Network functions virtualization (NFV) enables IT pros to modernize their networks with modular software running on standard server platforms. According to ETSI, the goal of NFV is to transform the ...

In both networking and security we are forever opening up TCP/IP packets, inspecting the content, and then taking action. This “action” could be passing the packets to a downstream router, ...

In the first part of our round-up of the Dallas meeting of the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) project’s Global Forum conference in October 2025, we looked at the technological ...

Zero Trust isn't magic. It's a specific set of architectural components working together—policy engine, identity fabric, device trust, microsegmentation, and continuous monitoring. Here's exactly how ...

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Microsoft has revealed it has collaborated with Ciena to define a blueprint for what it calls a zero-trust tiered optical network architecture. In a white paper explaining the nature of the ...

Having just finished working on a 10-page tutorial detailing the inner workings of the tabular data stream protocol in relation to database administration and related gateways for programmers, I think ...