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The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023 — and how to hire for them

CIO

These IT pros typically have a bachelor’s degree in computer science and should be knowledgeable in LAN/WAN protocol, software, and hardware. This position involves a lot of time spent troubleshooting, and network and computer systems administrators typically need to be on call in case of an emergency or failure.

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What is Gateway in Computer Network – Types, Examples, Functions

The Crazy Programmer

Gateways are capable of being used for LAN and WAN network connections. These devices can be the firewall, router, server, and other devices used for the networking and allow the flow of the data from one device to another device through their network. Web Application Firewalls. Functions of Gateway. Conclusion.

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RMON: A Closer Look at Remote Network Monitoring

Kaseya

Developed specifically to help network administrators remotely monitor and analyze data that is collected from local area networks, RMON allows for the collection of network data from LANs without having to reach the site and set up equipment. What Is the Difference Between RMON and SNMP?

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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. Here are six predictions for the future of the firewall. For example, a typical NGFW now may be equipped with firewalling, SD-WAN, a Wi-Fi controller for SD-Branch, an Ethernet controller, and zero-trust functionality.

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How to Monitor Packet Loss and Latency in the Cloud

Kentik

Firewall configured to drop packets (all ICMP is dropped). Since we are focused on the cloud in this article, we find that SNMP is great for LANs and WANs, but we can’t use it to see inside devices within the cloud. Packet loss can be caused by a wide variety of factors, including: Bad cables (electrostatic interference).

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Strategies for Managing Network Traffic from a Remote Workforce

Kentik

This could mean the users are saturating the internet connectivity or that they’ve saturated the LAN (or maybe WAN). The richest data sources are from the VPN devices or firewalls. One strategy for managing the surge in traffic coming from remote workers is to implement a split-tunneling configuration.

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Talking Cloud and a Dose of Magic at Fortinet Accelerate 2019

Firemon

One prominent example of this was Fortinet’s announcement of an industry first SD-WAN ASIC to accelerate and secure the WAN Edge. Fortinet is claiming a 10X performance increase with the FortiGate 100F SD-WAN ASIC Appliance. Click here to download information about our integration with Fortinet.

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