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Why Internet Performance Monitoring is the new frontier in a distributed world

CIO

This ecosystem relies heavily on core internet services such as DNS and BGP, while networks have evolved to embrace a variety of complex architectures, including IPv4/6, WAN, SD-WAN, SASE, EDGE, and 5G technologies. Learn more about how to ensure the resilience of your Internet Stack with IPM Networking

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Signals from space: SD-WAN marks the next stage in commercialized space-based comms

CIO

Indeed, from an individual perspective, one of the biggest demands we place on our mobile phones and computers is better connectivity and access to the internet, anytime and anyplace. As a WAN access technology though, satellite communication does experience its fair share of obstacles.

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Thinking outside the cloud: bring cloud agility to your entire infrastructure

CIO

But what if you could take the best principles of cloud and apply them across your entire IT infrastructure? It simplifies operations for on-premises and cloud infrastructures, cutting down the complexity and fragmentation created by disconnected tools and consoles—and the different skill sets needed to work with them.

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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO

On July 8, 2022, a botched maintenance update on the Rogers ISP network in Canada crashed internet access across the country for at least 12 hours, with some customers experiencing problems for days afterward. The nationwide outage affected phone and internet service for about 12.2 The impact was profound.

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A Framework for Improving Internet Routing Security

CableLabs

Inadequate routing security can make the entire network susceptible to attacks such as Internet Protocol (IP) spoofing, route hijacking and man-in-the-middle attacks. The RSP was developed as an extension of CableLabs’ and the cable industry’s longstanding leadership and commitment to building and maintaining a more secure internet ecosystem.

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Where No (Enterprise) WAN Has Gone Before

Kentik

Enterprise WAN in 2023 Enterprise networking in 2023 is very much the same. To succeed as an engineer in this new network, and to successfully manage the infrastructure and services that deliver applications to people, we must rid ourselves of two-dimensional thinking. He thought in terms of two dimensions. Of a flat universe.

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What’s next for network operations

CIO

Traditional enterprise wide area networks, or WANs were designed primarily to connect remote branch offices directly to the data center. More importantly, WANs lack the flexibility and scalability that digital business requires. More importantly, WANs lack the flexibility and scalability that digital business requires.

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