Wide area networks (WANs) have been around for half a century. WAN technology was originally developed to connect geographically dispersed areas over considerable distances, allowing businesses to ...

It’s hard to come by any enterprise that operates offline these days. Enterprise connectivity is now central to any digital workplace strategy. A tech-savvy workforce also demands robust, stable, and ...

Software-defined wide area networks offers ease of deployment, central manageability, reduced costs, and can improve connectivity to branch offices and the cloud. The most important change to ...

Over the last few years, the Wide Area Network (WAN) environment has seen some significant changes. Gone are the days of connecting to remote sites and data centers via unwieldy, inflexible pipes - ...

One of the key reasons why questions are being raised on the relevance and necessity of SD-WAN is the shift towards hybrid work models and the rise of what is termed "coffee shop networking." As ...

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This week Juniper Networks announced that its Mist cloud and AI engine can be used to manage its SD-WAN solution. Juniper, historically a front-line wide-area network vendor, bolstered its router ...

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