Network World

MAY 23, 2022

The SASE model combines network security functions with WAN capabilities, delivering the security elements in the cloud and using SD-WAN at the edge or in the cloud. Key security functions include secure web gateway (SWG), zero trust network access ( ZTNA ), firewall as a service ( FWaaS ), and cloud access security broker (CASB).

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Network World

APRIL 4, 2022

Fortinet has made available a new release of its core FortiOS software that includes features the vendor says will help enterprises more tightly meld security and networking controls. FortiOS 7.2, How to choose an edge gateway. FortiOS is the vendor’s operating system for the FortiGate family of hardware and virtual components.

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Network World

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The platform provides visibility, control and governance over the network as well as dynamic service insertion, allowing organizations to integrate third-party services like firewalls into their network. The company was founded in 2018 by former Cisco employees who had previously founded SD-WAN vendor Viptella.

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Network World

MARCH 3, 2025

The cloud-based Prisma SASE 5G package melds network security functions including secure access control, advanced threat protection, user-behavior monitoring, and zero-trust network access ( ZTNA ) with wide area network (WAN) capabilities such as SD-WAN.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 1, 2024

One area that merits attention is software-defined WAN or SD-WAN. Along with the rise of SD-WAN is the growing use of edge devices, which are now targeted by threat actors. SD-WAN entails using multiple connections, which results in more potential attack points for hackers.

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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. Enter SD-WAN: cheaper than MPLS and designed for cloud-first traffic patterns. Theyre exploding across locations with little thought for enterprise-grade security. Sounds promising, right?

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Network World

MAY 29, 2024

The Best of Enterprise Networking (BENNY) Awards recognize the most innovative products in enterprise networking and the enterprise data center, including the latest wired and wireless networking technologies, network security products, management tools, storage, servers, and virtualization technologies.

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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. Today, enterprise IT leaders are facing the reality that a hybrid work environment is the new normal as we transition from a post-pandemic world. A key component of a SASE framework is SD-WAN.

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Network World

MAY 5, 2022

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Cisco's Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS). NFVIS is Linux-based infrastructure software designed to help enterprises and service providers to deploy virtualized network functions, such as a virtual router, firewall and WAN acceleration, Cisco stated.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Before the start of the Covid epidemic, a traditional WAN architecture with centralized security worked well for Village Roadshow.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. Here are six predictions for the future of the firewall. Network modernization goes further Network modernization will continue as enterprises work to meet new requirements. And NGFWs aren’t done evolving.

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Network World

JUNE 5, 2024

LAS VEGAS – Cisco put AI front and center at its Live customer conclave this week, touting new networking, management and security products, along with partnerships and investments it expects will drive enterprise AI deployments. “AI In addition, a new version of firewall software, version 7.6

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Network World

AUGUST 8, 2017

Wrapping up an SD-WAN workshop session with a client last week, I reflected on how rapidly the branch office WAN connectivity and management model is changing. Some great opportunities are emerging for enterprise IT teams that can materially impact how the network is designed, paid for and managed. Here are some thoughts: 1.

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Network World

AUGUST 29, 2024

A challenge for some enterprise adopters, however, is a lack of control, as some SASE technologies rely on a vendor managing data in the cloud. Fortinet is also jumping on the generative AI bandwagon with enhancements to its FortiAI technology, which is getting updated to help manage and orchestrate SD-WAN infrastructure.

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Network World

OCTOBER 15, 2024

When deployed properly, SASE, which combines SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security via SSE, enables all users and devices, regardless of location, to securely access an organization’s hybrid network. However, it’s still important to assess how well SD-WAN and SSE are connected within a SASE solution.

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Network World

JULY 17, 2024

Network-as-a-service offerings give enterprise organizations access to leading-edge technologies while lowering upfront capital investments, but for some IT teams, the real value of NaaS may be found in the networking and security skills that come with the service. WAN engineering (SD-WAN, routing, etc.): cited by 44.0%

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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

JUNE 6, 2024

Download our editors’ PDF SASE and SSE enterprise buyer’s guide today! Gartner had put its finger on a new set of challenges that enterprise IT faced as employees shifted to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic and applications migrated to the cloud. As previously noted, SASE adds SD-WAN. SSE is but one side of the coin.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Juniper is filling out its enterprise security portfolio this week by integrating support for its Mist wireless customers and adding the capability for customers to gain better visibility and control over encrypted traffic threats. To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

OCTOBER 3, 2024

5G 5G is fast cellular wireless technology for enterprise IoT, IIoT, and phones that can boost wireless throughput by a factor of 10. Enterprises can choose an appliance from a single vendor or install hardware-agnostic hyperconvergence software on white-box servers.

