Evaluate

Evaluate

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

• Network hardware components scrutinized as apps move to cloud

  Networking pros make business-critical decisions about where to house their network hardware components -- on-premises or managed in a service provider's cloud. Continue Reading

• Intent-based networking and network automation: A primer

  Intent-based networking offers engineers intriguing network automation benefits, if it can deliver on promises and separate itself from the hype. Continue Reading

• Comparing virtual routing software with physical routers

  Virtual routing software offers enterprises a lot of advantages, but they have to be weighed against potential security and connection challenges. Are physical routers the way to go? Find out in this virtual router vs. physical router comparison. Continue Reading

• Network validation a first step to intent-based architecture

  Network validation is an important first step for enterprises evaluating intent-based networking. Unless you know how things really work, you won't succeed. Continue Reading

• Current networking trends increasingly shape the enterprise

  Current networking trends like software-defined technology, cloud and virtualization are shaping the direction of the enterprise. Companies are provisioning more workloads to the cloud as they assess costs associated with replacing expensive ... Continue Reading

• Cloud-based networking becomes a reality

  Cloud-based networking trends continue to push enterprises toward software-defined technologies and virtualization, while skill sets and networking education shift.Continue Reading

• Networking trends 2017: Cloud, wireless, pace change

  Networking trends like cloud computing, virtualization and SDN continue to shape enterprise strategy while managers eye potential for IoT and data analytics.Continue Reading

• Hybrid cloud networking plays big role in development

  Multicloud and hybrid cloud networking are complex, but users prefer that complexity remain invisible. In this issue of Network Evolution, read how, now more than ever, network professionals need to understand their options when it comes to ...Continue Reading

• Adobe multicloud strategy transforms network engineering

  Adobe created a multicloud strategy to connect to public clouds like AWS and Azure. One Adobe networking pro talks about how the new approach changed its definition of networking.Continue Reading

• IT pros seek better methods to manage application performance

  IT pros have to manage application performance across complex networks connecting more devices and locations, as mobility changes how granular performance needs to get.Continue Reading

• Multi-cloud architecture takes hybrid cloud to new heights

  As hybrid cloud use takes hold, enterprises need to create a multi-cloud architecture that integrates different cloud platforms to seamlessly route data from one cloud environment to another.Continue Reading

• Machine learning in networking: What’s the next step?

  The networking industry today is poised to reap the benefits of machine learning, but all too often, networks themselves stand in the way.Continue Reading

• Ixia CloudLens Public gets Network Innovation Award

  Cloud visibility challenges force many enterprises to pull back on their cloud migration strategies. But Ixia CloudLens Public might be one way to assuage those fears.Continue Reading

• What a network microsegmentation strategy means for you

  As network administrators move beyond traditional network segmentation, creating a good network microsegmentation strategy across the enterprise is essential.Continue Reading

• SDN components transform the LAN

  Full software-defined networking is elusive in the local area network, but SDN components can help create a LAN that is more flexible and programmable. Users are beginning to explore what SDN elements like centralized management of policies and ...Continue Reading