New report looks at SD-WAN deployment and preferences across industries
Tech Republic Cloud
JUNE 11, 2020
Microsoft Azure earns top marks and financial services lead the way in SD-WAN adoption, according to a report from Barracuda Networks.
Cisco research highlights network complexity, security challenges
Network World
MAY 22, 2024
Today’s enterprises need more help managing and securing their distributed networking environments than they ever have, Cisco concludes in its Global Networking Trends Report. Network architectures are more sophisticated, more complex, and spread across more multi-clouds and multi-vendors than ever.
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Gartner: SSE is SASE minus the SD-WAN
Network World
MARCH 7, 2022
Secure access service edge, a term Gartner coined in 2019, combines security and networking in a single, scalable, cloud-based platform that fits well in a world in which employees work from home and mostly access cloud-based apps and services. SASE adoption has been skyrocketing since the start of the pandemic.
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comdivision – Cloud expertise from design to deployment and management
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 14, 2023
comdivision and VMware show how leading-edge cloud solutions help customers gain a competitive lead in their industries For more than 25 years, comdivision has drawn from its deep well of infrastructure knowledge to help organizations gain business value from leading-edge technologies.
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How to buy SASE
Network World
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Wouldn’t it be great if there were a cloud-based service that combined networking and security so that users located anywhere could safely and efficiently access applications and data located anywhere? Gartner coined the term Secure Access Service Edge in a 2019 research report , and the name stuck.
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What to expect from SASE certifications
Network World
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Secure access service edge ( SASE ) is a network architecture that rolls SD-WAN and security into a single, centrally managed cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployment, improved security, and better performance. With the pandemic, adoption of SASE has been on an upward swing.
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14 in-demand cloud roles companies are hiring for
CIO Business Intelligence
DECEMBER 22, 2023
After marked increase in cloud adoption through the pandemic, enterprises are facing new challenges, namely around the security, maintenance, and management of cloud infrastructure. According to the Foundry report, 78% of organizations say that, in response to cloud investments made by the organization, they have added new roles.
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Network teams are ready to switch tool vendors
Network World
MAY 20, 2024
In particular, a network team was more likely to swap tool vendors if it was struggling to monitor the health and performance of the cloud points of presence where SASE vendors host their security functionality. EMA’s Megatrends report confirmed that depth of functionality is as major consideration when network teams look at a new tools.
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Edge computing: 5 potential pitfalls
Network World
OCTOBER 12, 2021
How to choose a cloud IoT platform (InfoWorld). Its potential upsides are undeniable, including improved latency as well as reduced WAN bandwidth and transmission costs. billion by 2028, according to a May 2021 report by Grand View Research. billion by 2028, according to a May 2021 report by Grand View Research.
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How SD-Branch addresses today’s network security concerns
Network World
AUGUST 12, 2019
Secure software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) has become one of the hottest new technologies, with some reports claiming that 85% of companies are actively considering SD-WAN to improve cloud-based application performance, replace expensive and inflexible fixed WAN connections, and increase security.
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Don’t let NetOps “gotchas” derail your digital transformation
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 8, 2023
In the race to meet these expectations, speed innovation, and stay competitive, organizations continue to adopt transformational technologies and services, such as cloud offerings, SaaS, SD-WAN, and more. In addition, 81% currently report they have network monitoring blind spots.
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Data center investments simplify IT and cloud modernization
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 18, 2023
We have invested in the areas of security and private 5G with two recent acquisitions that expand our edge-to-cloud portfolio to meet the needs of organizations as they increasingly migrate from traditional centralized data centers to distributed “centers of data.” billion , up 50% from the prior-year period.
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Cathay Pacific to take cloud journey to new heights
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 8, 2024
Even as its cloud journey reaches cruising altitude, Cathay Pacific Group IT is not slowing down. Instead, the publicly held operator of Cathay Pacific Airlines and HK Express is shifting from migration to optimization mode in an effort to wrest additional benefits from its all-in cloud transformation.
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Network jobs watch: Hiring, skills and certification trends
Network World
MAY 16, 2024
Network and infrastructure roles continue to shift as enterprises adopt technologies such as AI-driven network operations , multicloud networking, zero trust network access ( ZTNA ), and SD-WAN. The IDC report, Enterprise Resilience: IT Skilling Strategies, 2024 , reveals the most in-demand skills at enterprise organizations right now.
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How to Navigate Market Pressures with Cloud-based Network Management
CIO Business Intelligence
APRIL 4, 2023
For many organizations large and small, the COVID-19 pandemic was the tipping point for cloud adoption. Unsurprisingly, more than half of enterprise IT spending in key market segments will shift to the cloud by 2025, according to Gartner. [1] However, the transformative benefits of cloud cannot be realized (or may even be negated!)
