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Network Performance Management

• Management as a service? Don't underestimate cloud's capabilities

  Management as a service provides enterprises some key benefits like reduced cost and improvements in reliability. Continue Reading

• Vendors take alternatives to OpenFlow SDN

  OpenFlow SDN is promising but vendors are now contemplating alternatives to the protocol Continue Reading

• multiplexing

  Multiplexing is the simultaneous sending of multiple information streams over a communications medium as a single, complex signal that is then recovered at the receiving end. Continue Reading

• OSPF (Open Shortest Path First)

  The OSPF router protocol is used to find the best path for packets as they pass through a set of connected networks. OSPF is one of several Interior Gateway Protocols that replaces the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), an older routing protocol ... Continue Reading

• Your best Ethernet switch: A buyer's guide

  The state of campus switching is rapidly changing. Those managing networks today, and planning their operations in the future, must contend with the rise of software-defined networking, the pervasiveness of mobile devices, and the coming future that... Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • bandwidth
  • Asynchronous
  • DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
  • TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)

  • computer hardware
  • Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
  • UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
  • URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

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• What to consider when choosing the best Ethernet switch

  IT pros need to consider new developments in technology like software-defined networking and the Internet of Things when choosing the best Ethernet switch for their current and future network.Continue Reading

• 'Troubleshooting Cisco IP Networks' offers Cisco TSHOOT exam advice

  In this book chapter excerpt, author Amir Ranjbar gives advice on the new CCNP TSHOOT 300-135.Continue Reading

• When, not what, defines today's networking career

  Learning new technologies is a constant challenge, but it is one that IT pros need to overcome to ensure a networking career remains relevant.Continue Reading

• throughput

  Throughput is a term used in information technology that indicates how many units of information can be processed in a set amount of time.Continue Reading

• 802.11ac speed gains may drive WLAN architecture changes in Wave 2

  How much your network needs to adapt to the jump in 802.11ac speed from Wave 1 -- or even from 802.11n -- to the standard's next phase, Wave 2, depends on where you are in the upgrade cycle.Continue Reading

• Is your network ready for the SDN WAN?

  The data center is no longer the only place to think about software-defined networking (SDN). The wide area network (WAN) is the latest focus for system administrations. SDN promises to bring many advantages to the WAN, in no small part because WANs...Continue Reading

• Minecraft paves the way to grow enterprise SDN, seriously

  Insight from the Minecraft video game points to how enterprise SDN adoption could grow faster with a single interface for monitoring, confirmation and troubleshooting.Continue Reading

• ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol)

  ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is an error-reporting and message-control protocol that network devices use to report problems in IP packet delivery.Continue Reading

• millimeter wave (MM wave)

  Millimeter wave (also millimeter band) is the band of spectrum between 30 gigahertz (Ghz) and 300 Ghz. Researchers are testing 5G wireless broadband technology on millimeter wave spectrum.Continue Reading

• optoisolator (optical coupler or optocoupler)

  An optoisolator (also optical coupler or optocoupler) is a component that uses light to transfer electrical signals between circuits to keep them electrically isolated from each other, preventing surges.Continue Reading