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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 LAN: A History of Network Operating Systems Part 4

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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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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO Business Intelligence

 Convergence through the use of a single operating system facilitates integration and automation, improving operational efficiency and security consistency no matter where users or applications are distributed. Integration between the different security technologies allows them to function collaboratively.