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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. The WAN was how we got access to some websites and sent emails. Why do we need to create site-to-site VPNs or some sort of modern SD-WAN topology connecting all our branches when almost all traffic goes to the public internet and the cloud?

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The Consolidation of Networking Tasks in Engineering

Kentik

In recent years, the rapid development of cloud-based networking, network abstractions such as SD-WAN, and controller-based campus networking has meant that basic, day-to-day network operations have become easier for non-network engineers. The controller abstracts a lot of the very low-level configuration away.

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A Leader, AGAIN: 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ WAN Edge Infrastructure

Palo Alto Networks

I'm excited to share the news that Palo Alto Networks has been recognized as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant WAN Edge Infrastructure ! We believe this is a testament to our vision of offering a next-generation SD-WAN solution that is application-defined, autonomous and cloud-delivered. New 5G Integrated SD-WAN Appliance.

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Versa raises $120M for its software-defined networking and security stack

TechCrunch

They came from Juniper Networks, where Apurva Mehta was the CTO and chief architect of the mobility business unit and Kumar Mehta was the VP of engineering. Cisco Systems acquired Viptela and VMware bought SD-WAN vendor VeloCloud, and more recently, HPE’s Aruba snapped up Silver Peak while Palo Alto Networks absorbed CloudGenix.

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

CIO

Cloud engineers should have experience troubleshooting, analytical skills, and knowledge of SysOps, Azure, AWS, GCP, and CI/CD systems. Database developers should have experience with NoSQL databases, Oracle Database, big data infrastructure, and big data engines such as Hadoop. The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023.

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Palo Alto Networks Paves the Way with New OT Security Innovations

Palo Alto Networks

This includes the introduction of a new ruggedized firewall designed for harsh environments, as well as an industry-leading 5G security solution designed to safeguard industrial operations with enterprise-grade security.

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Palo Alto Networks Recognized in Critical Capabilities Report

Palo Alto Networks

Highest Scores for Enterprise Edge and Distributed Enterprise Use Cases In December 2022, for the eleventh consecutive time, Palo Alto Networks was named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Network Firewalls. And on May 16th, Gartner published its Critical Capabilities for Network Firewalls report.

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