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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. So where are we today? What is the enterprise WAN?

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The year in review: Delivering simplicity, productivity, reliability, and security with AI-Native Networking

Juniper

All of this is in addition to the fact that Juniper was first to market with 800G PTX routers and a QFX switch , driving unparalleled performance and scale into all data centersregardless of workload.

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Transitioning to SD-WANs: Problems to Avoid

CATO Networks

WAN Transformation: SD-WAN Cost and ROI Analysis Its no secret that traditional wide area networks (WANs) have to change. But cost reductions, in particular, that are often promised with the successor to traditional WANs, software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), is often misleading.

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Service Insertion and Service Chaining Defined

CATO Networks

SD-WANs bring SDN principles of service insertion to the wide area network. Layer-2 Service Insertion With flat networks, services can be inserted by bridging together two VLANs, such as with VLAN chaining. Layer-3 Service Insertion With L3 service insertion, network services in the datacenter are inserted at the router.

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Terugblik op 2024: Eenvoud, productiviteit, betrouwbaarheid en veiligheid dankzij AI-native netwerken

Juniper

Onze producten voor campus en kantoor , datacenters , WAN-routering en beveiliging hebben keer op keer bewezen de IT-productiviteit te verhogen. Naast dit alles was Juniper ook nog eens de eerste die 800G PTX-routers en een QFX-switch op de markt bracht. En ik ben enorm trots op wat Juniper allemaal heeft bereikt in 2024.

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The business case for SD-WAN: Because MPLS is Not Fit for the Cloud

CATO Networks

As critical business applications are moving to the cloud and with the wide adoption of SaaS and mobile applications in the workplace, connectivity becomes a crucial business asset with the direct effect on the bottom line. Software-defined Wide Area Networks ( SD-WAN ) can get the job done. Here is why.

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Software-defined Infrastructure:The convergence of Networking, Security and Cloud-based Software

CATO Networks

Enters software-defined networking (SDN). Originally, the concept of SDN emerged as a way to unbundle a hardware networking device (like a router) into a software-based control plane and a hardware-based data plane. It was slow to evolve, but it was unavoidable. Where SDN has traction is within the discipline of SD-WAN.