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Compare these two leading networking technologies so you can decide which is best for your organization. In 2025, Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) is considered an essential part of many organizations’ network fabric. But what about Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)? Has this trusty routing technique been made redundant by the increasing uptake of SD-WAN? What are the differences and similarities between SD-WAN and MPLS? And are there valid reasons to use both?

Penetration testing is a type of software testing where skilled security professionals attempt to breach an organization’s systems and networks to identify vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them.

Millions of organizations across industries use data to improve their strategies, products, and services. Yet, there are bucketloads of cloud data platforms on the market, and picking the right one for your needs can be challenging. This in-depth comparison guide will help you decide on the data clouds offered by Snowflake vs. AWS vs. Azure.

Observability has become a cornerstone for maintaining robust and secure networks. A recent article from The New Stack, “Is OTel the Last Observability Agent You’ll Ever Install?” delves into the transformative potential of OpenTelemetry (OTel) in standardizing and simplifying observability practices.

When critical services fail, every second counts. Teams scramble, information floods in, and clarity quickly dissolves into confusion. In these high-pressure moments, a single point of leadership, the incident commander, can mean the difference between a quick recovery and prolonged disruption.

With built-in CI/CD, native security tools, integrated planning, and AI agents, Bitbucket Cloud helps organizations accelerate productivity, improve engineering standards, and enhance collaboration across developers, operations and business teams. Moving to the cloud also helps lower costs by freeing up hardware budgets and IT resources. And you can rest easy knowing developers will stay productive on a secure and reliable platform. Curious about exploring a migration to Cloud?

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, network automation has become a vital tool for service providers seeking to enhance efficiency, reduce operational costs, and improve customer satisfaction. Muse, a platform developed by Ribbon Communications, stands at the forefront of this transformation. This blog post summarizes how Muse leverages low-code platforms to streamline and automate network operations to drive profitability in IP Optical Networks.

Over the last three months, we’ve focused on solving three core challenges our users face: delivering faster, improving resiliency, and gaining tighter control over cloud infrastructure. Today, we’re excited to share the new features we rolled out in Q1 2025 - all built to help teams ship faster, with more confidence, and lower operational overhead.