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IDG Contributor Network: Can SD-WANs meet standards requirements?

Network World

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

CTOvision

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. As the number of connected devices grows—from smartphones to tablets, and more—this strain on WAN bandwidth is inevitable. BYOD Will Fail to Live up to the Hype.

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Can NaaS mitigate network skills gaps?

Network World

WAN engineering (SD-WAN, routing, etc.): Lack of solutions that meet our business requirements: 21.2% .): cited by 44.0% Network monitoring, troubleshooting, and ongoing optimization: 37.6% Cloud networking (AWS. Azure, etc.): Network automation (Python scripting, commercial automation tools: 34.8% Wi-Fi engineering: 11.2%

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Don’t let NetOps “gotchas” derail your digital transformation

CIO Business Intelligence

Digital transformation: The implications for network operations Meeting heightened customer expectations is basically what digital transformation is all about. The result is that NetOps teams contend with more complexity, while their ability to meet their charters erodes. Keep reading.

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Pioneering next-gen AI-powered networks for connected business and customer centricity

CIO Business Intelligence

The emergence of new age technologies like AI, Gen AI, SD- WAN is pushing the technology companies to evolve rapidly, creating technology that not only keeps pace with development but also enhances it. A primary technology driving this evolution is the network industry, the substrate on which global organizations function seamlessly.

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CompTIA updates Network+ certification

Network World

Essential skills that CompTIA includes as key parts of the program include: IP addressing Connecting networks Wireless standards and technologies Network Availability Securing and hardening networks Software-defined networking (SDN) and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) are also covered with the Network+ cert. M requirements.

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What’s next for network operations

CIO Business Intelligence

Traditional enterprise wide area networks, or WANs were designed primarily to connect remote branch offices directly to the data center. More importantly, WANs lack the flexibility and scalability that digital business requires. More importantly, WANs lack the flexibility and scalability that digital business requires.

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