Programmatically Find Next Available CIDR for Subnet
Update The code out on GitHub has been enhanced by Craig Thacker to add support for Terraform, so that you can use it to automate the creation of subnets and…
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Microsoft Azure scales Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) production through outsourced manufacturing
Introduction As cloud and AI workloads surge, the pressure on datacenter (DC), Metro and Wide Area Network (WAN) networks has never been greater. Microsoft is tackling the physical limits of traditional networking head-on. From pioneering research in microLED technologies to deploying Hollow Core Fiber (HCF) at global scale, Microsoft is reimagining connectivity…
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