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Network World

JULY 8, 2024

First era of network security: The stateful firewall In the beginning, networking was created on the principle of trusting everyone and connecting everything as fast as possible. In the mid-1990s, the industry’s response was to create the stateful firewall, designed to control access to private networks.

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Network World

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The vendor’s new Secure AI-Native Edge offering and cloud-based Security Assurance service are designed to deliver a cohesive view of network health, performance, and security metrics with a goal of resolving problems quickly and centrally enforcing enterprise security policies.

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Network World

JUNE 4, 2024

Instead, attendees have been given a peek into forthcoming features and capabilities across a wide range of products and services that, together, signal a gradual transformation of Cisco’s offering as it seeks support — and use — AI throughout the enterprise.

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Network World

AUGUST 14, 2024

However, network technology has evolved, especially since the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI), and the role and the value of the router has grown significantly, offering enterprises additional functions such as enhanced network security, improved network efficiency and automated network management. How does a router work?

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Network World

MAY 16, 2024

The platform works by gathering telemetry and user state data from Juniper’s routers, switches, access points, firewalls, and applications to offer actionable insights and automated workflows for proactive issue detection and resolution, Juniper says.

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Network World

JULY 24, 2024

SASE vs. SD-WAN SSE can be considered a subset of SASE (secure access service edge), which is a term coined by Gartner to describe a cloud-based service that combines networking and security to give remote workers safe access to internet-based resources. SSE is essentially SASE minus SD-WAN, the network access part of the equation.

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Network World

JUNE 19, 2024

Juniper’s enterprise networking business was the largest of its three core divisions — cloud, service provider and enterprise — in the first quarter of 2022 for the first time in Juniper’s history, and it has continued to grow since then. Juniper’s market cap is about $12 billion.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2025

By decoupling physical locations from traditional office networkssuch as those reliant on firewalls or virtual private networks (VPNs)organizations gained an opportunity to adopt more agile configurations like caf-like branches. But SD-WAN created a new problem: security.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2022

In fact, 85% of enterprises will embrace a cloud-first principle by 2025 and 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms. Gone are the days when enterprises were hampered when it comes to speed. SASE is SD-WAN-as-a-service and security-as-a-service. Abundant bandwidth.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2022

WiFi and SD-WAN for flexible and enhanced connectivity. Underpinning WiFi networks at disparate locations, meanwhile, SD-WAN is able to segment network traffic to prioritize and help protect critical applications. SD-WAN also provides the agility to add more bandwidth to help improve application and system performance.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

SASE is a framework that combines software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and network security services like Cloud Access Security Brokers, Firewall-as-a-service, and Zero Trust into a single, cloud-delivered service model.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 8, 2022

No company has the luxury of containing the enterprise IT environment within its four walls anymore. A VPN lets employees “tunnel” in through the corporate firewall using an encrypted connection that rides on top of the public internet. Transitioning to a full SASE environment is a long process for large enterprises.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2022

As digital adoption continues to transform the way business is done from both an employee and customer perspective, the technology landscape for most enterprise organizations is getting more complex by the day. The basic firewall functionality may not be enough to help protect enterprise networks. Learn more. Network Security

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 1, 2022

The onus is on IT leaders to focus top executives on the business benefits these technology concepts entail and how they will advance the cause of enterprise security. Both SASE and zero trust are fast-evolving security concepts, creating somewhat of a moving target.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2023

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). But even with all the hype, most considered SASE as something to put into practice in the future. What is SASE?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 28, 2023

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). But even with all the hype, most considered SASE as something to put into practice in the future. What is SASE?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 11, 2022

To provide the level of security necessary to protect the variety of new systems implemented, many enterprises are shifting to more cloud-friendly and behavior-based security approaches. This framework brings geographically disparate end points together with a common security policy whether you’re in a coffee shop, at home or in an office.

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