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What do ogres, onions and SD-WAN security have in common? Layers!

Network World

Donkey, of course, didn’t like the analogy because not everyone likes onions and would have preferred cake as everyone likes cake, but he did seem to understand that ogres did indeed have layers after it was explained to him. Security for SD-WANs — but that may not seem obvious to everyone. Or at least should?

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US Justice Department sues to block HPE’s $14 billion Juniper buy

Network World

University students take notes on their laptops and access course materials from classrooms, dorm rooms, and school libraries. Wireless networking technology is critical in the modern workplace, the DOJ wrote.Retail employees wirelessly process payments and log inventory.

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What is AI networking? How it automates your infrastructure (but faces challenges)

Network World

AI networking is specific to the network itself, covering domains including multi-cloud software, wired and wireless LAN, data center switching, SD-WAN and managed network services (MNS). Current challenges in AI networking Of course, no technology — no matter how long it’s been around — is challenge-free.

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We’re in the Unified SASE Era. What’s next?

Network World

Gartner® coined the term SASE to refer to these solutions: “Secure access service edge (SASE) delivers converged network and security as-a-Service capabilities, including SD-WAN, SWG, CASB, NGFW and zero trust network access (ZTNA). Unfortunately, early SD-WAN solutions did not seriously consider security.

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Aryaka brings CASB into unified SASE fold

Network World

“AI workloads are nothing but a different kind of traffic type, there are new kinds of protocols, there are new kinds of access that also need better networking, better security, and, of course, observability.”

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comdivision – Cloud expertise from design to deployment and management

CIO Business Intelligence

Enabling a leading manufacturer to streamline global operations comdivision works with customers of all sizes, across multiple industries, delivering solutions that range from cloud infrastructure, management, and automation to digital workspaces, data center virtualization, software-defined networking (SD-WAN), and more.

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HPE-Juniper merger faces antitrust inquiry in UK

Network World

Of course it would. However, both firms have a wider portfolio that spans the network security and SASE/SD-WAN technology landscape.” “HPE and Juniper have different but complementary product lines in the data center,” said John Annand, Info-Tech’s research director for infrastructure and operations.