We did it; it was nail biting, but we came together in numbers at the Meadowlands of New Jersey over a few brisk spring days in late April. I was nervous when I sent the first invitations for speakers to present at ONUG Spring back in January. If speakers were not able to attend in-person then community members wouldn’t be able to either. We just didn’t know if the community was ready to meet in-person. Well, we had over 50 speakers present in-person, over 500…
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) represents the network and security architecture blueprint of the future, consolidating many networking and security point solutions into a single, integrated cloud service. The ability to monitor end user experience across a SASE architecture is critical. Here’s one company’s story of how they used digital experience monitoring to gain visibility across their SASE architecture. Leading Provider of Healthcare Coverage for 80+ Years Leading the way in supporting patient-focused care, this health insurance provider delivers coverage to more than 700,000 customers….
Managing cloud permissions and configurations As organizations evolve in the cloud, you will find the number of cloud services their teams use and identity permissions that need to be managed increase significantly. These services teams used to build and deliver applications are referred to as assets or resources. Configuring cloud assets, roles, and permissions doesn’t take long to become tedious, time-consuming, and error-prone. The leading causes of security incidents are misconfigurations of assets and over-privileged identities, therefore, it essential to diligently manage these. Discovering cloud…
The pandemic ushered in a new era, one where technology has created flexibility for organizations, employees, and customers. These technological advancements provide endless possibilities for all parties – increased productivity, improved customer experience, maximized service, and minimized costs. Ensuring that these experiences exceed expectations, enterprises have become increasingly reliant on their network – a resilient network. Travel restrictions and lockdowns spurred by the pandemic were two of the main catalysts of this new, hybrid, digital age. One where products can be bought anywhere, solutions can…
As hybrid work is here to stay for a vast majority of organizations, there are three secure user access scenarios that most affect an organization: remote employees; branch offices; and accommodating new, contingent, or traveling workers. Remote employees Every remote employee is essentially an internet gateway. With remote access services transitioning to identity-based controls, attackers will be opportunistic by targeting credentials. And why not? Let’s think about digital access the same way we think about physical access to a building. What’s easier for gaining access…
The cloud brought enormous business value to companies in virtually every industry, and cloud-first companies have led the way as pioneers. But as these first-movers have scaled up, they’ve uncovered a problem: the cost of using the cloud has, in many cases, exceeded the cost of sales. To resolve the issue, many cloud-first companies have shifted at least some of their workloads back to on-premises facilities, in what could be an example for businesses looking to scale up on the cloud in an economically-viable way….
SD-WAN is seemingly taking the enterprise world by storm. The market is big and still growing, with room for at least five major vendors doing a healthy business. And it’s easy to see why. SD-WAN eases a lot of headaches in running a large enterprise WAN. The reliability, redundancy, and security benefits are real. I was tempted to say that SD-WAN “solves” a lot of WAN headaches, and SD-WAN vendors would have you believe this is really true – that it’s a set-and-forget kind of…
Network security has been stuck in a box for too long. Much of what we know consists of perimeter or zone-based rules that limit which network segments can talk to which other network segments over which ports. The workhorse of this world has been the firewall appliance, interconnecting network segments and enforcing these rules. In the meantime, applications have moved to the public cloud and users have left the building. Hybrid work is challenging the very notion of the enterprise WAN. So what does this…
Rapidly evolving customer expectations, growing market pressures, and overall organizational goals have fueled digital transformation in every industry. It’s projected that by 2025, global spending for transformational efforts is expected to reach $2.8 trillion.[1] Digital transformation is the process of leveraging new technologies, across all areas of an organization, to optimize operations and drive growth by providing new value to customers. Digital transformation evolves the way an organization conducts business, enabling them to transition from outdated processes and legacy equipment with the use of new…
2021 has been a tremendous year for the ONUG Enterprise Cloud Community of Global 2000 IT business leaders, developers and sponsor members. 2021 broke all attendance records and marked the start of a massive IT enterprise cloud 2022 spending cycle. In 2020 – 2021, ONUG held four digital events attended by well over 13,000 enterprise attendees and built a community that is stronger than ever as we approach our 10-year anniversary and get back to in-person meetings! ONUG is in the most powerful position to…
