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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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What are VPN Tunnels and How do They Work

CATO Networks

A Software Defined Wide Area Network can be used to establish connection privacy between sites. SD-WANs bring forth concepts such as VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks) that can communicate across an SD-WAN platform to establish secure connections.

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23 Good-To-Know Networking Acronyms and Abbreviations

CATO Networks

According to Gartner that coined the term, SASE is the future of network security. 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.). SD-WAN and SASE solutions offer PbR functionality.

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

Kentik

Also this week, Facebook open-sourced its Open/R networking development platform. Facebook uses Open/R to support its wide-area networks, data center fabric and wireless mesh topologies. Automated networks are a must for 5G, says Vodafone (TotalTelecom).

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