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Campus NaaS market set for growth with startups leading the charge

Network World

It’s a service that delivers LAN equipment to enterprises and excludes the WAN and any cloud/storage services, Siân Morgan, research director at Dell’Oro Group, told Network World. CNaaS is for the most part a subset of public cloud-managed LAN,” Morgan said. Campus NaaS, or CNaaS, is part of the larger NaaS market.

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

Network World

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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AI, cybersecurity drive IT investments and lead skill shortages for 2025

Network World

2024 gave leaders the opportunity to pause, take a breath and see what kind of investment they need to make for best use scenarios in terms of talent and technology.”

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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 Are Mobile VPN Apps and Why You Should Be Using Them

Tech Republic Security

When you think of VPNs, chances are pretty good your thoughts go to the tried and true virtual private networks of old, which made it possible for you to securely connect to your company network (from a remote location) such that your local computer behaved as if it were within the company LAN.

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IDG Contributor Network: Identity awareness: it’s more than just a packet

Network World

Having a few virtual LANs (VLANs) per floor was a common design practice in those traditional days. Little did she know that she was about to share her traffic with most others on the first floor. At that time being a network engineer, I had five floors to be looked after.

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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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