From the course: Introduction to SD-WAN
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Networks of today
From the course: Introduction to SD-WAN
Networks of today
- [Instructor] If you are asked as a network user, "What is the first characteristic of a good network?" How would you answer? Yes, speed. The good news is that the speed of today's networks is much higher than in the past. That's thanks to new equipment and improved quality of communication platforms. Increased speed and network quality have led to new applications for computer networks, such as artificial intelligence, or AI. Machine learning, or ML. Cloud services, virtualization, Internet of Things, or IoT. Therefore, computer network engineers have more tasks than before, and they face more and more complex networks and needs. Imagine that you want to implement a new application in your network. Manual implementation of this application will be laborious and error-prone. It may even lead to low quality use of the application due to wrong configuration, which leads to user dissatisfaction, or even financial…