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The International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Resilience, like a NATO effort, seeks to protect subsea cables to boost network resilience.

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Can the FCC's $9 Billion 5G rural program survive changes in the FCC, White House, and Congress?

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As demand for AI grows, enterprises are embracing Direct Liquid Cooling in their data centers to sustainably remain cool and run effectively.

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David Erickson

David Erickson

David Erickson is the co-founder and CEO at Forward Networks. David holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford. He is a contributor to the OpenFlow spec and the author of Beacon, the OpenFlow controller at the core of commercial products from Big Switch Networks, Cisco, and others, and open source controllers such as Floodlight and OpenDaylight. His thesis used SDN to improve virtualized data center performance.

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Integrating the new APs into Dartmouth’s existing network infrastructure was no small feat. Mist’s AI-driven insights made this easier.

How Dartmouth College Leveraged AI To Modernize Its Network in One Weekend

Sep 12, 2024

Extensive communications outages from Hurricane Helene drive home the need for new approaches to strengthen network resiliency.