Since the pandemic hit, networks have become “atomized,” meaning dispersed, ephemeral, encrypted, and diverse. I’ve written before about the security ...

An approach to designing and operating large-scale networks that is based on programming the forwarding decisions in routers and switches via software from a central server. Software-defined ...

The cloud is no longer an outlier to business transformation. Companies of all sizes, across any vertical, are standardizing cloud services to create strategic opportunities for growth, innovation, ...

Software-defined networking (SDN) promises some real benefits for people who use networks, but to the engineers who manage them, it may represent the end of an era. Ever since Cisco made its first ...

As part of its tactical network modernization strategy, the Army has begun development, integration and Soldier-driven assessments to determine whether integrating commercial off-the-shelf solutions ...

Software-defined perimeter can be an important part of Zero Trust that enforces network access, but first plan the Zero Trust architecture and the changes that means for the network and security. Zero ...

Talkin' Bout An SDN Revolution? One of the biggest questions so far, it seems, is where the channel fits into the chatter and hype surrounding so-called software-defined networking (SDN). Between ...

There are a number of unique security and networking challenges that will continue to arise as manufacturing IT environments integrate internet of things (IoT) devices, 5G communications technology ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Organizations are excited about ...

Enterprise network managers must rethink the traditional hub-and-spoke MPLS architecture if they're ever to enable true business agility. Agility has been a critical business and IT goal for so long ...