Computerworld

The Network Layer: Understanding layer 3 of the OSI Model

The third layer of the OSI Model, the network layer, is where most network engineers focus their time and expertise. As Darragh commented in my post on the data link layer, Layer 2 is cool but Layer 3 ...
WeLiveSecurity

Strengthening the different layers of IT networks

Getting started on designing a network is a task of formidable proportions, but all the more so if you are looking to build a secure IT network. Often, IT system administrators are not fully familiar ...
InfoQ

Cloud Native Network Functions Are Here

Cloud native networks are not SDN reborn but a fundamentally different way to look at networks. While SDN seemed to take physical network machines and virtualized them, CNFs are not merely ...
Network World

Chapter 1: Data Center Layer 2 Interconnect

Excerpt from nterconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS (Ensure Business Continuance on Virtualized Networks by Implementing Layer 2 Connectivity Across Layer 3) nterconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS ...