Network World

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The various agencies have each approached the challenge of securing the network edge from a different angle, releasing their reports on Tuesday. Foreign adversaries routinely exploit software vulnerabilities in network edge devices to infiltrate critical infrastructure networks and systems.

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Network World

APRIL 14, 2025

Microsoft is warning IT administrators that their Windows Server 2025 domain controllers (DC) may lose network connectivity after they are restarted. As a result, it said, applications or services running on the domain controller or on remote devices may fail, or remain unreachable on the domain network. There is as yet no patch.

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Network World

MARCH 8, 2019

VMware has taken the wraps off a firewall it says protects enterprise applications and data inside data centers or clouds.

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Network World

APRIL 14, 2025

Jokel talked with Network World about three key technological trends Ciscos is actively pursuing: the rise of agentic AI, preparing for the quantum era in networking and security, and addressing the growing demand for sustainable and efficient infrastructure. We also need to look at how we network together quantum computers.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As modern networking deployments across the cloud and edge become increasingly complex, it can be a non-trivial exercise for teams to get proper visibility. IP Fabric is updating its automated network assurance platform to version 7.0 with the goal of helping organizations to answer the challenges of hybrid networking environments.

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Network World

MARCH 3, 2025

Palo Alto Networks is looking to expand the role SASE plays in securing private 5G networks by collaborating with additional partners to offer end-to-end communications protection. 5G speeds can match what is typically available from traditional links but without the need to wait for weeks while the ISP deploys the circuit.

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Network World

JANUARY 26, 2025

SD-WAN which stands for software-defined wide area network has been around for a decade, pitched to enterprises as a way to cut costs and improve WAN flexibility. If network performance issues arise, SD-WAN users can identify and remediate those issues faster through advanced, AI-enhanced automation.

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Network World

JANUARY 15, 2025

The vendors AI Defense package offers protection to enterprise customers developing AI applications across models and cloud services, according to Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of Ciscos Security, Data Center, Internet & Cloud Infrastructure groups. It uses AI to protect AI, Gillis added.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The latest version of the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform introduces more than 70 enhancements, ranging from advanced networking capabilities to improved container management tools. introduces significant networking improvements designed to enhance connectivity and security across hybrid environments.

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Network World

JULY 9, 2024

Fortinet is unveiling a hardware-as-a-service offering that promises to ease the stress of keeping up with the latest firewall technology. The new FortiGate-as-a-Service (FGaaS) offering lets customers choose the hardware they want the FortiGate next-generation firewalls to run on, and Fortinet will configure and manage the devices.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Security is the name of the game at Cisco’s Partner Summit gathering this week with the rollout of a new firewall and added data-loss prevention (DLP) and passwordless authentication features to its security wares. Available early next year, the 1U 3105 supports 10Gbps throughput, 7Gbps IPSec throughput and 3,000 VPN peers.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The Juniper EX4000 line of access switches is aimed at customers with enterprise branch, remote office and campus networks who want to upgrade their systems with more advanced features than the vendors current line of EX2000/3000 Series boxes.

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Network World

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Alkira is expanding its namesake network-as-a-service ( NaaS ) platform with new zero trust network access ( ZTNA ) capabilities. Alkira provides a SaaS service for on-demand network infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 by former Cisco employees who had previously founded SD-WAN vendor Viptella.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 3, 2024

With 5G, the OT network is encrypted end-to-end, which enables completely secure communication between devices and systems. The technology also facilitates network slicing, which allows organisations to create wireless virtual networks for specific applications or departments. Network visibility is therefore critical.”

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Network World

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Firewalls continuously evolve to remain a staple of network security by incorporating functionality of standalone devices, embracing network-architecture changes, and integrating outside data sources to add intelligence to the decisions they make – a daunting wealth of possibilities that is difficult to keep track of.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 21, 2025

That worked when everything lived in the corporate data center. The problem with networking like its 1999 Lets face it: MPLS had its moment. Paying a premium to backhaul traffic to a central data center made sense when that was where all applications lived. The concept of a traditional branch network just doesnt apply anymore.

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Network World

JULY 17, 2024

Network-as-a-service offerings give enterprise organizations access to leading-edge technologies while lowering upfront capital investments, but for some IT teams, the real value of NaaS may be found in the networking and security skills that come with the service. Network monitoring, troubleshooting, and ongoing optimization: 37.6%

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Network World

OCTOBER 3, 2024

To find a brief definition of the networking term you are looking for user your browser’s “Find” feature then follow links to a fuller explanation. AI networking AI networking refers to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to network management and optimization.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a network architecture that combines software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN ) and security functionality into a unified cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployments, improved efficiency and security, and application-specific bandwidth policies. billion by 2025. What is SASE?