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Securing the ever-evolving hybrid work environment
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 18, 2022
The WAN architecture must cater to the needs of office and remote workers with parity in terms of routing policies, security profile, and management of the WAN.” . Just 23% of surveyed workers expect to work fully on-site in 2022 and beyond, compared to a pre-pandemic number of 60%, Gallup reports.
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What’s next for network operations
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 20, 2023
These changes are being driven by growing SaaS adoption, increasing workload migration to the cloud, and the need to support the expanding number of employees who work-from-anywhere. Traditional enterprise wide area networks, or WANs were designed primarily to connect remote branch offices directly to the data center.
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SASE success: Avoid confusion and embrace a single-vendor solution
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
In the recent Gartner® Hype Cycle TM for Zero Trust Networking, 2023 report , which evaluates the current status of 19 of “the most relevant and hyped” zero-trust technologies, the cybersecurity industry analysts made a somewhat startling pronouncement about secure access service edge (SASE). 3 Why the trough of disillusionment?
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What’s next for network firewalls?
CIO Business Intelligence
MAY 23, 2023
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.
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2022–23 Global Network Report: are you a top performer?
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
This is clear from NTT’s 2022–23 Global Network Report , for which we conducted 1,378 in-depth interviews across 21 countries in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, and Australia and New Zealand. These are just some of the many relevant and actionable insights contained in our full 2022–23 Global Network Report.
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The impact of 5G and cloud on telco capex and opex
TM Forum
JUNE 13, 2022
The rise in CSPs moving services to the cloud has exacerbated this trend as the spending they make with cloud service providers is on a usage basis in an as-a-service model. The same is true of some of the cloud-native software that CSPs now regard as essential for moving to a techco model. Cloud-native systems.
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IT Professionals Pressured at Work from Pandemic: Report
SecureWorld News
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
SecureWorld has reported numerous times on the rising threat of cybercrime and how the pandemic has accelerated that trend with so many people working remotely. AppDynamics reports on the state of IT professionals. AppDynamics reports on the state of IT professionals. 84% admit to having difficult switching off from work.". "81%
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Making sense of zero trust – why a managed SASE solution is the ideal option for enterprises
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Remote working and cloud computing are among the most significant trends in the global business landscape, unlocking innovation but also increasing attack surfaces and creating opportunities for cyber attackers. The report found that only 25% regard their digital transformation program as advanced.
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The lesser-discussed points of service operations transformation
TM Forum
JULY 13, 2021
In the process of researching and writing the recently published report. In the report we looked at the reoccurring themes and major concerns of the (communication service provider (CSP) community. Read the report. Order management at the heart of modern service operations'. trillion of core business.
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DTW 2022: Sparkle CEO points to ‘a brutal truth’ for CSPs
TM Forum
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
TM Forum’s Digital Transformation Tracker 6 report. ” Romano pointed to some progress, such as collaboration between TM Forum and MEF to extend the Forum’s Open APIs to support automated lifecycle management of broadband services like SD-WAN. (. Read this report. Romano clearly was citing figures from.
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Enabling Digital Transformation, Securely
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 11, 2022
Cloud and edge computing. The shift to the public cloud from private data centers has been swift and sweeping, and cloud-based applications are the new standard. In fact, 85% of enterprises will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025 and 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms.
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Cisco gears up to capitalize on Splunk deal, AI revolution
Network World
MAY 30, 2024
Vijay Bhagavath, IDC research vice president for cloud and data center networks, cautions against overreacting. He points out that Cisco has gone through numerous evolutions in its history, from a product company to a software company to a cloud company to a platform company and now to a data company. Cisco is not a new company.
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Managed Services for Enhanced Network Security, Endpoint-to-Endpoint
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 11, 2022
With the proliferation of hybrid clouds, SD-WAN, and a plethora of connected devices and digital platforms, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to ensure end-to-end security is in place. Organizations are better served by using an SD-WAN solution that integrates security into the network functionality. Learn more.
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Rapid Digital Transformation Requires Rethinking of Security Frameworks
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 11, 2022
The increased adoption of cloud computing also poses inherent challenges. All these variables force the need for organizations to transform their security postures to protect against cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities. According to LinkedIn’s Global Talent Trends 2022 report, people want the freedom to work where and when they want.
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Make SASE your cybersecurity armor – but don’t go it alone
CIO Business Intelligence
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Production lines, networks, call centers: every aspect of your organization is being revolutionized in different ways by technology such as AI, automation, edge computing and the many flavors of cloud. Increasingly, organizations are turning to secure access service edge (SASE) as their armor of choice against cyberattacks.
