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The Impact of 5G on Enterprise Network Monitoring

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The fifth generation of wireless technology, more commonly being referred to as 5G, is marching towards commercialization. More connection density -- 1 million connected mobile devices in less than half of a square mile as compared to around 2K with 4G cellular networks. Lower latency -- ultra-low latency down to 1 millisecond.

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

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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. IoT will be a cash cow for carriers (TotalTelecom).

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