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SD-WAN creates new security challenges

Network World

SD-WAN products have been available for the better part of five years. Early adopters of the technology focused primarily on transport-related issues such as replacing or augmenting MPLS with broadband. As any technology matures and moves out of the early adopter phase, the buying criteria changes — and SD-WAN is no different.

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SD-WAN creates new security challenges

Network World

SD-WAN products have been available for the better part of five years. Early adopters of the technology focused primarily on transport-related issues such as replacing or augmenting MPLS with broadband. As any technology matures and moves out of the early adopter phase, the buying criteria changes — and SD-WAN is no different.

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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. MPLS being the de facto transport. Before Salesforce, many thought CRM to be too critical to run as SaaS.

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Composite orchestration is the key to delivering hybrid services through NaaS architecture

TM Forum

Telstra wanted to integrate established service domains, like wireless and transport, while enabling the easy introduction of newer domains, such as cloud and SD-WAN. Virtualization and consolidation of networks and services reduced time-to-market and delivery times for multi-domain services. order fulfillment.

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The Future is Here and It Is Wireless

CIO Business Intelligence

New and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented reality depend on fast networks. These technologies are underpinned by fast, reliable 5Gwireless networking technology that today, are giving businesses a competitive advantage and enabling them to deliver great experiences to their customers.

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The impact of 5G and cloud on telco capex and opex

TM Forum

5G network investments have essentially amounted to the largest round of spending the industry has ever gone through, which currently only brings us to the non-standalone version of the wireless technology. The majority of network sharing for 5G to date is happening in radio access networks (RANs). High capex costs.

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Cybersecurity e NIS2: come si muovono i CIO per dormire sonni (un po’) più tranquilli

CIO Business Intelligence

Quest’anno, a rafforzare la spinta verso la sicurezza informatica c’è anche la Direttiva NIS2 (“Network and information system security”) dell’UE, che andrà a sostituire la precedente NIS, aggiornando le misure per un elevato livello di cybersicurezza in tutta l’Unione Europea. E, come sappiamo, sono solo gli incidenti “riportati”.

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