenges of SD-WAN
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Half-duplex vs. full-duplex: How do they compare?
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Networks and HCI: Planning for simplicity
HCI networking isn't as easy as plugging cables in and hoping the HCI system works. IT teams need to strategize around capacity and resiliency to achieve true simplification.
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Dig into Python and network automation libraries
Python is a useful language, but it can't do everything. Explore some basic network automation scripts that use Python with three automation libraries: Paramiko, Netmiko and NAPALM.
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How Wi-Fi 6 differs from Wi-Fi 5
While Wi-Fi 5 is still sufficient for organizations, Wi-Fi 6 is worth learning about. Here are the major differences between the standards and what they mean for your organization.
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Consider these 6 SD-WAN challenges and the flip-side benefits
Cost, complexity, security, training, troubleshooting and software bugs are some of the top SD-WAN challenges. Discover more about these issues and how to offset them.
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How to decide on the top and best SD-WAN offerings
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