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Tech Industry

Data Sovereignty: Everything You Need to Know

“What’s data sovereignty? Is it the same thing as data privacy? What about data sovereignty vs data residency?” These are questions that plague many business…
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Careers Blog

Meet our women leaders in Sales: Sam Steeves

This is the first of a two-part series featuring our women in sales leadership. Stay tuned for Meagan Doerner’s story next week! Sam Steeves says her name…
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Protocols & Communication

What’s next for the Internet of Things?

As IoT expands, it’s vital to understand the future of IoT. Explore IoT trends & predictions, and what they mean for managing IoT networks.
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

Finding & Fixing Asymmetric Routing Issues

The workstation at the bottom sends a packet to the server along the green path, and it goes through the firewall on the left. But, because of a routing issue…
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Network Management

What Does it Take to Run a Smart City?

From smart lighting, to waste management, to air quality, IoT devices and other “smart city technologies” are rapidly changing life in urban areas. And with a…
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Network Management

Moving in Concert: What is SD-WAN, and Where is it Going?

Time for a primer on SD-WAN, why it matters, and where it’s heading now and into the future.
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

Cover Your DRaaS: Everything you need to know about Disaster Recovery

Unplanned downtime carries a hefty price tag for enterprises. In 2020, critical server outages cost enterprises on average at least $10,000 per hour, with 95%…
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

What is Network-as-a-Service (NaaS)?

The flexible consumption model (FCM)—or as we know it—the everything-as-a-Service (XaaS) model, has steadily, but modestly, taken a larger portion of network…
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Tech Industry

3 MSP Trends on the Rise

Where are the biggest opportunities for MSPs to scale? Consider adding new service offerings around these trends.
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Devices

The No Sweat Guide to Effective Switch Management

Switches are a critical network link & switch management is an important job. Learn how to choose a good location, design an uplink, & plan for resiliency.
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Devices

Will Layer 3 Switches Give Routers the Boot?

A Layer 3 switch combines the capabilities of a Layer 2 switch and a router in one device. Does this mean the death of the router is imminent? In short, no—and…
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

What is a Backplane? A Network Backplane Throughput Primer

Understanding what backplane throughput is, and it’s related concepts, can help you better design and troubleshoot your network. Here’s your backplane…
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Managed Service Providers (MSPs)

Does Your MSP Have a Single Point of Failure?

If you don’t document your business, you’ll inevitably find your business is prone to an SPF—a single point of failure.
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Configuration & Troubleshooting

Preventing Network Configuration Drift

Configuration drift is unanticipated differences occurring between your intended and actual state. Learn how to identify and manage it.
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Wi-Fi Management

What is Wi-Fi 6, and What Does it Mean for MSPs?

Wi-Fi 6 is taking tech world by storm. But should MSPs buy into the hype? We talked with Lee Badman, a wireless network architect and expert, to find out.
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