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Networking terms and definitions

Network World

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. Network slicing Network slicing can make efficient use of carriers’ wireless capacity to enable 5G virtual networks that exactly fit customer needs.

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Broadcom EMEA CTO: ‘When it comes to building private clouds, we are first’

Network World

When I joined VMware, we only had a hypervisor – referring to a single software [instance] that can be used to run multiple virtual machines on a physical one – we didn’t have storage or networking.” We have gone from choosing an operating system to being able to run any application anywhere and on any cloud by virtualizing storage.”

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How device security is evolving and why that matters

CIO Business Intelligence

Except for certain fieldwork, the traditional definition of being in the office or “at work” is increasingly disassociated from a single physical building. What now defines the office is much more of a virtual perimeter, which aspects like network access and endpoint devices conveniently define.

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Why You Need to Get on the Zero Trust Network Access Express Lane

CIO Business Intelligence

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have long been the go-to method for providing remote users secure access to the corporate network. In 2021, Gartner saw a 127% increase in interest about ZTNA, compared to the prior year – and most of the use cases centered on ZTNA as a replacement for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).

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Using Puppet for Account Management

Scott Lowe

The key to making it work is the idea of a virtual resource. In Puppet, you are normally only allowed to define a resource once; you’d then apply that same resource against multiple systems. The Puppet Labs site does a much better job of explaining virtual resources. Realize the virtual user resources where needed.

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From risk to reward: Mastering the art of adopting emerging technologies

CIO Business Intelligence

Several reasons: The nature of the tech may be exactly the opposite of their experience (value in cloud-native was missed because organizations focused on IaaS; genAI is, by definition, significantly different from traditional Predictive AI). Create a small virtual team of enthusiasts that will strive to ensure success.

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Sharing Responsibility for Data Security in the Cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

“Therefore, it’s up to CIOs to do due diligence about what sort of security controls are in place and to ensure data is well protected in an [as-a-service] operating model. The security-shared-responsibility model provides a clear definition of the roles and responsibilities for security.”.

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