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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. They rely on centralized security performed by backhauling traffic through the corporate data center, which impairs application performance and makes them expensive and inefficient.

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The Top 3 Benefits of Next-Generation SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks

Why Next-Generation SD-WAN Is Critical to Avoid Failure in Mainstream Deployments. The SD-WAN market is at a critical inflection point. We are past the early adopters phase and mainstream enterprises are now looking to deploy SD-WAN. Legacy SD-WAN. Enabling “anywhere work” by extending SD-WAN benefits to teleworkers.

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Where No (Enterprise) WAN Has Gone Before

Kentik

Enterprise WAN in 2023 Enterprise networking in 2023 is very much the same. I recently had the privilege of attending the WAN and AWS Summits in London. Not many years ago, all my WAN projects were IPsec tunnels to a headend, dual hub DMVPN designs, coordinating MPLS handoffs from last mile providers, etc. User to the cloud.

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5 reasons to move to a network platform

CIO

On top of that, how do you build a resilient network that can protect your people, systems, and data from external threats? It’s a real, readily accessible approach that integrates software, security, policy, and open APIs with an intuitive user interface, advanced telemetry, and automation. The answer is the network platform.

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Best practices for building a single-vendor SASE solution

CIO

Secure Access Service Edge combines networking solutions like SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security like firewall as a service (FWaaS), cloud access security broker (CASB), and secure web gateway (SWG). This approach simplifies deployment and ensures that security policies are applied across the entire environment. What is SASE?

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Rapid Digital Transformation Requires Rethinking of Security Frameworks

CIO

Security inside and outside the organization needs to be based on policies developed for their specific needs. This framework brings geographically disparate end points together with a common security policy whether you’re in a coffee shop, at home or in an office. For this reason, the zero trust approach must be considered.

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Thinking outside the cloud: bring cloud agility to your entire infrastructure

CIO

Cloud is also a powerful catalyst for improving IT and user experiences, with operating principles such as anywhere access, policy automation, and visibility. For example, with a cloud-managed SD-WAN, a company can establish connectivity and security in about an hour.

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