Network outages lead to lost revenue, decreased employee productivity and reputational damage. According to the Uptime Institute’s Annual Outage Analysis 2023, network and connectivity-related issues are the most common cause of IT outages that affect organizations. And the cost of outages is increasing, with more than two-thirds of all outages costing more than $100,000. Therefore, every organization needs to think seriously about network resiliency. Network resiliency typically refers to how well your network can provide continuous operation and recover quickly from small failures. Redundancy involves including extra components in your network design that aren’t strictly necessary. Resiliency and redundancy are…

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