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SD-WAN Sunsets And ZTE Emerges

Forrester IT

Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) has started to ride off into the sunset (which is long overdue). For some time, you might see some vendors wandering around aimlessly, hoping to sell you a SD-WAN solution, but for the most part, the networking market is moving on.

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Remote Office In A Box (ROBO) Is Back, And It’s Called SD- WAN

Forrester IT

These companies tried various combinations of routers, wide area network (WAN) optimization, security, Wi-Fi, switching, and voice over IP (VoIP).

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SD-WAN Security: SASE, ZTNA and SSE

Association of Information Technology Professional

Learn how SASE, ZTNA and SSE work to improve the security of SD-WAN

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How SD-WAN Supports an Anywhere Operational Workforce

IT Toolbox

SD-WAN is one tool that can support a workforce that is working from anywhere. The post How SD-WAN Supports an Anywhere Operational Workforce appeared first on. hybrid workforce management networking infrastructure

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What Is SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN)? Definition, Solutions, and Benefits

IT Toolbox

Increasingly used in large network setups, SD-WAN uses web-based tunnels, firewall software, and virtual technologies to connect remote endpoints. The post What Is SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN)?

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Speeding Up Cloud Services with SD-WAN

Association of Information Technology Professional

Learn how to speed up network traffic and cloud services with SD-WAN

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Controlling Priority Traffic with SD-WAN

Association of Information Technology Professional

SD-WAN offers many benefits for organizations looking to modernize networks around applications

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How Next-Gen SD-WAN Can Simplify SASE Migration

Information Week

(Sponsored Article) Integrating modern SD-WAN together with SASE can optimize your security framework. But the road to accomplishing this can be fraught with complexity

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TNS Taps Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN Solution

CTOvision

Transaction Network Services (TNS), a leader in fintech payment services, recently announced the launch of TNS Secure SD-WAN which leverages Fortinet’s leading Secure SD-WAN solution.

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Does Your SD-WAN Deliver the Best ROI?

Information Week

Prisma SD-WAN ensures their digital initiatives are improving business outcomes with the best ROI (Sponsored Article) ): Return on investment (ROI) is top of mind for any organization.

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SD-WAN and SASE – Hype or Reality?

Information Week

With available standards and new standards coming this year to define SASE and Zero Trust, enterprises will be better informed to compare services when purchasing secure SD-WAN and SASE managed services

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Secure Access Service Edge (SASE): The Security-Driven SD-WAN

Association of Information Technology Professional

Learn how SD-WAN and SASE can complement one another to design a network with more contextual intelligence and central policy management

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Cloudflare introduces SD-WAN- and firewall-as-a-service offerings

Tech Republic Data Center

In a bid to replace MPLS circuits and SD-WAN appliances, Cloudflare has introduced Magic WAN and Magic Firewall and partnerships with VMware, Aruba, Digital Realty, CoreSite and EdgeConneX

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WAN transformation sparked by 5G, cloud and SD-WAN technologies

CTOvision

Read Luke O’Neill explain how 5G, cloud and SD-WAN technologies could plug the shortcomings of the Wide Area Networks on Tech Target : In the old days, about a decade ago, remote employees would go into a branch office, sit at a desk with a laptop or desktop computer and connect to the company LAN, […]. News

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5 Years Ago, Obi-Wan Kenobi Killed Darth Maul Again, and the World Forgot

Gizmodo

It featured Obi-Wan Kenobi having one final lightsaber duel with his longtime rival Darth Maul, and Kenobi killing Maul in the process. Five years ago today, one of the coolest moments in Star Wars history happened, and there’s a chance you don’t know about it.

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Implementing SD-WAN Appliances in MPLS and VLAN environments

Association of Information Technology Professional

MPLS and VLAN technologies have a place in tandem with SD-WAN. It’s all about use case and the organization’s objectives

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The Obi-Wan Kenobi Release Date Has Been Officially Confirmed

Gizmodo

On the day the most recent Star Wars show, The Book of Boba Fett , finished its first season, Disney just announced that Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi will be its next show. Today, one show ends and another begins.

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Cisco unveils sweeping new cloud capabilities, SASE and WAN forecasting offerings

Tech Republic Cloud

The post Cisco unveils sweeping new cloud capabilities, SASE and WAN forecasting offerings appeared first on TechRepublic. The new products, introduced at Cisco Live and RSA, aim to simplify IT management and operations.

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How to Keep Remote Workers Safe and Productive with SD-WAN

Association of Information Technology Professional

For many businesses, the solution is coming in the form of SD-WAN How can you enhance protections for remote workers and support their activities?

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Everything We Know About Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi

Gizmodo

Set 10 years after the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith , Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi tells a new story of how Darth Vader tried to hunt down and kill his old master who has gone missing. Read more.

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Is SD-WAN a Better Bet for Unified Communications?

Information Week

As momentum continues to build for managed services with SD-WAN, providers try to make the case to migrate communications to these networks

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Extreme adds network fabric support to its SD-WAN

Network World

Extreme Networks has added network fabric capabilities to its flagship SD-WAN platform to enable customers to link and manage distributed resources more securely.

