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Dawn Newton: As an example, when you go to Google.com, it is actually routing to an IP address. Behind the scenes, DNS technology is translating that Url to an IP address, so you don't have to worry about it. After that, I was CTO of Blackline Systems, and was responsible for behind-the-firewall. What are your backgrounds?

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