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Cisco, Google Cloud offer enterprises new way to connect SD-WANs

Network World

Cisco and Google Cloud have expanded their partnership to integrate Ciscos SD-WAN with the cloud providers fully managed Cloud WAN service. That lets customers use existing Cisco SD-WAN security policies and controls in the Google Cloud, Cisco stated.

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Alkira expands NaaS platform with ZTNA capabilities

Network World

Its “backbone as a service” gives customers the ability to connect branch locations, cloud workloads and applications through Alkira’s fabric. The company was founded in 2018 by former Cisco employees who had previously founded SD-WAN vendor Viptella. This information is used to determine the appropriate access policies.

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Orbia streamlines security across global sites with SASE

Network World

Visibility into network traffic across distributed locations would help Orbia minimize security risk, enable more control over global internet traffic, and provide secure access to cloud services. The company needed a standardized approach that would increase visibility and support centralized policy management for its global presence.

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The evolving landscape of network security in 2025

CIO Business Intelligence

The distributed nature of todays work environments, fueled by cloud computing, remote work, and the Internet of Things (IoT), presents unprecedented security challenges. New advances like SD-WAN and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) are helping network professionals keep pace. SD-WAN layered with AI has a role to play here.

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What is SASE? How the cloud marries networking and security

Network World

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a network architecture that combines software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN ) and security functionality into a unified cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployments, improved efficiency and security, and application-specific bandwidth policies. billion by 2025.

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AT&T taps Cisco fixed 5G wireless gateways for WAN service

Network World

Cellular gateways transpose a cellular signal into wired WAN Ethernet connectivity, enabling high-speed, always-on cellular network connectivity for business-critical operations, wrote Pratik S. Desai, product marketing lead for 5G fixed wireless access and WAN application assurance for SD-WANs at Cisco, in a blog about the new devices.

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Cisco, NTT partner to simplify private 5G connectivity

Network World

This collaboration is a game-changer for the enterprise market as it delivers a variety of valuable use cases, such as on-demand SD-WAN, fast scaling for 5G carriers, and edge computing for IoT applications,” said Masum Mir, senior vice president and general manager with Cisco Provider Mobility, in a statement.

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