Network protocols are formal standards and policies consisting of rules, procedures, and formats that define how data is exchanged over networks. They ensure that devices can communicate effectively, ...

Researchers have found a new approach to finding shortest paths, but it's complex Systems Approach Last year a couple of ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. The collection of public and ...

Will this new packet-forwarding mechanism replace OpenFlow for software-defined networking? IP packet forwarding techniques traditionally have relied on taking the shortest path to the destination IP ...

Oracle says it may have found a solution for a gap it sees in cloud network security. How Zero-Trust Packet Routing Platform works. "The idea is to address a pretty large gap in security," Leo Leung, ...

Discover the key types of network traffic and their role in optimizing performance plus real-world examples to see how they impact data flow. Identifying network traffic types is vital because it ...

Cisco has unwrapped a high-end, 51.2 Tbps router and chip that it says will go a long way toward supporting the distributed AI workloads of today and in the future. Aimed at hyperscalers and large ...