IT Toolbox

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A wide area network (WAN) is a connected collection of telecommunication networks distributed across a large geographic area that allows the component networks to exchange data within the group. This article discusses types of WAN, the architecture components of a WAN, and ten best practices for WAN implementation.

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Network World

APRIL 15, 2025

Enterprise network infrastructures have evolved significantly alongside the rise of cloud computing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and AI. As businesses transform and become more sophisticated, organizations today should expect no less than an always-on, high-performance network connectivity thats reliable across the globe.

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Network World

MAY 16, 2024

Network and infrastructure roles continue to shift as enterprises adopt technologies such as AI-driven network operations , multicloud networking, zero trust network access ( ZTNA ), and SD-WAN.

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 14, 2023

With increased complexities and data, SD-WAN networks require more careful thought. The post Three Things They Didn’t Tell You About SD-WAN appeared first on Spiceworks.

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Network World

JUNE 4, 2024

Cisco has offered more detail on its plans to integrate artificial intelligence into what is still one of the largest product portfolios in the tech industry. Available in October, the target here is branch networks looking to consolidate multiple routers and switches into a more compact footprint, the company said.

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Network World

JUNE 19, 2024

An inquiry into HPE’s $14 billion takeover of Juniper Networks by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a move that potentially could delay approval of the deal, will have little impact on data center managers, an analyst with Info-Tech Research Group said. Of course it would. Not at all.”

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Network World

APRIL 15, 2025

But in light of dramatic shifts in how and where work gets done, networks are playing a vital role in bridging the connection for edge initiatives, hybrid work, and branch operations. The reality is that enterprises not only need to keep pace with new requirements in network and security but also support their modern workloads.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. The spread of convergence Convergence is important to reducing cybersecurity complexity because it brings together the network and its security infrastructure into a single layer.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

With an increasingly decentralized workforce and unprecedented demands from both business and the economy, the network as always is the all-important component of a modern IT infrastructure of an organization. A primary technology driving this evolution is the network industry, the substrate on which global organizations function seamlessly.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Production lines, networks, call centers: every aspect of your organization is being revolutionized in different ways by technology such as AI, automation, edge computing and the many flavors of cloud. So, when you choose a managed service provider, make sure they offer extensive network, security and implementation expertise.

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Network World

APRIL 15, 2025

Bypassing the limitations of traditional network security For the longest time, enterprises have relied on traditional network security approaches to protect their edge solutions. Instead, organizations need to adopt more adaptive, decentralized, and intelligent security frameworks built with edge deployments in mind.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2024

prides itself in delivering “legendary” customer service, and it has turned to artificial intelligence to assist with that goal. All Tractor Supply stores already had SD-WAN networks and 5G broadband service available, and security cameras were IP enabled, enabling them to link into the Computer Vision capabilities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2022

New and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality depend on fast networks. Traditionally, devices would be connected to a wired network or over Wi-Fi. Traditionally, wide area networks (WANs) were built around fixed line technologies such as MPLS.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

Digital infrastructure, of course, includes communications network infrastructure — including 5G, Fifth-Generation Fixed Network (F5G), Internet Protocol version 6+ (IPv6+), the Internet of Things (IoT), and the Industrial Internet — alongside computing infrastructure, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), storage, computing, and data centers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 30, 2023

Campus residents are increasingly reliant on high-performance wireless networks, high bandwidth/low latency connections to cloud applications and high-definition audio/video services. Huawei’s latest networking technologies support a vision for campuses up to 10Gbps – not just in central buildings, but in branch facilities as well.

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Cloud Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Unfortunately, that passion didn’t apply to blood, so she went into electrical engineering and biomedical engineering, eventually falling in love with networking and data. Through that network, healthcare providers could collect and interpret critical data as the initial conversation is taking place.

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Network World

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) emerged in 2014 as a way to help organizations embrace the cloud and quickly became a hot commodity. This shift has spawned think pieces about the death of SD-WAN and has many asking: Is SD-WAN still relevant today?

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 8, 2022

The UK-based accounting and tax consulting firm was one of few accountants in the UK that weathered the 2020 tax season without a hitch, thanks to its early bet on SaaS, Microsoft Azure, and software-defined networking. In the next refresh, we should be able to reduce the number of devices we’re providing,” Swift says.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 4, 2022

The A is for artificial intelligence, and the Q is for quantum, says CEO Jack Hidary. An example would be VPN and SD-WAN. Sandbox began life as a secretive division of Google parent company Alphabet in 2016, and in March 2022 became a company in its own right, Sandbox AQ. Hidary: Yes.

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Cloud Musings

MARCH 17, 2019

Telecom service providers also need to efficiently manage the multitude of network types, service types, system stacks and infrastructure layers which can cause untenable complexity for many operators. It delivers assurance of services and network slices end to end across core, radio, and transport networks. WAN Orchestration.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 26, 2023

The realm of edge computing has witnessed a substantial surge in recent years, propelled by the proliferation of remote work, the Internet of Things (IoT), and augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies, which have necessitated connectivity at the network’s periphery and novel applications.

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Hacker Earth

MARCH 15, 2019

Applications using Artificial Intelligence or data-driven insights are the ones that are highly recommended. One great way to ensure this is by deploying encrypted Wide Area Networks (WANs) or allowing employees to work from devices provided by the organization only.

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Network World

JANUARY 20, 2025

Networking has been a relatively stable industry for decades. Here are the five hot networking trends for 2025, most of them driven by AI. Here are the five hot networking trends for 2025, most of them driven by AI. Shortly thereafter, HPE snapped up Juniper Networks. We are becoming a networking company at the core.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 11, 2025

Junipers Sharon Mandell is one such CIO, as evidenced by her efforts to support the traditional switching and routing products suppliers evolution into an AI networking company. Collecting and having AI give you information helps you build a much more responsive and resilient network with less downtime and less truck rolls, she says.

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