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Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise targets IoT, industrial networks with private 5G package

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The ALE Private 5G service includes technology from across ALEs platforms, including ruggedized OmniSwitch hardware, OmniSwitch LAN, and OmniAccess Stellar WLAN software for local and wide area connectivity. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) has partnered with Celona to offer a turnkey private 5G package for industrial or IoT networks.

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

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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. Managed service: Subscription-based hardware plus a managed service to operate it.

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

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] 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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Networking terms and definitions

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Network slicing Network slicing can make efficient use of carriers’ wireless capacity to enable 5G virtual networks that exactly fit customer needs. Open RAN (O-RAN) O-RAN is a wireless-industry initiative for designing and building 5G radio access networks using software-defined technology and general-purpose, vendor-neutral hardware.

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Cisco, Nutanix strengthen joint HCI package

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Customers can now integrate ACI and Nutanix AHV, the vendor’s hypervisor that lets customers to run multiple virtual machines on a single physical server. Now, existing customers get to move freely to Nutanix without refreshing their hardware early, ultimately maximizing their investment and making operations more sustainable.

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

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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.

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What is SONiC and how can enterprises try the open-source NOS?

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The Linux Foundation focuses on the software element of SONiC, while continuing to partner with the Open Compute Project for hardware developments and evolving specifications. It gives us a common language that lets us deploy applications on any hardware and lets us more easily manage and support a variety of services.” What is SONiC?