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Artificial intelligence helps solve networking problems

Management, SD-WAN, SASE, and 5G can benefit from AI that can enable or lighten enterprise-networking tasks.

By Jeff Vance

Mar 6, 2023 13 mins

5G Network Monitoring Network Security

IDC networking trifecta: SD-WAN, automation, and analytics

SD-WAN and analytics can help optimize performance of cloud-based applications, IDC says.

By Michael Cooney

Jan 26, 2023 4 mins

Cisco Systems SD-WAN SDN

What is SD-WAN, and what does it mean for networking, security, cloud?

Software-defined wide area networks offers ease of deployment, central manageability, reduced costs, and can improve connectivity to branch offices and the cloud.

By Keith Shaw and Michael Cooney

Oct 20, 2022 10 mins

Cisco Systems SD-WAN SDN

Cisco expands its SD-WAN software for wider reach, better security

Cisco SD-WAN software adds encrypted site-to-cloud connectivity; expands its ability to support multi-region fabric deployment, and improves security.

By Michael Cooney

Sep 13, 2022 3 mins

Cisco Systems Network Security SD-WAN

Arista buys software-defined networking pioneer Pluribus

Arista expects Pluribus technology to bolster its own cloud networking services

By Michael Cooney

Aug 1, 2022 2 mins

Networking SDN

Network automation, SASE, 5G rank among enterprise priorities

Distributed users, applications and workloads are driving enterprises to rethink their network architecture, says World Wide Technology.

By Michael Cooney

Jul 22, 2022 6 mins

5G SD-WAN SDN

Cisco service predicts SD-WAN problems

Cisco's ThousandEyes WAN Insights service provides forecasts and SD-WAN policy recommendations for optimizing enterprise network sites.

By Michael Cooney

Jun 14, 2022 3 mins

Cisco Systems SD-WAN SDN

MPLS, SDN, even SD-WAN can give you the network observability you need

The ‘best’ traffic paths chosen by routers in a network won’t necessarily be the fastest ones.

By Tom Nolle

Apr 25, 2022 6 mins

Network Security SD-WAN SDN

Basing network security on IP addressing: Would it be worth it?

Rather than layering security onto networks, the networks themselves and carefully managed authorization policies can hinder attacks, but at an administrative cost.

By Tom Nolle

Apr 20, 2022 6 mins

Network Security SD-WAN SDN

Do new technologies make IT easier?

Technologies that automate and streamline network tasks and infrastructure can lighten the workloads of IT pros, but they can also create new burdens.

By Jon Gold

Feb 7, 2022 7 mins

SD-WAN SDN