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Video Surveillance: Eye on the Edge

Many applications are driving the need for more bandwidth at the network edge, but none more so than video. Higher-resolution devices, streaming services, and video surveillance are all pushing bandwidth requirements that are beyond what current edge networks were designed for. Service providers can satisfy their subscriber’s demands with a new range of products that are purpose-built to deliver core-like capacity at the edge.

Eye on the Edge Capacity and Performance for Video Surveillance Applications

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