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Cambium Networks certified in Express Wi-Fi by Facebook program

In networking news, Cambium gets certified in Facebook's Express Wi-Fi program, Nyansa frees up network data worldwide and SevOne will support VMware NSX SD-WAN.

By Luke O'Neill • Aug. 28, 2018

Cisco refused to participate in NSS Labs report on SD-WAN

Cisco wouldn't activate NSS Labs' Viptela license after the testing firm paid between $30,000 and $40,000 for the technology for a comparative NSS Labs report on SD-WAN products.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 23, 2018

Arista CloudVision gets multi-cloud, NSX security features

Arista CloudVision will soon be able to distribute security policies across Amazon, Google and Microsoft public clouds. Other upcoming features include VMware NSX integration.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 22, 2018

How has software-defined networking security evolved?

Software-defined networking security means more than just microsegmentation. Enterprises can also use SDN to assign security zones, improve monitoring and help with automation.

By John Burke • Aug. 22, 2018

Find network security vulnerabilities by assessing risk

IT staff needs to regularly review network security vulnerabilities and security gaps to battle rising cybersecurity breaches and keep costs under control through risk assessments.

By Amy DeCarlo • Aug. 22, 2018

How do I troubleshoot network performance with traffic monitoring?

When undertaking network performance troubleshooting, organizations can benefit from a mix of passive and active network traffic monitoring to identify issues.

By Amy DeCarlo • Aug. 21, 2018

Wireless-first networks verge on wireless-only, but concerns remain

A wireless-first strategy could spread among enterprises and proceed toward wireless-only. IT staff, however, should heed concerns around capacity, management and cost.

By Craig Mathias • Aug. 20, 2018

How network operators can differentiate SD-WAN services

Providers' SD-WAN services currently compete largely on cost, but network operators hope to gain market share with network-based SD-WAN feature differentiation.

By Tom Nolle • Aug. 17, 2018

What IPv6 features can be found in the latest specification?

The IPv6 specification is now becoming a full-fledged internet standard. New IPv6 features focus on enterprise reliability and operational and security considerations.

By Fernando Gont • Aug. 17, 2018

How Cisco’s Viptela buy affects branch routers, IT customers

Zeus Kerravala says Cisco's ISR isn't going anywhere and discusses what its use of Viptela's software-defined WAN means for the IT giant's future, its product line and its customers.

By Zeus Kerravala • Aug. 16, 2018

Cisco revenues up, customers warming to new products

Cisco revenues in the last quarter rose 6% as businesses took advantage of a strong economy to refresh networks and deploy new products.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 16, 2018

New Dell EMC 100 GbE switch tailored for east-west traffic

The latest Dell EMC 100 GbE switch is an open system aimed at service providers and large enterprises. The Z9264F is a 2RU system, with 64 100 GbE ports. Pricing starts at $45,000.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 15, 2018

Active-active data centers key to high-availability application resilience

Enterprises dependent upon a high-availability application should investigate active-active data center designs to ensure reliability and resiliency.

By Terry Slattery • Aug. 14, 2018

Array bolsters throughput, security in NFV appliance

Array Networks has added support for 40 GbE interfaces in its NFV appliance. The AVX hardware also has higher throughput for encrypted traffic.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 14, 2018

What key network performance issues spark service disruptions?

From cabling to capacity issues, IT professionals need to consider all possibilities when rooting out the underlying cause of network performance problems.

By Amy DeCarlo • Aug. 13, 2018

Which SD-WAN security concerns should I tackle first?

IT teams thinking about software-defined WAN technology should assess a few SD-WAN security concerns before deployment to make sure it's worth the investment.

By Andrew Froehlich • Aug. 13, 2018

Mist Systems gives VMware NSX SD-WAN a boost

Arista Networks and VMware are focusing on Wi-Fi to bolster products for the wireless LAN. Wi-Fi vendor Mist is strengthening VMware's NSX SD-WAN and Arista has acquired Mojo.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 10, 2018

ITSM automation helps advance network automation

IT service management helps close the gap between IT staff and business needs, as artificial intelligence and machine learning work with ITSM automation to usher in network automation.

By Amy DeCarlo • Aug. 9, 2018

Juniper boosting performance of SRX5000 firewall for IoT, 5G

Juniper Networks has released an acceleration card for its SRX5000 line of firewalls. The SPC3 card readies the product for IoT, 5G and multi-cloud applications.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 9, 2018

What it takes to be a steward of your SDN career

When it comes to SDN careers and training, the impetus is on vendors, enterprises and individual network professionals to create and pursue training and certification opportunities.

By Jennifer English • Aug. 9, 2018

Assess technology and products from top SD-WAN vendors

SD-WAN products and services offer a variety of features and deployment options. Learn how top SD-WAN vendors stack up when it comes to addressing your key considerations.

By Lee Doyle • Aug. 9, 2018

Software networking supports campus network convergence

Software networking, along with intent-based capabilities, can help improve campus network visibility and authentication, while also supporting Ethernet and Wi-Fi convergence.

By Lee Doyle • Aug. 8, 2018

Cisco Viptela integrated with IOS XE on ISR, ASR

Companies unhappy with iWAN on ISR can switch to Cisco Viptela. The networking company has integrated the Viptela SD-WAN with IOS XE, the ISR network operating system.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 8, 2018

Arista, Cisco agree to stop patent suits for five years

The Arista-Cisco agreement includes Arista paying $400 million to end their patent infringement dispute. The companies also agreed to a lawsuit moratorium on existing products.

By Antone Gonsalves • Aug. 8, 2018

Benefits of wireless networks extend to disaster recovery plans

In a business continuity and disaster recovery plan, IT resilience is key. Find out how the benefits of wireless networks can help keep businesses running.

By Craig Mathias • Aug. 7, 2018