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Investigation and Design of Software Defined Networking Applied to Storage Area Network Connectivity

Fisher, 2020

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8748888236116548596
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Fisher G
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A large enterprise with a critical reliance on Information Technology (IT) must manage a wide variety of connectivity products and protocols such as Local Area Networks (LAN) and Storage Area Networks (SAN). SANs and LANs intersect in large enterprises with multiple …
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