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• PSTN-to-VoIP evolution poses identity, authentication challenges

  Going from PSTN to VoIP services, this two-part series looks at the evolution of voice and its challenges, from enabling 911 to user identification. Continue Reading

• How the next, hot new technology era offers opportunities for IT

  The age of fabrication provides lessons for IT departments to create innovative products to drive business and make their department stand out. Continue Reading

• SDN automation and business value are cornerstones of programmability

  Interop keynote panelists tackled the importance of SDN automation and abstraction, as well as common challenges regarding SDN deployment. Continue Reading

• Complex apps need network-based application performance management tools

  As more networking pros get pulled into application performance management, they need tools that speak their language. Meet network-based APM. Continue Reading

• Software-based routers on x86 servers are becoming reality

  With stronger processing power and advanced software features, software-based routers are becoming a reality -- but only in some cases. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • big-endian and little-endian
  • peer-to-peer (P2P)
  • PSTN (public switched telephone network)
  • network operating system (NOS)

  • network packet
  • local area network (LAN)
  • client-server model (client-server architecture)
  • Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)

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• Interop 2014: News and trends from the Interop conference

  SearchNetworking editors bring you the latest developments in networking, virtualization, SDN, cloud, and mobility from Interop conference 2014 in Las Vegas.Continue Reading

• What is the difference between SDN and NFV?

  To help make sense of SDN and NFV differences, SDN expert Glen Kemp compares the two technologies, and discusses how they affect each other and whether they can work together.Continue Reading

• Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)

  Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI) is a security feature that verifies address resolution protocol (ARP) requests and responses in a network.Continue Reading

• How the open transport switch will make operator SDN a reality

  SDN holds plenty of promise in operator networks, but it'll take open transport switches to translate protocols like OpenFlow to the underlying network.Continue Reading

• Anuta Networks expands device support for LAN and WAN orchestration

  Anuta Networks has expanded device and feature support for network orchestration across data centers, campuses and branches.Continue Reading

• SDN optical transport networks: Programmability, but first, challenges

  SDN can be used to optimize optical transport networks, but first, engineers must learn to apply it to the diverse architectures of operator networks.Continue Reading

• IPsec vs. SSL VPNs: Understanding the basics

  This infographic outlines some of the key differences between IPsec and SSL VPNs.Continue Reading

• IPsec vs. SSL VPNs: Understanding the basics

  While some virtual private networks can be complex to deploy and manage, understanding the basic differences between IPsec and SSL VPNs doesn’t have to be complicated.Continue Reading

• Lower network Opex needed to maximize new service revenue

  Operators need to reduce network Opex to maximize new services revenue, and different approaches are emerging to address the challenge.Continue Reading

• Next-generation WLAN: How IEEE 802.11ac will change your network

  Just five years ago, no one would have described Wi-Fi as a primary access technology but now, as Wi-Fi and cellular architectures deliver security, reliability and robust throughput sufficient to delivery video and multimedia content, wireless LAN ...Continue Reading