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Seen recently: CloudShield, which sounds almost too Orwellian to be believed.

The notion that networks should remain ‘dumb’ and
simply perform transport is outdated. Deploying certain application
functions closer to the network core, instead of solely at the edge,
relieves pressure on downstream access devices and applications, and
allows the network to be more efficient, manageable, resilient and
secure.

This company’s entire raison d’être is the idea that the
Internet would be even better if, instead of being a
decentralized, open medium for data communications, it were instead
filtered and monitored in a central location. Brilliant!
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