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Historical IBM Microcomputer Hardware/Software LAN Products

IT Toolbox

The concept of an overarching connectivity architecture such as SAA was one approach to managing these compromises. One clearly evident (if not explicitly stated) IBM strategy in managing outside competition was to coopt popular technology.

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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 8

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In addition to the network architectures mentioned above, other protocol or protocol-like issues were of great importance:

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The Impacts of IBM's SNA Networking on LANs Part 3

IT Toolbox

SNA is a layered architecture similar to the International Standards Organization's Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. SNA proper is divided into only five (not seven) layers?End End User and Physical layers are not part of the formal scope of SNA.

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The LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 4

IT Toolbox

The architectures presented in this series of posts were changing rapidly during the times that these platforms were in use, so they often differed from what you actually bought in a given product release. The approaches to integrated networking implemented by Banyan and Novell are difficult to match to the OSI model as well.

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5G-enabled manufacturing: Realizing Industry 4.0

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Industry standards played an important role in the project, from utilizing 5G standards, ensuring security by design across the architecture and leveraging a common data model to ease interoperability challenges. Vodafone ensured the 5G mobile private network was secure by design and embedded across the architecture from the beginning.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO Business Intelligence

Skills: Skills for this role include knowledge of application architecture, automation, ITSM, governance, security, and leadership. With 65% of IT decision-makers choosing cloud-based services by default when upgrading technology, cloud architects will only become more important for enterprise success.

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Koch CTO teams up to get cloud networking right

CIO Business Intelligence

Cloud deployments typically come in the form of multiple accounts, including multiple LAN segments that need to be connected. Instead, Koch’s engineering team set about virtualizing the physical transports to build the SD-LAN and firewall within the cloud rather than in the data center. There is a talent war going on,” Hoag says.

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