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Cloud creates network blind spots, complicates problem resolution

Network World

.): 55% Lack of needed skillsets: 41% False positive alerts: 41% Remote employees: 40% Alert storms (alerts causing other alerts, noise, etc): 39% Next-generation technology (5G, 400gE, SD-WAN, SDN, etc.):

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Goodbye legacy networks, hello “cafe-like” branch

CIO Business Intelligence

For decades, businesses have relied on MPLS and SD-WAN to connect branch offices and remote workers to critical applications. Enter SD-WAN: cheaper than MPLS and designed for cloud-first traffic patterns. The days of MPLS backbones, VPN-heavy environments, and SD-WAN vulnerabilities are numbered. Sounds promising, right?

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

CTOvision

Over the last year, IT budgets saw modest growth as departments embraced mobile, cloud and virtualization in record numbers. 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. – bg. BYOD is on a huge upswing.

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What is NaaS? Providers, delivery models, and benefits explained

Network World

NaaS can provide an alternative consumption model for a broad range of network elements, including wired and wireless LANs, WANs , and VPNs , as well as branch, data center , edge, multicloud , and hybrid-cloud environments. It can be used to deliver new network models such as secure access service edge ( SASE ).

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Google’s scientists lift lid on Effingo at Sigcomm 2024

Network World

Its authors note in the paper that “WAN bandwidth is never too broad — and the speed of light stubbornly constant. Such systems provide a standard interface to the resources, an interface that mediates between users’ needs, budgets and system goals.”

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Best practices for building a single-vendor SASE solution

CIO Business Intelligence

Secure Access Service Edge combines networking solutions like SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security like firewall as a service (FWaaS), cloud access security broker (CASB), and secure web gateway (SWG). The steps and timelines will depend on your unique environment, team, and budget. What is SASE?

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8 best practices for building a single-vendor SASE solution

CIO Business Intelligence

Secure Access Service Edge combines networking solutions like SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security like firewall as a service (FWaaS), cloud access security broker (CASB), and secure web gateway (SWG). The steps and timelines will depend on your unique environment, team, and budget. What is SASE?

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