W hile a VPN isn't the security solution you may have thought, it mainly applies to the traditional server-client architecture of older VPNs. The new crop of remote access tools, mostly built on ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Hewlett-Packard Co. is eyeing the creation of an “overlay ...

Overlay networks consist of a series of virtual or physical computers layered on top of an existing network. The purpose of the overlay network is to add missing functionality without a complete ...

An effort to apply blockchain technologies to create a network overlay that makes it possible to programmatically control how individual packets travel across an Ethernet-based network was advanced ...

Overlay networks and peer-to-peer (P2P) systems form a cornerstone of modern distributed computing, offering resilient, scalable frameworks for resource sharing and content distribution. By creating a ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The early internet concept of an overlay network has an important role to ...

The increasing need for compute resources can strain traditional infrastructure, as well as the IT teams responsible for delivering on time and under budget. Previously, scaling a business required ...

This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices. Click here to subscribe. In April 2014, Zeus Kerravala wrote in Network World that the software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is now a ...

Adopting a unified strategy allows you to upgrade your edge switches using software while buying incremental hardware upgrades as needed to deal with future scalability and new application ...