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Data center investments simplify IT and cloud modernization

CIO

We have invested in the areas of security and private 5G with two recent acquisitions that expand our edge-to-cloud portfolio to meet the needs of organizations as they increasingly migrate from traditional centralized data centers to distributed “centers of data.”

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Don’t let NetOps “gotchas” derail your digital transformation

CIO

In the race to meet these expectations, speed innovation, and stay competitive, organizations continue to adopt transformational technologies and services, such as cloud offerings, SaaS, SD-WAN, and more. In addition, 81% currently report they have network monitoring blind spots. Keep reading.

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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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Where No (Enterprise) WAN Has Gone Before

Kentik

Spock, spotting the fatal flaw, raised his head from the familiar viewfinder to report to his captain this new advantage. 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. His pattern suggested… two-dimensional thinking.

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A Leader in the 2020 Gartner WAN Edge Infrastructure Magic Quadrant

Palo Alto Networks

Today, I am honored to announce that Palo Alto Networks CloudGenix SD-WAN is recognized as a Leader in the 2020 Gartner WAN Edge Infrastructure Magic Quadrant (MQ). After all, earlier this year, CloudGenix was named a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for WAN Edge Infrastructure.

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Palo Alto Networks Recognized in Critical Capabilities Report

Palo Alto Networks

And on May 16th, Gartner published its Critical Capabilities for Network Firewalls report. We received the highest scores out of all vendors in the Enterprise Edge and Distributed Enterprise use cases, and second highest scores in the Enterprise Data Center and SMB use cases. They reduced the risk of a security breach by 45%.

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Managed Services for Enhanced Network Security, Endpoint-to-Endpoint

CIO

With the proliferation of hybrid clouds, SD-WAN, and a plethora of connected devices and digital platforms, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to ensure end-to-end security is in place. Organizations are better served by using an SD-WAN solution that integrates security into the network functionality. Learn more. Network Security

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