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Huawei’s Vision for Intelligent Networking Unveiled at GITEX Global 2023

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GITEX Global 2023 witnessed Huawei’s impactful presence, as the tech giant delved into the future of intelligent networking. This landscape presents significant challenges for enterprise campus networks in terms of bandwidth, user experience, and network maintenance. Gbps, ensuring a seamless wireless experience.

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Hotel Engine raises $65M at a $1.3B valuation as corporate travel rebounds

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Further evidence that travel is rebounding lies in the number of people staying in hotels, and the money going into startups that serve the industry as well as travelers. Hotel Engine is the latest such startup, having just raised $65 million in a Series B round at a $1.3 Image Credits: CEO and Founder Elia Wallen / Hotel Engine.

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A Vision of Radical Networking Simplicity

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In networking today, complexity reigns. Count them: the home Wi-Fi, the ISP, the Internet, a Domain Name System (DNS) provider, a content delivery network (CDN), applications distributed among multiple providers in multiple clouds, credit authentication companies, a private customer information database. The journey is well underway.

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IHG maximizes hospitality with multicloud

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For IHG Hotels and Resorts, the cloud provides just the right accommodation for business success. Moreover, IHG’s cloud backbone enables it to take advantage of emerging SaaS offerings, such as Speakeasy AI conversational chatbots, and deliver its own IHG Voice Cloud AI service to help guests and reception desk clerks at hundreds of hotels.

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Banyan raises $43M to grow its network of item-level purchase data

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He claims one of the company’s major differentiators is that its network obtains data directly from first-party sources, such as merchants, and doesn’t collect personal information — addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and the like — “unless absolutely necessary” to deliver a service.

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Opendoor alums raise $7.75M for Kindred, a home-swapping network it says makes travel ‘dramatically more affordable’

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Or you could run your home like a hotel and put it on Airbnb to finance your travel. Kindred’s members-only model works by creating a network for exchanging homes. Kindred’s members-only model works by creating a network for exchanging homes. And the network is invite-only. There is no minimum or maximum stay.

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Are you ready for networking in 2025 and beyond?

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Time stands still for no one – and for no network either. If your network can’t adapt quickly and efficiently, you’ll be left by the wayside. Networks that enable immersive, high-definition collaboration will underpin the employee value proposition for organisations fighting over top talent. These trends include: 1.

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