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Diving Deep into Submarine Cables: The Undersea Lifelines of Internet Connectivity

Kentik

Today, the United States’ financial and military command systems rely on global submarine cables. Fiber optics The submarine cables that move internet traffic around the world are made from silica glass fiber optic strands that most network engineers are likely familiar with. 654 subset of fiber is used for undersea applications.

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Is a Proactive Approach Best for Data Privacy and Cybersecurity?

Dataversity

The dependence on the internet and the constant connection with cyberspace make personal data vulnerable to issues people and businesses are unaware of. Companies today are a storehouse for extensively valuable data – from employees’ data to the business’s financial data to corporate intelligence to customer information. […].

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Network Break 318: Cisco Unveils New Catalyst Hardware; Internet Sleuth Uncovers Global IPv4 Misuse

Packet Pushers

Today's Network Break explores new Catalyst hardware and micro switches from Cisco, a new security offering from Fortinet that combines endpoint security with cloud analytics, an Internet sleuth tracking IPv4 shenanigans, financial results from Juniper and F5, and a whopping big investment for routing startup DriveNets.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For February 8th, 2019

High Scalability

They’re currently putting it into traditional financial firms. Don't miss all that the Internet has to say on Scalability, click below and become eventually consistent with all scalability knowledge (which means this post has many more items to read so please keep on reading). Retail investors have to put their money somewhere.

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Network Break 396: T-Mobile, SpaceX Strike Internet Deal; Meta Settles Tracking Suit; Dell Notches Record Quarter

Packet Pushers

This week's Network Break podcast explores SpaceX and T-Mobile partnering to provide satellite-based Internet service (though it's going to take awhile), a new co-packaged optics switch from Broadcom, a whistleblower taking Twitter to task for poor security and a relaxed approach to spam, Dell financial results, and more tech news.

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Cloudera Launches Private Link Network for Secure, Internet-Free Cloud Connectivity

Cloudera Blog

Imagine a world where your sensitive data moves effortlessly between clouds – secure, private, and far from the prying eyes of the public internet. As industries like financial services, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals continue to navigate strict data privacy policies, the need for secure, private connectivity has never been more critical.

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IPv6 Buzz 019: IPv6 And Broadband Internet Cable Providers

Packet Pushers

We'll discuss industry trends, financial and technical drivers for adoption, and how the cable industry is working to transition IPv4 out of the providers' access and distribution networks. Our guest is Dan Torbet. In the latest episode of IPv6 Buzz we examine IPv6 deployment among cable providers.