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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO

Hot: AI and VR/AR With digital transformations moving at full throttle, and a desire to stay innovative, it should come as no surprise that use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence continue to grow in several verticals. On-prem infrastructure will grow cold — with the exception of storage, Nardecchia says.

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The Top 3 Benefits of Next-Generation SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks

The first generation of SD-WAN products were focused on enabling internet broadband-based connectivity to data centers. At Palo Alto Networks, we are seeing a dramatic shift in mainstream customer requirements. They were designed with a packet-based architecture for data center application delivery, not for cloud and SaaS.

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How Leading Companies Support Remote Work and Digital Experience

Kentik

This week, Kentik hosted a virtual panel with network leaders from Dropbox, Equinix, Netflix and Zoom to discuss how they are scaling their infrastructure and services to accommodate the unprecedented growth in network traffic during COVID-19. Dave Temkin, VP of Network and Systems Infrastructure at Netflix.

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News in Networking: The Best Network Speeds, Cuba’s DIY Internet, and the Cost of Automation

Kentik

This week Verizon was dubbed the winner of network speeds. Mitel agreed to buy ShoreTel, while Viacom said it wouldn’t buy Scripps Networks. Here are those headlines and more: Verizon Keeps Top Spot as Best-Performing Network (CNET) A new report from RootMetrics ranks Verizon as having the best network speeds.

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Designing IT Infrastructure for a Distributed Workforce: Insights from a CIO

Tenable

Thanks to software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors that specialize in things like email and file storage, organizations no longer have to run their operations through bespoke data centers or on-premises file servers. Limit access to virtual private networks. VPNs are another potential bottleneck for distributed workforces.

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Flexential – Providing Enterprises with the Interconnected Data Center and Hybrid Cloud Solutions They Need

CIO

Enterprises today require the robust networks and infrastructure required to effectively manage and protect an ever-increasing volume of data. An industry-first, it allows for greater personalization in a virtual environment that performs and functions like an on-premise solution.

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The Intersection of Technology Transformation and Security in Healthcare

Getronics

All this will be achieved through a modern data center with automated service delivery and transformed IT operations that utilize multi-cloud integration. Rapid transformation is well underway in big data and analytics, machine learning, and clinical genomics and HPC. Precision Medicine. – Posturing –Is the device clean?