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Network World

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Palo Alto Networks has released next-generation firewall (NGFW) software that includes some 50 new features aimed at helping enterprise organizations battle zero-day threats and advanced malware attacks. The new features are built into the latest version of Palo Alto's firewall operating system – PAN 11.0

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Network World

AUGUST 15, 2023

As enterprise networks get more complex, so do the firewall deployments. There are on-premises firewalls to manage, along with firewalls that are deployed in virtual machines and firewalls deployed in containers. A firewall used to be a box or a chasse with multiple cards," says Omdia analyst Fernando Montenegro.

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Network World

MARCH 13, 2025

VergeIO is looking to shake up the virtual infrastructure market with its approach to virtualization and software-defined networking. Rather than cobbling together separate components like a hypervisor, storage and networking, VergeOS integrates all of these functions into a single codebase.

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Network World

OCTOBER 23, 2018

You need a network-security tool that examines the flow of packets in and out of the enterprise, governed by rules that decide whether that flow is safe, malicious or questionable and in need of inspection. You need a firewall. Recognizing that you need a firewall is the first – and most obvious -- step.

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Network World

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Utilizing its FortiADC and FortiGSLB offerings, the service lets customers distribute traffic across multiple data centers to ensure high app availability and reliability, Hwang stated. Organizations will have fewer false positives, faster response times, and stronger protection against sophisticated cyberattacks, Hwang stated.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Cisco is warning organizations with remote users that have deployed a particular Cisco wireless firewall, VPN and router to patch a critical vulnerability in each that could let attackers break into the network. More about edge networking. How edge networking and IoT will reshape data centers.

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Network World

JULY 18, 2023

Fortinet has released two new high-speed, next generation firewalls designed to protect data center assets. FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services use real-time data from Fortinet’s threat researchers at FortiGuard Lab to monitor for new dangers. “We To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Kyndryl has expanded its alliance with Palo Alto Networks to add secure access service edge ( SASE ) services to its managed services offerings. A secure web gateway (SWG), cloud-access security broker (CASB) and firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) are part of the Prisma SASE bundle.

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Network World

AUGUST 14, 2024

At its most basic level, the definition of a router is a device that connects networks to each other, forwarding data packets from one location to another until they reach their destination. Digital content is delivered across the enterprise network and the global internet in the form of packets. What is a network router?

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Network World

MARCH 25, 2025

Today the company launched its automated disaster recovery technology specifically engineered for cloud infrastructure configurations, addressing a common blind spot in enterprise disaster recovery strategies that typically focus primarily on data or application protection. Twizer claims that ControlMonkey can do it in one-click.

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Network World

AUGUST 6, 2024

Fortinet has bolstered its operational technology protection platform with a variety of new features, including improved device identification and patching capabilities, and it introduced new ruggedized switches targeted at high-bandwidth networks. Improved analytics, and network behavior analysis are also part of the platform enhancements.

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Network World

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Attackers are using encrypted channels to bypass traditional defenses, concealing malware, phishing campaigns, cryptomining/cryptojacking, and data theft within encrypted traffic. This approach stops encrypted threats from reaching critical applications and systems, providing proactive protection that doesnt rely on shared network access.

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Network World

JANUARY 30, 2018

Microsegmentation is a method of creating secure zones in data centers and cloud deployments that allows companies to isolate workloads from one another and secure them individually. It’s aimed at making network security more granular. Microsegmentation vs. VLANs, firewalls and ACLs. Network segmentation isn’t new.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 29, 2022

Network firewalls are a critical line of defense in securing enterprise networks and protecting their vital data. The post Cisco Recognized for 2021 Market Leadership Global Network Firewall Industry Excellence in Best Practices appeared first on TechRepublic.

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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. Here are six predictions for the future of the firewall. We predict that the convergence of networking and security will continue to expand to more areas. And NGFWs aren’t done evolving.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Leaders across every industry depend on its resilient cloud platform operated by a team of industry veterans and experts with extensive networking, connectivity, and security expertise. Diamond founded 11:11 Systems to meet that need – and 11:11 hasn’t stopped growing since. We enable them to successfully address these realities head-on.”

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Tech Republic Security

MARCH 27, 2024

DNS FireWall is an intuitive security app built to protect you and your business from malware, phishing, botnets and more security threats.

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Network World

AUGUST 7, 2024

HPE’s Aruba Networks continues to build out its enterprise security portfolio, adding support for behavioral analytics to its threat detection and response platform and moving zero-trust controls to its campus products.

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