Top 10 networking stories of 2014

For more than 20 years the network has sat at the heart of IT as an indispensable asset to the business and, with the growing demand for connectivity around the world and the growth of the internet of things sucking up ever more network resource, 2014 saw massive demands made on the world's infrastructure. Meanwhile, growth in software-defined networks and network functions virtualisation saw the old guard of suppliers increasingly challenged and, in the wake of the Edward Snowden affair, the convergence of networking and security was more pronounced than ever in the eyes of the general public.

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