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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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SD-WAN may be the future of the hybrid workplace, study suggests

Tech Republic Data Center

92% of IT decision-makers polled by Masergy and Altman Solon say they plan to adopt SD-WAN by 2026, and more than half plan to use a hybrid public/private model.

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

Network World

The VPN market will hit $70 billion by 2026, according to market research and management consulting company Global Market Insights. In an April blog AT&T pointed to a 700% increase in connections to its cloud-based SD-WAN Static Network Based (ANIRA) VPN service. To read this article in full, please click here

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What’s next for network operations

CIO Business Intelligence

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. More importantly, WANs lack the flexibility and scalability that digital business requires.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

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. For example, with a cloud-managed SD-WAN, a company can establish connectivity and security in about an hour.

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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO Business Intelligence

Today, convergence is happening with SASE, which converges cloud-delivered security and networking, as well as Secure SD-WAN, zero trust network access (ZTNA), network access control (NAC), secure access points, and secure switches. We predict that the convergence of networking and security will continue to expand to more areas.