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IDG Contributor Network: The new branch office SD-WAN model

Network World

Wrapping up an SD-WAN workshop session with a client last week, I reflected on how rapidly the branch office WAN connectivity and management model is changing. Some great opportunities are emerging for enterprise IT teams that can materially impact how the network is designed, paid for and managed. Here are some thoughts: 1.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

As digital adoption continues to transform the way business is done from both an employee and customer perspective, the technology landscape for most enterprise organizations is getting more complex by the day. The basic firewall functionality may not be enough to help protect enterprise networks.

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Best practices for building a single-vendor SASE solution

CIO Business Intelligence

Secure Access Service Edge combines networking solutions like SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security like firewall as a service (FWaaS), cloud access security broker (CASB), and secure web gateway (SWG). But even with all the hype, most considered SASE as something to put into practice in the future. What is SASE?

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8 best practices for building a single-vendor SASE solution

CIO Business Intelligence

Secure Access Service Edge combines networking solutions like SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security like firewall as a service (FWaaS), cloud access security broker (CASB), and secure web gateway (SWG). But even with all the hype, most considered SASE as something to put into practice in the future. What is SASE?

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SASE success: Avoid confusion and embrace a single-vendor solution

CIO Business Intelligence

Many believe, me included, that SASE is the future of enterprise cybersecurity because it provides converged network and security capabilities. In the Hype Cycle, the authors say that SASE is central to “modern digital business transformation, including work from anywhere and the adoption of edge computing and cloud-delivered applications.”

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Rapid Digital Transformation Requires Rethinking of Security Frameworks

CIO Business Intelligence

However, the increased complexity of a distributed application architecture brought on by digital transformation continues to challenge even the largest security operations. The evaluation process needs to involve a higher level of third-party scrutiny for cloud-based applications. Securing the shift to the cloud.

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Cathay Pacific to take cloud journey to new heights

CIO Business Intelligence

“It’s about optimizing the cloud workload, rewriting some of the applications, and, [as] ESG comes into the big picture, how we can be more efficient to reduce Co2 emissions.” At the same time, enterprises are increasingly pursuing zero-trust strategies.

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