I am occasionally asked questions about network design. I’m a journalist by trade, and I don’t have the expertise to design networks. What I can do, however, is keep my eye on trends and find ...

Enterprise networks are facing a dramatic shift in traffic patterns as generative AI (genAI) applications proliferate across organizations. While traditional network architectures were designed around ...

Modernize your network to align strategy with operations; aging hardware is a strategic risk.

The Cisco Certified Architect certification may well be the single biggest addition/change to the Cisco certification space since the introduction of CCNA and CCNP in 1998. In the space of two years, ...

Based on the desire by communications services providers for open network architecture, tech partnerships are proving to be a giant stepping stone toward this objective. Microsoft and Dell ...

If anyone can speak to the impact software-defined networking will have on the IT landscape, it's Martin Casado, chief architect of networking at VMware. Named a top innovator of 2012 by CRN, Casado ...

As more and more business processes go digital, having a robust network that’s capable of handling increasing amounts of daily traffic is essential to maintaining productivity and service. At the same ...

A sea change in networking that happens every ten to 11 years saw the arrival of multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) in 2000, and another inflection point in the industry is set to break existing ...