Network World

JANUARY 25, 2019

Cisco has patched security vulnerabilities in four packages of SD-WAN Solution software that address buffer overflow, arbitrary file override and privilege access weaknesses that could have led to denial-of-service attacks or access problems. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Specifically, Cisco’s eSIM technology will let customers easily connect devices to the Transatel network, where they can then activate, provision, setup, configure and manage Cisco networking gear to securely connect mobile branches anywhere, the companies stated.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Broadcom’s research found that 98% of companies use or plan to use cloud infrastructure and 95% support remote workers—two factors that contribute to network complexity. And 80% reported that the internet and cloud environments create network blind spots, while 78% said that network complexity has “grown significantly over the last few years.”

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Network World

MAY 29, 2019

This week SD-WAN vendor Cato Networks announced the results of its Telcos and the Future of the WAN in 2019 survey. The study was a mix of companies of all sizes, with 42% being enterprise-class (over 2,500 employees). More than 70% had a network with more than 10 locations, and almost a quarter (24%) had over 100 sites.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Palo Altos Prisma SASE platform combines SD-WAN with cloud-based security capabilities, including secure access control, advanced threat protection, user-behavior monitoring, and zero-trust network access ( ZTNA ). The latest version of Prisma SASE, version 3.0,

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 21, 2025

For decades, businesses have relied on MPLS and SD-WAN to connect branch offices and remote workers to critical applications. Add high bandwidth costs and painful latency into the mix, and its no surprise companies started looking for a better option. Enter SD-WAN: cheaper than MPLS and designed for cloud-first traffic patterns.

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Network World

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The company was founded in 2018 by former Cisco employees who had previously founded SD-WAN vendor Viptella. The company’s focus remains on supporting customers as they transition to cloud environments. Alkira raised $100 million in a Series C round of funding in May of this year.

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Network World

JULY 26, 2017

I find SD-WANs to be facing a similar battle. It’s inconceivable to many that an SD-WAN could replace MPLS. At one recent client, a chemical company, the team was looking to transition from MPLS to SD-WAN. Before Salesforce, many thought CRM to be too critical to run as SaaS. This is particularly true for security teams.

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Network World

JUNE 8, 2021

Companies are already committed to a virtual form of networking for their WAN services, based on VPN s or SD-WAN , rather than building their own WANs from pipes and routers. That was a big step, so what could be happening to make WANs even more virtual, to the point where the cloud could subsume them?

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Network World

MARCH 7, 2022

Turns out, companies might prefer to get their SASE without the “A” — just security service edge, or SSE. Gartner this month published a Magic Quadrant for SSE (something the company never did for SASE); it's available from vendors listed in the report ( here and here , for example). Now Gartner is pushing a new acronym.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

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. What is SASE?

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Network World

OCTOBER 1, 2020

More about SD-WAN : How to buy SD-WAN technology: Key questions to consider when selecting a supplier • What SD-Branch is and why you'll need it • What are the options for securing SD-WAN?

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Forrester IT

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

These companies tried various combinations of routers, wide area network (WAN) optimization, security, Wi-Fi, switching, and voice over IP (VoIP). Over the last decade and a half, networking vendors have been using various methods to bundle wired, wireless, voice over IP, and security products into a solution sale.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The release focuses on streamlining network operations across cloud, SD-WAN and traditional environments while strengthening security and compliance capabilities. Bykov said that on average, IP Fabric is able to reveal 2-10% more devices than what companies have in their CMDB systems. Key updates in version 7.0

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CTOvision

MARCH 30, 2020

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, […].

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Network World

JUNE 15, 2017

As the SD-WAN market has matured, one thing has become very clear: SD-WAN will not exist on its own. Predominantly, we’re seeing security and SD-WANs merge. Predominantly, we’re seeing security and SD-WANs merge. Masergy bundles SD-WAN (Silver Peak and its own technology) with third-party security services in the cloud.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Secure access service edge ( SASE ) is a network architecture that rolls SD-WAN and security into a single, centrally managed cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployment, improved security, and better performance. With the pandemic, adoption of SASE has been on an upward swing.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

By: Nav Chander , Head of Service Provider SD-WAN/SASE Product Marketing at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. By integrating SD-WAN and cloud security into a common framework, SASE implementations can both improve network performance and reduce security risks. A key component of a SASE framework is SD-WAN.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In addition, desktops and laptops remain revenue-critical workhorses for most companies, and cannot be neglected. 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. Companies should plan accordingly. I love BYOD.

