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Fabric

Fabric is an integrated architectural layer that unifies control, management, and governance across distributed infrastructure, applications, or data. It matters in enterprise contexts because it supports consistent policies, security, and operations across hybrid, multicloud, and heterogeneous technology environments.

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145 companies
Most covered: Aviz Networks, Sonic, Nvidia

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