Startup Looks to Fix the Internet With New Router Technology

The Internet was not made for today's world.

The networking infrastructure that underpins the Internet in many ways isn't much different than it was more than two decades ago, and the packet-processing functionality that networks have been designed for isn't working as well in a time of cloud computing and mobility, with a broad range of new applications moving between clouds and security demands growing.

Even emerging technologies like software-defined networking (SDN) and network-functions virtualization (NFV) are essentially doing little more than adding overlays and complexity to an outdated network infrastructure, according to officials with 128 Technology.

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