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Network World

MAY 25, 2016

Looking to continue tapping a market IDC says will be worth $6 billion by 2020, Software-Defined WAN company Viptela today said it raised $75M in a Series C round of financing. The company said it would use the proceeds to grow sales, marketing, technical support and research and development.

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Network World

AUGUST 12, 2019

Secure software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) has become one of the hottest new technologies, with some reports claiming that 85% of companies are actively considering SD-WAN to improve cloud-based application performance, replace expensive and inflexible fixed WAN connections, and increase security.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2022

Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) is one of the most rapidly adopted technologies of the past decade. According to a recent study published by Dell’Oro Group, the worldwide sales of SD-WAN technologies are forecasted to grow at double-digit rates over each of the next five years to surpass $3.2 billion in 2024.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It’s a service that delivers LAN equipment to enterprises and excludes the WAN and any cloud/storage services, Siân Morgan, research director at Dell’Oro Group, told Network World. Rishit Lakhani, solutions engineering leader at Nile, said his company is seeing strong demand across at least 14 distinct industries.

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Network World

JANUARY 31, 2025

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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Network World

MAY 26, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated some companies' plans to adopt secure access service edge (SASE). READ MORE: How SD-WAN is evolving into Secure Access Service Edge To read this article in full, please click here But today, SASE is one of the main topics of client interest, according to Gartner analyst John Wheeler.

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Network World

MAY 12, 2020

jumped by 41% between March 13 and March 23, according to research from Top10VPN.com, a VPN research and testing company in the U.K. The VPN market will hit $70 billion by 2026, according to market research and management consulting company Global Market Insights. For example demand for commercial virtual private networks in the U.S.

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Network World

MAY 26, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated some companies' plans to adopt secure access service edge (SASE). READ MORE: How SD-WAN is evolving into Secure Access Service Edge To read this article in full, please click here But today, SASE is one of the main topics of client interest, according to Gartner analyst John Wheeler.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 17, 2023

Private sector funding in space-related companies eclipsed $10 billion in 2021 , while the EU announced ambitious plans to invest €6 billion in space communications at the beginning of 2022 as we move more operations into space. Companies such as Iridium and Viasat handle highly specialized public and private sector workloads.

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Network World

JUNE 6, 2024

In response to these realities, Gartner coined a new term, secure service edge (SSE), which is essentially SASE minus SD-WAN , the network access part of the equation. As previously noted, SASE adds SD-WAN. Palo Alto has a strong ZTNA offering, and it can provide SD-WAN for organizations that want to take the single-vendor SASE route.

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Network World

MARCH 7, 2023

The company has added a feature to its Secure Private Access that ties SASE resources together with SD-WAN -based applications through a Fortinet SD-WAN hub located in a nearby point-of-presence (PoP).

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Network World

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The company also enhanced its SASE offering by expanding its SD-WAN integration options. Specifically, Cisco added more intelligence to its Duo access-protection software and introduced a new application called Business Risk Observability that can help enterprises measure the impact of security risks on their core applications.

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Network World

JANUARY 30, 2025

Even well-resourced networking companies in complementary networking markets are unlikely to be strong alternatives to Cisco and HPE immediately, as several face reputational headwinds and have not developed the distribution networks for rapid growth in the enterprise-grade WLAN market, the DOJ stated.

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Network World

MARCH 25, 2020

As the coronavirus spreads, public and private companies as well as government entities are requiring employees to work from home, putting unforeseen strain on all manner of networking technologies and causing bandwidth and security concerns. Tom Nolle, president of CIMI Corp. Tom Nolle, president of CIMI Corp.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

AI networking is specific to the network itself, covering domains including multi-cloud software, wired and wireless LAN, data center switching, SD-WAN and managed network services (MNS). NaaS company Nile urges enterprise leaders to invest in systems that efficiently collect and process data and are routinely retrained.

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Network World

JANUARY 25, 2019

Cisco has patched security vulnerabilities in four packages of SD-WAN Solution software that address buffer overflow, arbitrary file override and privilege access weaknesses that could have led to denial-of-service attacks or access problems. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

MARCH 28, 2019

The company also announced that two previously issued patches for its RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers were “incomplete” and would need to be redone and reissued. Cisco has dropped 17 Security advisories describing 19 vulnerabilities in the software that runs most of its routers and switches, IOS and IOS/XE.

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Network World

AUGUST 31, 2022

In addition the company is expanding its family of Ion SD-WAN security devices to provide additional configuration options. [ New features include the ability to adjust security settings for multiple software-as-a-service-based apps, new security capabilities, and AIOPs support. To read this article in full, please click here

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