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Navigating the future: the rise of SD-WAN in India

CIO

In the realm of Wide Area Networks (WANs), traditional routers have long been the backbone of network infrastructure, albeit with their limitations. However, a transformative technology known as Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is making significant waves in India and globally.

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Today’s Enterprise WAN Isn’t What It Used To Be

Kentik

For most enterprise NetOps teams, a discussion about the WAN is a discussion about the cloud. How it used to be When I started my career in networking, servers were down the hall or in the campus data center. How it used to be When I started my career in networking, servers were down the hall or in the campus data center.

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Grounding sky-high cloud costs: 3 hot tips

CIO

Cloud doesn’t just open the door to enabling advanced technologies like AI, hyper-automation, and big data analytics – it unlocks a complex realm of costs and expense management problems that can threaten innovation and its financial sustainability. SD-WAN projects are typically driven by the opportunity to reduce IT costs.

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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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3 Ways SD-WAN Can Benefit Industrial Control System Environments

Palo Alto Networks

Modern business models are in the midst of another change, driven by another technology beneficial to enterprises’ IT and operational technology (OT) networks alike: software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WAN). Benefits of SD-WAN at Remote Locations. Innovations in ICS and SCADA Systems. Improved User Experience.

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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for

CIO

Cloud software engineer Cloud software engineers are tasked with developing and maintaining software applications that run on cloud platforms, ensuring they are built to be scalable, reliable, and agile. Role growth: 18% of businesses have added data architect roles as part of their cloud investments.

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Cathay Pacific to take cloud journey to new heights

CIO

Like many enterprises, Cathay Pacific relied heavily on a lift-and-shift approach in its initial phase to benefit from the immediate efficiencies and scalability of the cloud. The cloud has helped us to be more scalable and agile.” Cathay is also an early innovator in making use of blockchain’s digital ledger technology.

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