Among the many activities and industries that were slowed by the spread of Covid-19, networking took a major hit in 2020. Gone were the post-keynote happy hours and local meet-ups where you might have ...

Current-generation virtual networking comes in three flavors, each of which has significant infrastructure implications. We hear a lot about "virtual networks" these days, despite the fact that ...

Steve Herrod envisions a world where we build entire data centers using nothing but software. His dream isn't unexpected. Steve Herrod is the chief technology officer at VMWare. For more than a decade ...

Despite being isolated during this pandemic, it has never been easier to connect and network with people. I have met more people during the COVID-19 lockdown than I have met in the past five years. I ...

A computer network as we usually visualize it involves various cables (Ethernet, fiber optic, coaxial) connecting to appliances like routers and switches, which direct data packets where they need to ...