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virtual network

An interconnected group of networks (an internet) that appears as one large network to the user. Banyan Systems, creator of VINES, which stands for VIrtual NEtworking System, defined virtual networking as "the ability for users to transparently communicate locally and remotely across similar and dissimilar networks through a simple and consistent user interface." See virtual LAN and network virtualization. See also VNC.
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Viptela has partnered with CA Technologies to integrate Viptela's Software Defined-Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) platform with CA Performance Management and CA Virtual Network Assurance, the copmany said.
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UK-based employee benefits and insurance company Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) has acquired mobile virtual network operator Shebang Technologies, the company said on Monday.
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