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The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023 — and how to hire for them
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 6, 2023
For some that means getting a head start in filling this year’s most in-demand roles, which range from data-focused to security-related positions, according to Robert Half Technology’s 2023 IT salary report. Recruiting in the tech industry remains strong, according to the report. The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023.
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CIO Confidential: What Keeps CIOs and IT Leaders Up at Night
CIO Business Intelligence
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Here are some of the insights they shared: On Where They Are in Their Digital Transformation Journeys Cloud migration and hybrid cloud strategies continue to be priorities among CIOs and IT leaders, but their experiences vary. We are also moving some very critical business-facing apps to the cloud.
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What are the emerging B2B hotspots for telcos?
TM Forum
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
A prime example of this is the use of the cloud by CSPs. Cloud native software in operational and business support systems (OSS/ BSS) and network management is becoming the de facto model for telecoms IT development and delivery. The specifics of these solution types are examined in more depth within the report.
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How to protect your business when you’re working on the cloud
Galido
AUGUST 15, 2018
Information Technology Blog - - How to protect your business when you’re working on the cloud - Information Technology Blog. The benefits of cloud computing are numerous – and on-going developments in the technology are making accessing these benefits ever-easier, whether you’re a huge corporation or a fresh out of the blocks start-up.
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How new business models are shaping CSPs' service operations
TM Forum
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
One of biggest shifts stems from communications service providers’ (CSPs’) fast-growing use of cloud native systems, developed using modular microservice architectures and DevOps methodologies. This excerpt from our latest report. '. Telecoms IT has changed fundamentally over the last decade. going to all this trouble.
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How NaaS deployment is shaping up
TM Forum
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
In a recent TM Forum Benchmark report, What is connectivity-as-a-service?, Telstra’s Mark Sanders, Principal Network Cloud, noted that his company has “a strong NaaS program and are well along, continuing to enhance our composition capabilities and [employ] Open APIs. Early examples focus on SD-WAN.
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CSPs make advances in assuring critical services
TM Forum
AUGUST 13, 2021
“It used to be you’d struggle to get reports or to build new reports and KPIs,” said Maria Eugenia Armijo Marchant, Integration Specialist Solution Architect at Telecom Argentina. A next big step for many CSPs is to provide customers with more customizable live views of services and networks in ways they can consume.
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Delivering B2B and B2B2X value from co-creation
TM Forum
OCTOBER 20, 2021
This is driven by an explosion in services that enterprises want to consume in areas like cloud, edge, SD-WAN and security, and also by increasing opportunities for new services tied to multi-sided business models based on partnerships and co-creation. A business & tech strategy for growth. Our recent. Future Ready.
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ServiceNow, CSPs discuss transforming B2B customer experience
TM Forum
DECEMBER 20, 2021
Anila Fredericks, Head of Customer Service Operations at Telstra, describes a similar challenge her company has faced with its SD-WAN offering. “SD-WAN is bits and pieces – different vendors, customers managing it, us managing it. One product at a time. ” Avoiding disruptions in service delivery.
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Benefits of a Digital Library for Associations and Non-Profit Organizations
Kitaboo
DECEMBER 26, 2019
These associations have vast amounts of community data that include meeting details, reports of finance, annual records, articles of incorporation, etc. Here’s how associations can distribute e-reports effectively. By creating a digital library, you can store all your sensitive data in the cloud. It Is Cost-Effective.
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Zero Trust Model: How It Looks to the NSA
SecureWorld News
MARCH 1, 2021
The NSA recently released a report which dives into what Zero Trust is and why it is crucial for organizations to implement. It says that many cybersecurity professionals have begun to fall behind due to the increasing complexity of emerging cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid network environments. How does the NSA define Zero Trust?
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Product Review: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor
Galido
JUNE 28, 2018
The PRTG solution will provide you with detailed tracking data and historical reports on all network components. Monitoring of LAN, WAN, VPN, and distributed sites. Detailed reports. Installed will be a proprietary database, web server, report engine, notification system, and other features required for the system to function.
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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage
CIO Business Intelligence
AUGUST 30, 2022
As a result, once the stores were impacted by the outage, they automatically failed over to their secondary ISPs through our SD-WAN enabled infrastructure.”. Instead, it is one link in a chain of ISPs, cloud platforms and others who connect to the enterprise via the internet. We ask all our cloud providers; do they have redundancy?”
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Connections Redefining the Enterprise Network
Cloud Musings
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
The computer patiently measures and reports. [T]he At a minimum, your team must be adept at network management automation, software defined networking and cloud networking operations. Photo credit: Shutterstock The computer and the network that connects them are both inextricably linked to the success of any business.
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