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Today’s Enterprise WAN Isn’t What It Used To Be

Kentik

Whether it’s as simple as ensuring solid connectivity with a SaaS provider or designing a robust, secure, hybrid, and multi-cloud architecture, the enterprise wide area network is all about connecting us to our resources, wherever they are. The WAN was how we got access to some websites and sent emails.

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What are VPN Tunnels and How do They Work

CATO Networks

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have become one of the cornerstones of secure communications over the internet. VPNs have become an established method to ensure privacy, protect data, and are becoming very popular among internet users. However, there has been a lot of confusion around what VPNs can and cannot do.

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What is SD-WAN?

CATO Networks

Work is done in more places and the Internet has become central to how business is conducted. This means that corporate networks must change as well. The answer Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs). SD-WAN brings unparalleled agility and cost savings to networking. How Does SD-WAN Work?

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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.). A LAN is connected to the Internet via one or more ISPs.

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The Promise and Peril of SD-WANs

CATO Networks

Software-Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs) promised to address the high costs, rigidity and limitations of private MPLS services. Anyone whos purchased MPLS bandwidth for their business and Internet DSL for their home has endured the surreal experience of paying 3 times or even 10 times more per megabit for MPLS bandwidth.

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Network Engineer Roadmap | Complete Guide for 2025

NW Kings

At Network Kings, you will learn networking concepts (routing, switching, IP addressing) and basic network security fundamentalssuch as how to block websites and manage port numbers. Understanding the OSI model and routing protocols is crucial; because routing is the backbone of internet connectivity.