A few years ago the concept of aligning IT with business goals became a popular topic in the industry press. Unfortunately, while virtually nobody argued that you should not make that alignment, few ...

The current state of 5G sits at an inflection point. As 5G standalone networks continue to grow in number, network slicing capabilities are becoming more of a reality. The enterprise needs to take ...

The enterprise Wide Area Network (WAN) is much more than a way to send data from point A to point B. New cloud WAN services are reimagining the role of the network in digital strategy—opening new ...

QOS Consulting is an El Segundo, Calif.-based solution provider that has been selling SD-WAN integrated with its SIP and network security solutions for the past two years. SD-WAN is a great way to add ...

The WAN is a place in the network that aggregates various types, speeds, and links running a disparate set of protocols together crossing metropolitan, state, and even country boundaries. The largest ...

The Local Area Network (LAN) and the Wide Area Network (WAN) are both types of data networks. Their main difference is in scale, with LANs intended for communication within a room or building and WANs ...

As more and more data moves across WANs and into the cloud, making the most of your WAN connections is key Last week, I explained the growing importance of understanding TCP basics — specifically, TCP ...

Amazon Web Services on Thursday launched a preview of AWS Cloud WAN, a service to build, manage, and monitor global private wide area networks (WAN) using AWS. The service is for organizations that ...

Extreme Networks has announced its intent to acquire Ipanema Technologies, the SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network) and SASE (secure-access service edge) division of Infovista. France-based ...

Dell EMC is the latest networking vendor to point to SD-WAN as the future for the evolution of the open networking movement, which emphasizes disaggregated, modular, software-centric systems over ...