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Generative AI set to reshape SD-WAN market

Network World

There are baseline security and connectivity requirements for any SD-WAN service, and then there are optional, emerging product capabilities that indicate how the market is maturing and customer requirements are expanding. There’s a trend toward AI capabilities that enable networking decisions to be made with little or no human intervention.

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What’s next for network operations

CIO Business Intelligence

Enterprise networks are undergoing a profound transformation. Traditional enterprise wide area networks, or WANs were designed primarily to connect remote branch offices directly to the data center. More importantly, WANs lack the flexibility and scalability that digital business requires.

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Cisco, others, shine a light on VPN split-tunneling

Network World

For example demand for commercial virtual private networks in the U.S. The VPN market will hit $70 billion by 2026, according to market research and management consulting company Global Market Insights. The VPN market will hit $70 billion by 2026, according to market research and management consulting company Global Market Insights.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

With the right strategy, platforms, and solutions, organizations can bring the cloud operating model to the network and across the entire cloud and network IT stack. In fact, in a recent IDC study , 60% of CIOs stated they are already planning to modify their operating model to manage value, agility, and risk by 2026.

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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO Business Intelligence

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. The spread of convergence Convergence is important to reducing cybersecurity complexity because it brings together the network and its security infrastructure into a single layer.