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Unified Networking

Explore the world of unified networking, leveraging wired and wireless technologies to share resources and provide centralized services. Discover the benefits, components, backbone, importance of modernization, and security aspects of a unified network. Learn about fiber internet, VoIP solutions, security appliances, adaptive security architecture, and virtual LANs to enhance your network efficiency and security.

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Unified Networking

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  1. Unified Networking At a Glance Presented By: James Hall and James D. Saylor

  2. What is unified networking? • Leverages wireless and wired technologies in a meshing environment • Shares network-level resources throughout company • Provides various services from a centralized topology

  3. Benefits of Unified Networking • Increased security throughout network • Improved outcomes across service domains • Workflow efficiency improvements • Higher degree of technological organization structure

  4. What’s in your Unified Network? • Wi-Fi Network • Telecommunication Systems • Wired Hardware • Security Appliances • IP Security Camera Systems

  5. The Network Backbone • Quality of service can be determined by quality of internet connection. • IP Telecommunications systems, cloud solutions, and web browsing hinge upon Internet. • Which internet option is for you? • DSL • Cable • Fiber

  6. The Argument for Fiber High speed fiber optic internet is likely available near you as part of business or enterprise grade options available through local ISPs • Low Latency • Higher throughput • Service-Level Agreements

  7. Inside The Practice • Modem • Security Appliance • Router • Switches • Access Points

  8. Importance of Modernization • In recent years, networking hardware has adapted to higher throughput • Throughput is the maximum capable transfer speed of a device • Older devices will have 10/100 – new devices offer 10/100/1000 Mbps • Common bottlenecks in a network are found in outdated networking equipment

  9. Telecommunications - The VoIP Solution • VoIP becoming prevalent over traditional phone systems • VoIP leverages Ethernet to provide voice- and multimedia- based communications with workflow benefits • Scalability • Easy of Transition • Cost-Effectiveness • Integration with other business systems

  10. Your Security Appliance and You • Hardware- and software- oriented network-level protection from threats • Includes host of security functionality: • Firewall • Traffic Shaping • Content Filtering • Intrusion-Detection Systems (IDS) • VLANs • Many employ adaptive security architecture for further protection

  11. Adaptive Security Architecture • Creating a fluid, adaptive security environment • Leverages ‘smart’ firewalls to secure environments beyond dictionary threats. • Commonly seen within ‘stateful’ firewalls & heuristic analysis

  12. Adaptive Security Architecture – Intrusion Detection Systems • Leverages a combination of database-referencing and machine learning to identify, detect, and prevent intrusions. • Analyzes workloads and packets for ’markers’ that identify its status.

  13. Traffic Shaping and Content Filtering • Traffic Shaping profiles network traffic to identify high- and low- priority data • Allows for increased quality of service for vital services like VoIP • Content Filters restrict access to certain websites and categories of traffic • Limits access to dangerous or distracting content

  14. Unification through Virtual LANs • Creates a logical separation of devices within your network • Allows for isolation or partitioning across organization • Ex. - VLAN1 for security system, VLAN2 for telecommunications, etc. • Increased security through minimum-required access

  15. Better Security, Unified Front • Network-level security improving HIPAA Compliance • Effective technical safeguards through modernization and unification • Facilitating improved workflow through IP Telecommunications

  16. Thank You

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