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LiveAction releases LiveNX 8 and LiveWire
In networking news, LiveAction launches LiveNX 8 and LiveWire; Kaloom and Red Hat collaborate for a virtualized central office; and Siemens and Aruba bridge the IT-OT gap.
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How SDN benefits the small business
As SDN matures and evolves from its original definition, it's getting harder for small businesses to ignore the benefits of SDN, like better visibility, security and efficiency.
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How NetSecOps improves network agility and security
By adopting DevOps concepts, network teams can automate security testing. But, as development, network and security tasks mingle, some staffing challenges can arise.
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Cisco lays off hundreds in Customer Experience changes
Cisco is laying off hundreds of employees as it restructures its Customer Experience unit led by new-hire Maria Martinez. The Cisco layoffs come the week before its Partner Summit.
How to Prepare your WLAN for the 802.11ax Standard
Currently planned for release in 2019, the 802.11ax standard offers 10 Gbps speeds –up to 40% faster than Wave 2 802.11ac. Find out how this will be a game changer, and why anyone with skin in the game should start educating themselves now.
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How SDN benefits the small business
As SDN matures and evolves from its original definition, it's getting harder for small businesses to ignore the benefits of SDN, like better visibility, security and efficiency.
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Wireless LAN Implementation News
Consumers see no immediate need for 5G
A PwC 5G survey finds service providers will have to educate consumers and build unique services if they expect potential buyers to pay more for the high-speed wireless technology.
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Network Security Best Practices and Products News
Multiple connections thwart security on SD-WANs
Networking analysts and engineers examine SD-WAN security concerns, the importance of cabling in wireless environments and a new security attack that's difficult to detect.
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Network analytics News
Network automation could use some innovation
In this roundup of networking blogs, industry experts examine network automation innovation, the partnership between networking and DevOps, and the importance of data sheet specs.
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What is SD-WAN? Future, challenges, benefits of SD-WAN technology
What is SD-WAN and how can it change the way networks operate? Discover its advantages, challenges, important key terms and where the future of SD-WAN could take you.
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Network Monitoring News
Study: Network pros spending more time on security
A majority of networking professionals spend 10 or more hours a week on security initiatives, a study finds.
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How SDN benefits the small business
As SDN matures and evolves from its original definition, it's getting harder for small businesses to ignore the benefits of SDN, like better visibility, security and efficiency.
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Check out 10 leading global CDN services providers
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How to get network data analytics that really helps your team
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Explore the '5 buckets' of diagnostics tools
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How to plug up your company's Wi-Fi leaks
Wi-Fi is a boon to productivity, but it can also create serious security issues. Learn how any company can uncover and fortify their wireless security setup.
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Testing for packet loss: Why and how
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How do long-tail DoS attacks threaten multi-tiered web apps?
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Active network testing verifies application reliability
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Network measurement needs a centralized data store
With the help of a centralized data store and modeling language, network monitoring systems can both separate and unify data collection and analysis functions.
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How to plan, manage and troubleshoot Wi-Fi performance
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What network performance metrics measure service quality?
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IT service management helps increase network automation
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E-Handbook | November 2018
How to get network data analytics that really helps your team
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E-Handbook | October 2018
802.11ax Wi-Fi and training act as paths to better security
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Buyer's Handbook | October 2018
What you need to know about SD-branch before diving in
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E-Handbook | July 2018
Network data analysis boosts crucial monitoring tasks
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E-Handbook | June 2018
What is cloud networking up to now? It's complicated
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How NetSecOps improves network agility and security
By adopting DevOps concepts, network teams can automate security testing. But, as development, network and security tasks mingle, some staffing challenges can arise.
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load balancing
Load balancing is a technique used to distribute workloads uniformly across servers or other compute resources to optimize network efficiency, reliability and capacity.
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optical network (photonic network)
An optical (photonic) network transmits information as optical rather than electronic signals: It uses light, not electrical currents, to convey data.
Vendor Resources
- What you Need to Know about SD-WAN –White Paper
- NetOps Meets DevOps: The State of Network Automation –Research Content
- Tata Communications and Microsoft Azure Combine to Bring IoT-Based Fleet ... –Case Study
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5 questions to ask about open data centers
Editor's note: In this opinion piece, industry analyst Zeus Kerravala shares his thoughts on open data centers and Extreme Networks' approach. Extreme Networks is a client of Kerravala's ZK ...Continue Reading
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Expect slow adoption of 400 Gigabit Ethernet, for now
Editor's note: In this opinion piece, industry analyst Zeus Kerravala shares his thoughts on 400 Gigabit Ethernet adoption and Arista Networks' 400 GbE approach. Arista is a client of Kerravala's ...Continue Reading
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Cisco lays off hundreds in Customer Experience changes
Cisco is laying off hundreds of employees as it restructures its Customer Experience unit led by new-hire Maria Martinez. The Cisco layoffs come the week before its Partner Summit.
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Emerging Virtualization Technologies
Teridion to offer SLAs on enterprise SaaS connections
Teridion plans to launch next year a cloud-based WAN for enterprises that includes a carrier-grade service-level agreement. The service connects to SaaS, IaaS and branch offices.
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Network Performance Management
Network automation could use some innovation
In this roundup of networking blogs, industry experts examine network automation innovation, the partnership between networking and DevOps, and the importance of data sheet specs.