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Delivering a Smart Campus Vision
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Focus: Campus local area networks (LAN)
Whether a university buzzing with Gen Z students carrying multiple devices, who have never known a life offline or a large enterprise headquarters spanning multiple buildings with a Millennial workforce that expects the latest and greatest standards of connectivity, the demands now being placed on campus local area networks (LANs) are massive.
And just as datacentres did in the past, campus LANs are coming to be defined more and more by virtualisation and software-based controls. Alongside this trend, LAN hardware continues to improve in its capabilities, as network managers try to keep up with the intense demand
In this e-guide we will explore some of the key trends driving the market for campus LANs and ask how to implement one, find out how one user went about building a network from the ground up on a brand-new site, and look in-depth at some of the active suppliers in the market.
First, we look at how to go about designing and implementing a modern campus LAN, taking into account advances in software-defined and automation.
Then, we will take you behind the scenes at the UK’s University of Northampton to discover how the IT team was able to take advantage of a move to a brand new campus to deploy the latest and greatest networking technology in support of a new model of learning for a new generation of students.
Delving deep into the infrastructure itself, tech evangelist Paul Ryan reveals how copper-based LANs are increasingly unfit for purpose in a digital business, and argues in favour of upgrading to fibre-based passive optical LANs.
Finally, enterprise IT and network design specialist Andrew Froelich looks at some of the key suppliers in the campus LAN space, running the rule over technology from HPE, Huawei and Juniper Networks.
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Emerging Trends and New Developments in Software-Defined Networks
Software-defined networking (SDN) – the practice of using applications to control traffic flow across an enterprise network in the name of increased flexibility and agility, and crucially, decreased cost – has now become widely accepted across practically all verticals to the extent that it has come to dominate conversations about networking.
But despite its widespread acceptance, SDN is still a rapidly developing technology. Innovation and evolution in this sector is coming thick and fast, and there is no shortage of new information for network managers and CIOs alike to keep pace with.
In this e-guide, we sit down with Sorabh Saxena, AT&T CIO of networks and shared services, to discusses how to reskill telecoms engineers and exploit open standards as the operator embraces the future of networking services provision and the transition to network software, rather than network hardware, while Andrew Froelich of Westgate Networks shares some top advice on how to adopt a viable SDN training strategy, and CIMI’s Tom Knolle explores some emerging SDN service models.
Meanwhile, Talari Networks’ Atchison Frazer argues that at a time when CIO are constantly trying to make savings and generate new revenue, adopting SDN can help monetise the enterprise network and make money for the business.
Finally, Rene Millman explores the advent of intent-based networking, and finds out how applying automation techniques and advanced analytics to the software-defined network is expected to bring even more benefits to the enterprise.
