CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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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WAN Network Strategy Cloud 98

Network World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cisco has broadened the scope of Cisco SD-WAN software by growing its reach and security, and expanding its support for deploying multi-region WAN fabric. Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ] To read this article in full, please click here

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WAN Software Software Security 155

Network World

APRIL 4, 2023

Tighter integration between Fortinet's SASE and SD-WAN offerings is among the new features enabled by the latest version of the company's core operating system. To read this article in full, please click here FortiOS version 7.4 also includes better automation across its Security Fabric environment, and improved management features.

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WAN Firewall Operating Systems Authentication 153

Network World

MARCH 8, 2021

Latency and reliability concerns set car rental company Sixt on a path to rearchitect its WAN. That led the global company, which has locations in more than 100 countries, to become an early adopter of the network-security architecture dubbed secure access service edge ( SASE ) by research firm Gartner. Tech Spotlight: Security.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Cisco has upgraded two of its core software programs to make it easier for enterprise customers to secure data-center and WAN -connected resources. To read this article in full, please click here

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WAN Security Tools Data Center 181

Network World

JULY 11, 2023

Enterprises over the past several years have embraced SD-WAN for many reasons, including the flexibility of cloud architecture, enhanced security, centralized management of distributed locations, and improved application availability and performance. To read this article in full, please click here

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WAN Architecture Security Applications 91

Network World

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Aryaka Networks is looking to target more enterprises with a new managed secure access service edge (SASE) offering and an improved, lower cost SD-WAN offerings. Aryaka is known for offering WAN and SD-WAN services over its global Layer 2 network with more than 40 points.

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WAN Enterprise Enterprise Applications 119

Network World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN ) and security into a cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployment, improved efficiency and security, and to provide appropriate bandwidth per application.

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WAN Security Cloud Data Center 184

Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Hybrid and multicloud initiatives will continue to shape enterprise IT in 2023, and the impact on data-center networking will be felt across key areas including security, management, and operations. and a Network World columnist. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

APRIL 12, 2022

Cisco has tweaked its flagship SD-WAN software package to increase customer application flexibility and improve visibility into the performance of distributed resources. The company announced Cisco SD-WAN release 17.8, SD-WAN buyers guide: Key questions to ask vendors. SD-WAN buyers guide: Key questions to ask vendors.

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WAN Applications Software Software 142

Network World

JANUARY 20, 2021

Cisco has noted and fixed two critical and a number of high-degree vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN software portfolio. out of 10–is vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software. out of 10–is vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software.

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WAN Software Software Security 216

Network World

APRIL 4, 2022

Fortinet has made available a new release of its core FortiOS software that includes features the vendor says will help enterprises more tightly meld security and networking controls. To read this article in full, please click here FortiOS 7.2, How to choose an edge gateway.

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Network Enterprise Enterprise WAN 151

Network World

MARCH 31, 2020

With an eye towards significantly bolstering its edge networking offerings, Palo Alto has entered into an agreement to buy cloud-based SD-WAN vendor CloudGenix for $420 million in cash. To read this article in full, please click here

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WAN Backup Retail Cloud 142

Network World

MARCH 19, 2020

Cisco has issued five warnings about security weaknesses in its SD-WAN offerings, three of them on the high-end of the vulnerability scale. To read this article in full, please click here

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WAN Security Software Software 163

Network World

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

SD-WAN products have been available for the better part of five years. As any technology matures and moves out of the early adopter phase, the buying criteria changes — and SD-WAN is no different. To read this article in full, please click here Note: I am employee of ZK Research.)

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WAN Security Transportation Survey 142

Network World

AUGUST 31, 2022

Palo Alto Networks is reinforcing the security and operational features of its Prisma secure-access service edge (SASE) package. In addition the company is expanding its family of Ion SD-WAN security devices to provide additional configuration options. [ Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ]

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Network WAN Security Software 125

Network World

JUNE 15, 2017

As the SD-WAN market has matured, one thing has become very clear: SD-WAN will not exist on its own. The technology is merging with other networking technologies, ultimately becoming a feature of a much larger bundle. Predominantly, we’re seeing security and SD-WANs merge.

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WAN Network Firewall Malware 87

Network World

OCTOBER 28, 2019

SASE, pronounced "sassy," stands for secure access service edge, and it's being positioned by Gartner as the next big thing in enterprise networking. The technology category, which Gartner and other network experts first introduced earlier this year, converges the WAN edge and network security into a cloud-based, as-a-service delivery model.

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WAN Security Network Enterprise 128

Network World

JANUARY 25, 2019

One option is to implement a software-defined WAN ( SD-WAN ). I recently talked with Hamza Seqqat, director of solutions architecture at Apcela , to get his take on how SD-WAN affects security strategy. In our discussion, he outlined four areas where SD-WAN offers new security benefits.

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WAN Strategy Security Architecture 135

Network World

APRIL 20, 2022

Why is it that over 90% of enterprises tell me that they expect to spend more on security over the next three years, and almost 60% say they expect to spend less on networking? We obviously think that network technology is getting more efficient, more competitive. Or maybe they need SSE, which we’re told is SASE without SD-WAN.

