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IDG Contributor Network: Can SD-WANs meet standards requirements?

Network World

I find SD-WANs to be facing a similar battle. It’s inconceivable to many that an SD-WAN could replace MPLS. At one recent client, a chemical company, the team was looking to transition from MPLS to SD-WAN. Before Salesforce, many thought CRM to be too critical to run as SaaS. This is particularly true for security teams.

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Enterprise IT in 2014 – Under-the-Radar Challenges with WAN Bandwidth, BYOD, and XP Security

CTOvision

Limited WAN Bandwidth. In a 2014 Next-Generation WAN Survey , 68 percent of respondents said demand for WAN bandwidth will increase over the next year. As the number of connected devices grows—from smartphones to tablets, and more—this strain on WAN bandwidth is inevitable. BYOD Will Fail to Live up to the Hype.

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Don’t let NetOps “gotchas” derail your digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital transformation: The implications for network operations Meeting heightened customer expectations is basically what digital transformation is all about. The result is that NetOps teams contend with more complexity, while their ability to meet their charters erodes. Keep reading.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

The cloud: While many organizations have embraced the cloud, especially with the rise of work from anywhere (WFA), some companies must keep all their data and systems on-premises because they deal with highly regulated data or must meet strict compliance standards.

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

CIO Business Intelligence

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. Network Security

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5 reasons to move to a network platform

CIO Business Intelligence

AI helps automate remediation when issues like wireless interference and WAN bottlenecks are uncovered and can also be applied to help predict and prevent network degradation from occurring in the first place. AI can help create better-informed insights while constructing an end-to-end view of service delivery and performance.

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