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Versa extends SASE platform to the LAN edge

Network World

Versa Networks has bumped up its secure access service edge ( SASE ) software with a variety of features, including AI to help customers better manage LAN resources at the edge of their networks. To read this article in full, please click here

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What is NaaS? Providers, delivery models, and benefits explained

Network World

NaaS can provide an alternative consumption model for a broad range of network elements, including wired and wireless LANs, WANs , and VPNs , as well as branch, data center , edge, multicloud , and hybrid-cloud environments. This will push the growth of the LAN-as-a-Utility service higher than other types of CNaaS.

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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). Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps), for instance, is a common practice that uses automation to improve broader IT operations.

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Juniper CEO: ‘I am disappointed and somewhat puzzled’ by DOJ merger rejection

Network World

In the wireless LAN marketthe market the Justice Department decided to single outCiscos market share in North America has hovered above the 50% mark for the past 10 years, without much notable change, she stated.During that period, HPE has remained a distant number two. Nolle is also a columnist with Network World ).For

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Meta Networks builds user security into its Network-as-a-Service

Network World

Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) is growing in popularity and availability for those organizations that don’t want to host their own LAN or WAN, or that want to complement or replace their traditional network with something far easier to manage. To read this article in full, please click here

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What is a network router? How AI networking driving its evolution

Network World

] Switches, on the other hand, typically operate at Layer 2, connecting and sorting packets to distribute traffic to devices within the LAN. These networks utilize Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to send and receive data from other LANs and WANs. What are the different types of routers?

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7 Software Defined Networking Considerations » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

The move toward software defined networks (SDN) in the data center is no longer a question of “if” or “when,” but “how.” The good news is that data center networks will receive more attention and product development than other technologies (such as WANs and LANs). PATRICK HUBBARD. SolarWinds.