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Automation for all—managing and scaling networks has never been easier

CIO

At this time of dynamic business and market changes, uncertainty, and quickly evolving consumption models for IT infrastructure, every IT executive understands the benefits and necessity of network agility. Agile networks can respond quickly to changes in the market, customer demands, employee requirements, and technology advances.

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An Intelligent Future for Manufacturing

CIO

In the automotive sector for example, the advent of autonomous vehicles has resulted in burgeoning demand for computing power, cloud storage and network bandwidth. To support such rapid growth, the company needed the right capabilities for its R&D network and production systems.

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Prioritizing AI? Don’t shortchange IT fundamentals

CIO

Hastening hardware refresh With Windows 10 reaching end of life in 2025, CIOs will plan to migrate to Windows 11 over the next 18 months, and getting the promised security improvements by default means investing in new PCs with newer generations of CPU that have the right instructions to support security features without compromising performance.

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What you need to know about Okta’s security breach

CIO

The criticality of a Zero Trust architecture in defending against IdP compromise Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) replaces network-level based access and reduces excessive implicit trust for access to resources, primarily from remote locations, by employees, contractors, and other third parties.

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Operational technology systems require a robust Zero Trust strategy in 2024

CIO

In fact, manufacturing was one of the sectors most impacted by extortion attacks last year, according to Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, as reported in the 2023 Unit 42 Extortion and Ransomware Report. There are OT devices and networks (for example, the factory floor.) Cyberattacks on operational technology (OT) systems are rapidly rising.

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Tailscale lands $100 million to ‘transform’ enterprise VPNs with mesh technology

TechCrunch

It means that no one is trusted by default from inside or outside a network and verification is required from everyone trying to gain access to resources on the network. Avery Pennarun says that the solution lies in Tailscale, a security networking startup he co-founded with David Crashaw, David Carney, and Brad Fitzpatrick.

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Difference between MAC Address and IP Address

The Crazy Programmer

In addition to being known as a physical address, the media access control (MAC) address may be used to identify a device to other devices on the same local network. In order for a network packet to reach its destination, it must have both addresses. It consists of a 48-bit or 64-bit address linked with the computer network adapter.

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