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SD-WAN Helping Financial Services Achieve Greater Digital Agility, Cybersecurity

CIO

SD-WAN can help financial services organizations achieve network agility and security. An SD-WAN overlays traditional or hybrid WAN infrastructures and locates the software or hardware nodes at each location and in the cloud. Organizations must also ensure their data is protected and compliant.

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5 reasons to move to a network platform

CIO

It’s a real, readily accessible approach that integrates software, security, policy, and open APIs with an intuitive user interface, advanced telemetry, and automation. Network and security integration Network configurations that are out of compliance are a major cause of security breaches. The answer is the network platform.

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What’s next for network operations

CIO

Traditional enterprise wide area networks, or WANs were designed primarily to connect remote branch offices directly to the data center. More importantly, WANs lack the flexibility and scalability that digital business requires. More importantly, WANs lack the flexibility and scalability that digital business requires.

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The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023 — and how to hire for them

CIO

These IT pros typically have a bachelor’s degree in computer science and should be knowledgeable in LAN/WAN protocol, software, and hardware. This position involves a lot of time spent troubleshooting, and network and computer systems administrators typically need to be on call in case of an emergency or failure.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO

Whether that means implementing cloud-based policies, deploying patches and updates, or analyzing network performance, these IT pros are skilled at navigating virtualized environments. Cloud systems administrator Cloud systems administrators are charged with overseeing the general maintenance and management of cloud infrastructure.

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Security in an SD-WAN World

Kentik

Protecting Availability for Internet-based WAN Sites. SD-WAN is one of 2017’s hottest networking technologies. Last week at Cisco Live was no exception; Cisco’s $610M acquisition of Viptela in May made for a lot of SD-WAN buzz. For enterprises, SD-WAN makes a lot of sense. Thankfully Kentik Detect can help here.

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Cybersecurity e NIS2: come si muovono i CIO per dormire sonni (un po’) più tranquilli

CIO

La compliance con la NIS 2 e, in generale, la cybersicurezza delle aziende, non presentano una difficoltà a livello tecnico: il vero allineamento è nelle competenze e nel comportamento degli utenti aziendali”, dichiara Esposito. Molti CIO lamentano la mancanza di consapevolezza in merito alle questioni della cybersecurity. “La