Adding a network switch to your setup adds more Ethernet ports to your home. This allows you to plug devices in directly to ...

Trisha Jandoc was an associate writer at CNET covering broadband and everything related to home internet. She graduated from St. John's University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and a focus on ...

Are you confused about the difference between a hub, a router, and a switch? You’re not alone! These networking devices may ...

“[Cisco] is a little bit late to the party [and] we’re not stopping with the switches [and] we’re continuing to lap the field with integration to the full-stack solution as well, so we welcome the ...

On the heels of January reports, Arista Networks revealed during its Q4 2019 earnings call that it has acquired Big Switch Networks to boost network visibility. Data center and large campus networking ...

Calvin Hennick is a freelance journalist who specializes in business and technology writing. He is a contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. It’s technology that no modern network can ...

An example of switches that Cisco makes for the data center market. (Cisco Image) A week after a report that Amazon Web Services was building its own bare-bones networking switch in a potential threat ...

Facebook is taking its crusade for open networking to a broader battlefield, using its 16-port “Wedge” switch design as the basis of a new modular platform that can link together racks of servers ...

Networking has undergone radical changes in the past few years, and two startup launches this week show the revolution isn’t over yet. Barefoot Networks is making what it calls a fully programmable ...