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Network Security WAN Enterprise 162

Network World

MAY 9, 2019

Cisco has added support for Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) to its million-plus ISR/ASR edge routers, in an effort to reinforce branch and core network malware protection at across the SD-WAN. Cisco last year added its Viptela SD-WAN technology to the IOS XE version 16.9.1 More about SD-WAN.

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WAN Malware Backup Policies 140

Network World

AUGUST 20, 2018

As enterprises endeavor to expand domestic and global footprints, agile network infrastructure connectivity across geographies continues to prove an ongoing challenge. In particular, ensuring that data shared over these networks is protected from unauthorized access is a primary directive in today’s evolving cyber threat landscape.

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WAN Network Enterprise Enterprise 140

Network World

JUNE 14, 2019

Mirai – the software that has hijacked hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices to launch massive DDoS attacks – now goes beyond recruiting just IoT products; it also includes code that seeks to exploit a vulnerability in corporate SD-WAN gear.

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WAN Report Internet Software 125

Network World

MAY 5, 2022

NFVIS is Linux-based infrastructure software designed to help enterprises and service providers to deploy virtualized network functions, such as a virtual router, firewall and WAN acceleration, Cisco stated. To read this article in full, please click here

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Virtualization Software Software Network 133

Network World

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

SD-WAN products have been available for the better part of five years. As any technology matures and moves out of the early adopter phase, the buying criteria changes — and SD-WAN is no different. To read this article in full, please click here Note: I am employee of ZK Research.)

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WAN Security Transportation Survey 104

Network World

JUNE 14, 2019

Mirai – the software that has hijacked hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices to launch massive DDoS attacks – now goes beyond recruiting just IoT products; it also includes code that seeks to exploit a vulnerability in corporate SD-WAN gear.

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WAN Report Internet Software 114

Network World

MARCH 31, 2020

With an eye towards significantly bolstering its edge networking offerings, Palo Alto has entered into an agreement to buy cloud-based SD-WAN vendor CloudGenix for $420 million in cash. To read this article in full, please click here

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WAN Backup Retail Cloud 97

Network World

OCTOBER 1, 2020

More about SD-WAN : How to buy SD-WAN technology: Key questions to consider when selecting a supplier • What SD-Branch is and why you'll need it • What are the options for securing SD-WAN? To read this article in full, please click here It's time to rethink security for the cloud.

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Vmware WAN Security Network 179

Network World

MAY 29, 2019

This week SD-WAN vendor Cato Networks announced the results of its Telcos and the Future of the WAN in 2019 survey. More than 70% had a network with more than 10 locations, and almost a quarter (24%) had over 100 sites. The study was a mix of companies of all sizes, with 42% being enterprise-class (over 2,500 employees).

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WAN Survey Data Center Study 121

Network World

JUNE 8, 2021

So, just suppose that the cloud did what some radical thinkers say, and “absorbed the network”. Companies are already committed to a virtual form of networking for their WAN services, based on VPN s or SD-WAN , rather than building their own WANs from pipes and routers. It would have to be a data-center change.

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Data Center WAN Cloud Data 198

Network World

JANUARY 3, 2017

There certainly was a ton of hype in Software Defined-WAN arena in 2016 but to be fair there was a lot of actual deployment of technology and services as well. In December Gartner wrote that spending on SD-WAN products will rise from $129 million in 2016 to $1.24 To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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WAN Architecture Network Software 126

Network World

MARCH 1, 2017

With RSA San Francisco—one of, if not the biggest security show of the year—behind us, it’s a good time to revisit security and SD-WANs. I know, we already lived through Yoda’s prognostications about the future of networking and security. The WAN: Risk and reward for today’s attackers.

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WAN Network Security Internet 60

Network World

JULY 12, 2023

SASE is a network architecture that combines software-defined wide area networking ( SD-WAN ) and security functionality into a unified cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployments, improved efficiency and security, and application-specific bandwidth policies. To read this article in full, please click here

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WAN Security Architecture Policies 111

Network World

JANUARY 25, 2019

Cisco has patched security vulnerabilities in four packages of SD-WAN Solution software that address buffer overflow, arbitrary file override and privilege access weaknesses that could have led to denial-of-service attacks or access problems. To read this article in full, please click here

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WAN Software Software Security 132

Network World

JULY 12, 2018

A key component of SD-WAN is its ability to secure unreliable Internet links and identify anomalous traffic flows. SD-WAN technology providers are continuing to increase their native security features and to create robust ecosystems of network-security partners. [

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WAN Security Network Internet 84

Network World

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Versa Networks has bumped up its secure access service edge ( SASE ) software with a variety of features, including AI to help customers better manage LAN resources at the edge of their networks. To read this article in full, please click here

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LAN WAN Data Center Network 123

Network World

JANUARY 25, 2019

One option is to implement a software-defined WAN ( SD-WAN ). I recently talked with Hamza Seqqat, director of solutions architecture at Apcela , to get his take on how SD-WAN affects security strategy. In our discussion, he outlined four areas where SD-WAN offers new security benefits.

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