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Centered around the principle that nothing both inside or outside a network perimeter can be trusted without verification, the Zero Trust model is attracting more and more attention from organizations that struggle to prevent data breaches with traditional approaches. However, enterprises that want to embrace this model must be prepared for certain jettison practices based on embedded notions of a secure corporate network and trusted insiders. What is the Zero Trust Model? The term was coined in 2010 by Forrester Research to describe a model…
About 30 years ago, IT departments had an enviable task when dealing with cybersecurity. Given the small number of devices they had to protect, their job was simple. Today, the use of digital technologies in the work environment is increasing sharply due to the need for enterprises to become more adaptable and agile. It creates a surging number of endpoints cyber-attackers can use to gain access to networks. Traditional security isn’t enough as threats are becoming more complex. As the global cyber battlefield has dramatically…
Throughout the ages, one of the mantras of successful businesses around the world has been – transform or perish. And in today’s fast-evolving and highly disruptive world of technology, we see that the digital transformation of business also depends on the right use of technology. Digital transformation drivers are many – to take products and services to market more cost-effectively, to reach out to a broader customer base, to appeal to new audiences, etc. Disruptive technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence, and cloud promise to help…
AI and ML will fundamentally change our lives, and there’s no shortage of buzz and hype around that. In the case of AI, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction and marketing hype from practical applications. We saw that in Super Bowl ads that sort of make fun of AI and robots. In their ad, Michelob Ultra has a robot that’s working out better than the fit humans, who eventually have their revenge. Amazon had the help from Harrison Ford and Forest Whitaker,…
It is overly simplistic to think that all enterprise workloads should run in public cloud data centers. Today’s digital enterprise journey is much more complicated than that because the strategies involve a hybrid mix of public and private clouds, legacy environments, applications or platform layer, and a broad spectrum of computing resources. Many enterprises are using the services of the public cloud to some extent, and they choose to deploy their workloads on multiple clouds (instead of settling for just one provider). At ONUG Spring…
Traffic steering classifies traffic and matches application requirements with network characteristics, conditions and behaviors. It’s similar to a car’s GPS or Waze effect that directs drivers to the best route for their destination, based on conditions like congestion, accidents and priority payload. SD-WAN enables real-time application traffic steering over any type of link, such as broadband, LTE and MPLS, assigning pre-defined policies based upon business intent. Steering policies support many different application types, making intelligent decisions about how WAN links are utilized, and which paths are…
SD-WAN 2.0 is Inherently a Multi-Domain Solution SD-WAN is driving a multi-domain, multi-controller environment Multi-Cloud is the reality for most enterprises, including the adoption of SaaS-based enterprise software platforms Treating the network as a separate ‘silo’ will not harvest the full benefits of an automation strategy Recent innovation in the networking domain is due in part to a market shift from “speeds and feeds,” to one focused on innovative services and a programmable network. As the demand for internet access spikes and cloud applications increase,…
Just a few years ago, the most frequent challenges experienced by branch offices were the result of a slow connection to the central data center. Over time, this grew to include the inability to deploy reliable latency-sensitive applications and services at the branch, such as VoIP or video conferencing. While MPLS was adopted to resolve these connectivity and performance issues, those connections were also rigid and static, requiring critical data to exist at a single location. Today, not only do branch transactions, workflows, applications, and…
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) is creating new opportunities for businesses and consumers. Indeed, PwC, a major consultancy, expects AI to contribute over $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030. At the same time, within the data centre, a move to micro-services-based software architectures, distributed storage, and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) workloads are pushing east-west traffic to previously unseen heights. Research predicts that the AI adoption rate will reach 86% by 2025. This will also have a big impact on the data centre network, when…
Digital transformation is accelerating within the enterprise, as businesses seek to improve agility, avoid disruption, and gain competitive advantage. As part of this transformation, enterprises are increasingly leveraging cloud-based applications and services and embracing mobility and a distributed workforce. Bandwidth consumption is dramatically expanding to accommodate SaaS, and the prospect of rising transport costs and suboptimal employee digital experience is creating greater pressure on enterprises to move away from their legacy WAN in favor of one optimized for the cloud. The WAN Bends to the…
