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Cisco author says new CCNA exam undergoes largest change ever

Cisco said goodbye to most CCNA tracks, and hello to a consolidated exam. Here's what you need to know about the new CCNA, from the author of every official CCNA guidebook.

By Michaela Goss • Sept. 17, 2019

Cisco acquisitions in 2019 bolster service provider strategy

Cisco acquisitions in 2019 and 2018 include three that show the company preparing for when carriers will increase spending to ready networks for next-generation business services.

By Antone Gonsalves • Sept. 17, 2019

Bridge vs. switch comparison: What’s the difference?

A network bridge connects two local area networks. A network switch, on the other hand, connects multiple clients to a network. Learn more about these two network components.

By John Fruehe • Sept. 13, 2019

F5 Networks updates NGINX Application Platform, other tools

Updates include improved security and observability features, a new developer portal, API importing and improved analytics and configuration management.

By Tanner Harding • Sept. 12, 2019

Legacy tools encumber modern network infrastructure monitoring

Many IT teams still use older monitoring tools that provide limited visibility across multiple network environments. AI and machine learning can help, but they'll take some time.

By Jennifer English • Sept. 12, 2019

CenturyLink acquires Streamroot, adding P2P CDN capabilities

Peer-to-peer content delivery network technology from Streamroot will enable CenturyLink to reach underserved areas and offer more services to customers.

By Sean Kerner • Sept. 11, 2019

5G frequency spectrum forces new look at coverage strategies

New 5G frequency allocations will help make it an amazing technology, but it will also force a rethinking of how those signals are transmitted.

By Lee Badman • Sept. 11, 2019

How network standards and open source organizations differ

Both open source and network standards organizations want to develop the next-generation network. Yet their methods differ, and they can benefit different types of organizations.

By Lee Doyle • Sept. 11, 2019

How does 802.11ax security benefit from WPA3?

Security methods like WPA3 and Opportunistic Wireless Encryption will give a boost to 802.11ax security, but securing the new wireless standard is still pretty complicated.

By Lee Badman • Sept. 11, 2019

Understanding why IPv6 renumbering problems occur

IPv6 renumbering can be a challenge, especially if a host using SLAAC obtains stale prefixes. But there are steps you can take to reduce your vulnerability.

By Fernando Gont • Sept. 6, 2019

Prevent VMware environment failure with a solid design

You can mitigate the threat of failure through good VMware environment design, with practices such as creating management clusters and carefully considering host size and density.

By Brian Kirsch • Sept. 5, 2019

The benefits of Wi-Fi 6 and how to prepare for them

In order to glean the benefits of Wi-Fi 6, enterprises first need to determine the best steps for a migration strategy. Two key steps are implementing more power and faster uplinks.

By Kevin Tolly • Sept. 5, 2019

Learn how to get started with your networking career

Wherever you are on your networking career path, these expert insights can help you decide where to go and give advice about job requirements, certifications and industry changes.

By Michaela Goss • Sept. 3, 2019

How client VPN technologies will evolve with AI and automation

With help from artificial intelligence and automation, client VPN technologies could innovate the way they handle data flows within hybrid cloud environments.

By Andrew Froehlich • Sept. 3, 2019

Ciena’s Blue Planet automation suite wins TechTarget award

Ciena's Blue Planet software suite has won SearchNetworking's Network Innovation Award for enabling intelligent automation and network service orchestration across large, multivendor networks.

By Alissa Irei • Aug. 29, 2019

Network pros on new Cisco DevNet certification: ‘Finally!’

Want to learn infrastructure as code? Now, there's a Cisco cert for that. Learn more about the new network automation certification suite, plus changes to the CCNA, CCNP and CCIE.

By Alissa Irei • Aug. 29, 2019

How SD-WAN security can boost your network security strategy

Many organizations say security is a top priority for their business, but most lack the necessary resources to thoroughly secure their networks and cloud services. SD-WAN could help.

By Michaela Goss • Aug. 29, 2019

Planned VMware analytics will improve NSX security, performance

The new NSX Intelligence unveiled at VMworld will act as a platform for running future VMware analytics to improve NSX security and performance, a company executive said.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 29, 2019

New Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6 platforms bring speed to large networks

Wi-Fi 6-enabled Qualcomm Networking Pro Series platforms come in four configurations, but all are intended for use in dense, congested networks like offices and malls.

By Sabrina Polin • Aug. 28, 2019

Gartner report provides reality check on the 5G hype

The next generation of cellular technology, 5G, is nearing peak hype status, according to a Gartner report. But real, widespread adoption is still several years away.

By Luke O'Neill • Aug. 28, 2019

Software drives changes in network engineer skills, certifications

Learn what network analysts think about network engineer skills and certifications in the modern networking industry. Hint: Proprietary hardware is in the rearview mirror.

By Jennifer English • Aug. 27, 2019

Travel tech company revs up Wi-Fi performance with analytics

TravelTab needed to find a way to improve its Wi-Fi performance so it could better anticipate customer demands and bandwidth requirements. Analytics software from Aerohive helped.

By Steve Zurier • Aug. 26, 2019

What is data center networking, and how can you get started?

This feature explores the basics of data center networks, such as how to plan for data center consolidation, the effects of cloud services and how to handle data center interconnects.

By Michaela Goss • Aug. 23, 2019

Gartner Hype Cycle deems software-defined networking obsolete

A Gartner report on enterprise networking has declared the definition of SDN and its architectural approach as deceased. Cause of death? Well, the hype didn't help.

By Luke O'Neill • Aug. 22, 2019

The top 5 capabilities your edge infrastructure should have

The network edge plays a vital role in the future of networking and digital transformation. Make sure your infrastructure has these five components to help it on its way.

By Michaela Goss • Aug. 21, 2019