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

Kentik

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. Wireless access points and controller. Traditional WAN : WAN access switches, integrated services routers, cloud access routers.

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The Impact of 5G on Enterprise Network Monitoring

Kentik

The fifth generation of wireless technology, more commonly being referred to as 5G, is marching towards commercialization. Performance is a key driver behind the movement, with 5G enabling: Greater throughput -- mobile broadband with bandwidth ranging from 50 Mbps to 10 Gbps. 5G and SDN Capabilities Intersect.

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News in Networking: SD-WAN for $3.3B and Facebook’s Free Open/R Networking Tool

Kentik

This week, we learned the SD-WAN market is forecasted to reach $3.3 Facebook uses Open/R to support its wide-area networks, data center fabric and wireless mesh topologies. Here are those headlines and more: Cisco, VMware in SD-WAN market ‘two-horse race’ (SDxCentral). Charter taps SD-WAN to boost off-net reac (Light Reading).

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SASE for Retail: Growing the Bottom Line

CATO Networks

SASE as a Gradual Deployment: The Various Paths to SASE | Get it Now SASE answer retails challenges by providing: Reliable Global Connectivity Rather than using MPLS or other networking solutions, SASE provides built-in SD-WAN. SD-WAN ensures reliable connectivity via commodity broadband links and 4G/5G wireless connectivity.

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The Pains and Problems of NFV

CATO Networks

[link] Limited Connectivity Capabilities Most off-the-shelf vCPE/uCPE hardware features Ethernet ports to connect to the WAN, but little more. In addition, service providers are sore about having to manage 60 to 80 GB of SD-WAN and other VNF images and about sacrificing two to four CPU cores just for SD-WAN/NFVI management overhead.

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Optimizing Network Stability and Reliability Through Data-Driven Strategies

Kentik

Only then can we pinpoint why one of our data center ToR switches is overwhelmed with unexpected traffic, why our line of business application is experiencing latency over the SD-WAN, why an OSPF adjacency is flapping, or why our SaaS app performance is terrible despite having a ton of available bandwidth.

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