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

Network World

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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Buyer’s guide: Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE)

Network World

In 2019, Gartner created the term SASE to describe a cloud-based service that combines networking and security to give remote workers safe access to internet-based resources. The other side is networking, which, unfortunately, still tends to be overlooked too often. But both terms are relevant today.

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IDG Contributor Network: Implementing secure WANs in the cloud age

Network World

Over the past few years most organizations have significantly increased their reliance on the Internet, primarily due to the outsourcing of utility applications like email, unified communications, ERP, CRM, etc. to SaaS providers. This is due to the fact that direct access at every branch introduces compliance issues.

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Flexential – Providing Enterprises with the Interconnected Data Center and Hybrid Cloud Solutions They Need

CIO Business Intelligence

Enterprises today require the robust networks and infrastructure required to effectively manage and protect an ever-increasing volume of data. The company’s unified cloud platform, FlexAnywhere™, integrates colocation, cloud, edge, connectivity, data protection, and the managed and professional services to deliver a true hybrid IT approach.

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The Power of One

CIO Business Intelligence

It doesn’t need to be complicated – at Business ICT Australia, we work with leading security vendors to provide a visibility of your networks and users so you can monitor the health your network and detect and prevent potential threats early. Office-on-the-go Hybrid workplaces are here to stay. About Business ICT Australia.

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How Is UC Connecting to the IoT?

IT Toolbox

Advances in the Internet of Things (IoT) are beginning to connect to unified communications (UC). The IoT is a constantly growing network of connected devices, assets, products, and more. The main drivers of this connection will be the manufacturing, health care, and transportation industries.

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Voice — set to disrupt business communications

CIO Business Intelligence

Mobile phone technology emerged in the 1980s, freeing voice communications from fixed locations. The next big breakthrough was the ability to digitise voice and transmit it asynchronously over packet data networks like ethernet and the Internet. 26% own a smart speaker.