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The Network Also Needs to be Observable, Part 2: Network Telemetry Sources

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Access and transit networks, edge and exchange points, CDNs. 4G, 5G : Including evolved packet core (v)EPC, Multi-access edge computing (MEC), optical transport switches (ONT/OLT), Radio Access Network (RAN). Wireless access points and controller.

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23 Good-To-Know Networking Acronyms and Abbreviations

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SD-WAN Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a virtual WAN architecture offering optimized traffic routing over multiple different media (broadband, MPLS, 5G/LTE, etc.). Top 7 Use Cases for SASE | Download eBook PoP A Point of Presence (PoP) is an access point to a network, such as a SASE or SD-WAN appliance.

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Optimizing Network Stability and Reliability Through Data-Driven Strategies

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Here’s a ridiculous list for you: Switches Routers Firewalls CASBs IDS/IPS appliances Wireless access points Public clouds Network load balancers Application load balancers Service provider networks 5G networks Data center overlays SD-WAN overlays Container network interfaces Proxies DHCP services IPAM databases …and the list goes on.