A previous installment discussed the centrality of network topology to an organization’s data security and outlined the legal framework and obligations incumbent upon many organizations in the U.S.

Network Topology, as defined, is the arrangement of the various elements (links, nodes, etc.) of a computer network. It is the topological structure of a network that can be physical or a logical ...

In the second episode of the “Automation World Gets Your Questions Answered” podcast series, we explore the different types of industrial network topologies and how Ethernet and wireless networks are ...

Choosing the right layout for your business network is highly important, as poorly-designed networks can create speed and instability problems across your IT systems. Although they differ greatly in ...

You need at least a pair of “switches”, and you really need more. But there are multiple options for what you buy to do switching with for the lab, and those choices impact the topology you end up ...

Wide area networks, or WANs, provide network communication services in the workplace, connecting locations that can be spread out anywhere in the world. A topology is a description of a layout or ...

The interconnections of nodes in a communications network. Nodes are wired together in a star, bus or ring architecture. Ethernet uses a star configuration, although earlier Ethernets used a bus.