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Cisco SD-WAN software gains broader application access, enhanced analytics

Network World

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.

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SD-WAN may be the future of the hybrid workplace, study suggests

Tech Republic Data Center

92% of IT decision-makers polled by Masergy and Altman Solon say they plan to adopt SD-WAN by 2026, and more than half plan to use a hybrid public/private model

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Star Wars Legend John Williams Has Composed the Obi-Wan Kenobi Theme

Gizmodo

When Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi makes its Disney+ debut in May , the character’s theme music will be composed by one of Star Wars ’ most important architects: John Williams , whose symphonic scores for the original trilogy ( and other adjacent works ) have long helped the series feel both epic and emotionally resonant. Read more.

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Barracuda has launched a new SD-WAN service built on Microsoft Azure

CTOvision

has announced a new secure SD-WAN service built natively on Microsoft Azure. The new Barracuda CloudGen WAN service is the first SD-WAN solution that runs inside Azure […]. Barracuda Networks Inc.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi's Original Story was So Grim, It Got Rewritten

Gizmodo

The hype for the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi show is very real, especially after got our first real glimpse of it earlier in the week. Star Wars’ newest Disney+ series is winding back the clock to post- Revenge of the Sith, with Ewan McGregor returning to the luxurious beard of the titular Jedi.

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Cisco tags critical security holes in SD-WAN software

Network World

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.

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Data Center Connectivity: Why Your WAN is More Critical Than Ever

Data Center Knowledge

Featured Networking WAN wan optimizationCloud and wireless traffic are breaking new ground. Is your business keeping up? Read More.

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Everything We Saw in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Trailer

Gizmodo

In recent years, Star Wars has had lots of fun telling tales of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s time on Tatooine between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. But never like this.

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Cisco expands its SD-WAN software for wider reach, better security

Network World

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.

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Setting Up the WAN for Cloud Connectivity

Data Center Knowledge

As data demands continue to grow, organizations are using cloud and WAN optimization technologies to help create new business strategies and improve user experience Read More. Cloud Computing Connectivity Featured Infrastructure Networking Virtualization cloud WAN wanop

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Data Center Connectivity: How to Use WAN for Competitive Advantage

Data Center Knowledge

Here's how WAN can help your organization's cloud, IT, and data center strategies. Cloud Computing Connectivity Featured Networking WAN wan optimizationIn today's digital market, organizations are trying to find ways to create more competitive advantages. Read More.

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Report: Obi-Wan Kenobi Almost Brought Back Darth Maul

Gizmodo

It’s probably for the best that Darth Maul isn’t the big bad in the upcoming Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series , avoiding a retread of the character’s terrific bow on Star Wars Rebels.

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WAN challenges steer auto-rental firm to SASE

Network World

Latency and reliability concerns set car rental company Sixt on a path to rearchitect its WAN. WAN challenges steer Sixt to cloud-native SASE deployment (Network World).

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Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Continually Received Analyst and Peer Recognition

Tech Republic Security

Fortinet Secure SD-WAN has caught the attention of industry analysts. FortiGate appliances deliver the world’s only ASIC-accelerated secure SD-WAN solutions. This transforms the WAN experience by delivering high-performance, reliable, and secure connectivity with self-healing capabilities and scalability without. The post Fortinet Secure SD-WAN Continually Received Analyst and Peer Recognition appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Essential Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars Stories to Check Out Before His Show

Gizmodo

Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of Star Wars ’ most beloved characters, and even before we catch up with Ewan McGregor’s exiled Jedi Master in May, the galaxy far, far away has long been fascinated with his life before the events of A New Hope.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi’s First Images Reveal a New Inquisitor and a Whole Lot of Tatooine

Gizmodo

Obi-Wan Kenobi’s standalone show, expected to release on May 25th on Disney+ still doesn’t have a full trailer. This is, as we can all agree, a travesty.

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Rethinking the WAN: Zero Trust network access can play a bigger role

Network World

The WAN as initially conceived was about one simple job: the WAN was the network that “connects my sites to each other.” That is, the network connecting users in corporate sites to corporate IT resources in other corporate sites or perhaps colocation facilities.

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Star Wars' New Books Dive Into Palpatine's Hunt for Rey and Obi-Wan and Anakin's Business

Gizmodo

Lucasfilm publishing and Del Rey might not officially be at New York Comic Con as it kicks off today, but they’re bringing their usual slice of upcoming novel news anyway—and whether you’re a fan of the sequels or the prequels, of Jedi or Sith, or maybe a lovably incompetent stooge or two, there’s something to enjoy. Read more.

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WAN Orchestration Leveraging Big Data

Data Center Knowledge

We are entering an era of branch office and cloud connectivity where a single static WAN resource will not be able to provide service levels that organizations demand from their networks, writes Dr. Cahit Akin of Mushroom Networks. WAN orchestration is a powerful concept that will help facilitate.

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Aryaka broadens enterprise targets with managed SD-WAN, SASE services

Network World

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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The Obi-Wan TV Series Has Found Its Tremendous Cast

Gizmodo

Now, as Obi-Wan Kenobi prepares to enter production, we officially know who’s joining prequel stars Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in the streaming series.

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