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When assessing SD-WAN benefits, don’t ignore SD-WAN costs

SD-WAN offers several benefits, but companies also need to understand SD-WAN costs. Organizations need to consider some critical areas -- and not all of them are obvious.

By John Burke • Feb. 10, 2020

A glossary of network terms for management and monitoring

This glossary of network terms specifically highlights network management and monitoring processes. Explore these 12 key terms and concise definitions.

By Michaela Goss • Feb. 7, 2020

SD-WAN requirements for a multi-cloud world

With the emergence of a multi-cloud world, SD-WAN vendors must upgrade their platforms to ensure secure and reliable SD-WAN connectivity to cloud services.

By Lee Doyle • Feb. 5, 2020

Understand business value to advance your networking career

Network pros can use the CAR mindset -- challenge, action and result -- to better match their networking initiatives with business goals and advance their career opportunities.

By JM Auron • Feb. 4, 2020

What to include in a network services agreement

Network teams that create MSP contracts for their managed network services should cover delivery lead times, network performance, adds and changes, network uptime and escalation.

By Robert Sturt • Feb. 3, 2020

What’s the difference between SD-branch vs. SD-WAN?

As networking pros evaluate SD-branch vs. SD-WAN, they'll notice a key distinction between the two technologies, namely how network functions are managed and orchestrated.

By John Fruehe • Jan. 31, 2020

How SD-WAN changes the network security perimeter

The advent of SD-WAN has changed the network security model by pushing more security and control to the edge -- and businesses need to adjust to this new reality.

By John Fruehe • Jan. 30, 2020

A look inside ‘CCNA 200-301 Official Cert Guide, Volume 2’

Network security is a crucial skills area for network engineers, and the CCNA 200-301 reflects this. Here's a chapter excerpt on network security from the new guide.

By Michaela Goss, Pearson Education • Jan. 30, 2020

Traditional, emerging topics unite in the new CCNA exam

As of Feb. 24, all eyes are on the CCNA 200-301 exam -- Cisco's latest update to the CCNA track. Here's a look at what's on the exam and how it compares to previous CCNA exams.

By Michaela Goss • Jan. 30, 2020

latency

Latency is the delay from the input into a system to a desired outcome. In telecommunications, low latency is associated with a positive user experience (UX) while high latency is associated with poor UX.

By Alexander Gillis • Jan. 29, 2020

Cisco Cyber Vision targets industrial IoT security

Cisco Cyber Vision is the networking company's latest product for industrial IoT security. The technology is based on software Cisco acquired last year when it bought Sentryo.

By Antone Gonsalves • Jan. 28, 2020

3 ways to improve WAN performance with SD-WAN

SD-WAN can improve WAN performance in three ways: It adds a secondary transport for network traffic, while also taking advantage of broadband Ethernet and application acceleration.

By John Fruehe • Jan. 27, 2020

Build a source of truth into your network automation strategy

Many network automation approaches rely on a source of truth repository to provide data on network behavior. But building this automation database isn't always easy.

By Jennifer English • Jan. 23, 2020

12 questions to ask about SD-WAN managed services

When contemplating SD-WAN managed services, organizations should ask questions about network security, infrastructure compatibility and bandwidth requirements.

By Lee Doyle • Jan. 23, 2020

5G opportunities for channel partners yet to take shape

At the beginning of 2020, many aspects of 5G technology remain abstract, but channel partners can benefit by preparing their customers for future deployments.

By Esther Shein • Jan. 22, 2020

VMware acquisition of Nyansa combines LAN, WAN analytics

The VMware acquisition of Nyansa is expected to provide network traffic analytics that cover the SD-WAN and the wired and wireless LAN.

By Antone Gonsalves • Jan. 22, 2020

Network device discovery best practices -- other than ping sweeps

Traditionally, ping sweeps are the go-to method for network device discovery. But, by creating a network script, you can discover networked devices more efficiently.

By Terry Slattery • Jan. 21, 2020

When to consider managed SD-WAN services for your business

SD-WAN offers promising benefits, like the ability to use multiple ISP links, but managing those links can prove challenging. Managed SD-WAN services can help.

By John Burke • Jan. 21, 2020

What’s the difference between thin and thick SD-WAN branch offices?

When rolling out software-defined WAN, you'll need to consider the current makeup of your branch offices. For instance, are applications on-site or in the cloud?

By John Fruehe • Jan. 20, 2020

5G vs. Wi-Fi: Verizon says cellular will win

In the not-too-distant future, businesses could find themselves weighing 5G vs. Wi-Fi in the campus and office. Verizon has already named 5G the winner.

By Antone Gonsalves • Jan. 17, 2020

Gartner WAN edge Magic Quadrant offers buying advice

How should businesses buy WAN edge technology? You probably shouldn't rely on vendor name recognition alone. Instead, consider some niche players in the SD-WAN market.

By Luke O'Neill • Jan. 17, 2020

Future of networking technology relies on 5G, edge computing

In this roundup of networking blogs, experts discuss the key trends they look forward to in 2020 and how these advancements could benefit networking's future.

By Michaela Goss • Jan. 16, 2020

Compare Paramiko, Netmiko and NAPALM network automation

Python is a useful language, but it can't do everything. Explore some basic network automation scripts that use Python with three automation libraries: Paramiko, Netmiko and NAPALM.

By Terry Slattery • Jan. 16, 2020

Plan for simplicity when approaching HCI networking

HCI networking isn't as easy as plugging cables in and hoping the HCI system works. IT teams need to strategize around capacity and resiliency to achieve true simplification.

By John Burke • Jan. 13, 2020

Cradlepoint NetCloud update avoids unnecessary data usage

Cradlepoint Netcloud has new analytics that help companies avoid the cost of exceeding the limits of their data plans for wireless links on the vendor's SD-WAN.

By Antone Gonsalves • Jan. 10, 2020