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. The problem with networking like its 1999 Lets face it: MPLS had its moment. Enter SD-WAN: cheaper than MPLS and designed for cloud-first traffic patterns. Sounds promising, right? Well, not exactly.

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Network World

APRIL 15, 2025

Enterprise network infrastructures have evolved significantly alongside the rise of cloud computing, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and AI. As businesses transform and become more sophisticated, organizations today should expect no less than an always-on, high-performance network connectivity thats reliable across the globe.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A push for greater network visibility and global security standards drove Orbia, an $8.2 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.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The partnership ties Cisco’s networking technologies to NTT Data’s Transatel network. Cisco’s eSIM technology lets devices connect to cellular networks using a digital SIM, eliminating the need for physical SIM cards. NTT Data’s Transatel network spans some 180 countries and is offered with flexible pricing plans, NTT stated.

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Information Week

AUGUST 25, 2022

Bringing this powerful capability to SD-WAN transforms branch infrastructure and reduces complexity. (Sponsored Article) Artificial intelligence for operations has been instrumental in automating functions and simplifying operations.

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Network World

JUNE 5, 2024

Juniper Networks continues to deliver on its overarching enterprise AI plans, this time adding features that will help customers proactively spot and fix WAN routing, SD-WAN and SASE problems. Now operators can resolve SD-WAN issues before users even connect.”

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Network World

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As modern networking deployments across the cloud and edge become increasingly complex, it can be a non-trivial exercise for teams to get proper visibility. IP Fabric is updating its automated network assurance platform to version 7.0 with the goal of helping organizations to answer the challenges of hybrid networking environments.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN ) and security into a cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployment, improved efficiency and security, and to provide appropriate bandwidth per application.

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Network World

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Alkira is expanding its namesake network-as-a-service ( NaaS ) platform with new zero trust network access ( ZTNA ) capabilities. Alkira provides a SaaS service for on-demand network infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 by former Cisco employees who had previously founded SD-WAN vendor Viptella.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Cisco has taken the wraps off a pair of intelligent WiFi-7 access points and introduced a new way of licensing wireless gear across cloud, on-premises and hybrid networks. Support for Cisco ThousandEyes network performance and intelligence platform is built in. These licenses include product support for both hardware and software.

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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.

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Network World

MARCH 8, 2021

Latency and reliability concerns set car rental company Sixt on a path to rearchitect its WAN. That led the global company, which has locations in more than 100 countries, to become an early adopter of the network-security architecture dubbed secure access service edge ( SASE ) by research firm Gartner. Tech Spotlight: Security.

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Network World

MAY 30, 2024

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. Wired remains a highly reliable and fast-performing WAN option for businesses.

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Network World

APRIL 11, 2023

The transition from software-defined WAN ( SD-WAN ) to secure access service edge ( SASE ) is proving to be difficult for many enterprises, according to new research from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

JULY 30, 2020

Cisco has issued a number of critical security advisories for its data center manager and SD-WAN offering customers should deal with now. Cisco DCNM lets customers see and control network connectivity through a single web-based management console for the company’s Nexus, Multilayer Director Switch, and Unified Computing System products.

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Network World

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Cisco has upgraded two of its core software programs to make it easier for enterprise customers to secure data-center and WAN -connected resources.

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Network World

MARCH 31, 2020

With an eye towards significantly bolstering its edge networking offerings, Palo Alto has entered into an agreement to buy cloud-based SD-WAN vendor CloudGenix for $420 million in cash.

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Network World

MARCH 19, 2020

Cisco has issued five warnings about security weaknesses in its SD-WAN offerings, three of them on the high-end of the vulnerability scale.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Extreme Networks has added network fabric capabilities to its flagship SD-WAN platform to enable customers to link and manage distributed resources more securely.

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Network World

MARCH 3, 2025

Palo Alto Networks is looking to expand the role SASE plays in securing private 5G networks by collaborating with additional partners to offer end-to-end communications protection. 5G speeds can match what is typically available from traditional links but without the need to wait for weeks while the ISP deploys the circuit.

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Network World

JANUARY 20, 2021

Cisco has noted and fixed two critical and a number of high-degree vulnerabilities in its SD-WAN software portfolio. out of 10–is vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software. out of 10–is vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

SD-WAN products have been available for the better part of five years. As any technology matures and moves out of the early adopter phase, the buying criteria changes — and SD-WAN is no different. Early adopters of the technology focused primarily on transport-related issues such as replacing or augmenting MPLS with broadband.

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Network World

JANUARY 25, 2019

One option is to implement a software-defined WAN ( SD-WAN ). I recently talked with Hamza Seqqat, director of solutions architecture at Apcela , to get his take on how SD-WAN affects security strategy. In our discussion, he outlined four areas where SD-WAN offers new security benefits.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Kyndryl has expanded its alliance with Palo Alto Networks to add secure access service edge ( SASE ) services to its managed services offerings. Kyndryl has security and networking relationships with other partners as well, including Cisco, Microsoft, Nokia and Fortinet.) The latest version of Prisma SASE, version 3.0,

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Network World

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Startups with campus-focused network-as-a-service (NaaS) offerings are positioned to capture a substantial portion of the greater NaaS market in the coming years, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. Nile, Meter and Ramen Networks all have plans to continue to accelerate growth moving forward as well. “We

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Network World

AUGUST 20, 2018

As enterprises endeavor to expand domestic and global footprints, agile network infrastructure connectivity across geographies continues to prove an ongoing challenge. In particular, ensuring that data shared over these networks is protected from unauthorized access is a primary directive in today’s evolving cyber threat landscape.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cisco has broadened the scope of Cisco SD-WAN software by growing its reach and security, and expanding its support for deploying multi-region WAN fabric. Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ] To read this article in full, please click here

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Network World

MAY 9, 2019

Cisco has added support for Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) to its million-plus ISR/ASR edge routers, in an effort to reinforce branch and core network malware protection at across the SD-WAN. Cisco last year added its Viptela SD-WAN technology to the IOS XE version 16.9.1 More about SD-WAN.

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Network World

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Kyndryl continues to fill out its stable of network security partners, most recently inking an alliance with Palo Alto Networks for cybersecurity, SD-WAN and secure access service edge ( SASE ) services.

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Network World

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Aryaka Networks is looking to target more enterprises with a new managed secure access service edge (SASE) offering and an improved, lower cost SD-WAN offerings. Aryaka is known for offering WAN and SD-WAN services over its global Layer 2 network with more than 40 points.

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Network World

APRIL 15, 2025

But in light of dramatic shifts in how and where work gets done, networks are playing a vital role in bridging the connection for edge initiatives, hybrid work, and branch operations. The reality is that enterprises not only need to keep pace with new requirements in network and security but also support their modern workloads.

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) has started to ride off into the sunset (which is long overdue). For some time, you might see some vendors wandering around aimlessly, hoping to sell you a SD-WAN solution, but for the most part, the networking market is moving on. I thought the SD-WAN acronym […].

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Network World

JANUARY 30, 2025

Justice Department today sued to block the $14 billion sale of Juniper Networks to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Wireless networking technology is critical in the modern workplace, the DOJ wrote.Retail employees wirelessly process payments and log inventory. DOJ complaint* After months of speculation, the U.S. It should be blocked.

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Network World

JUNE 14, 2019

Mirai – the software that has hijacked hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices to launch massive DDoS attacks – now goes beyond recruiting just IoT products; it also includes code that seeks to exploit a vulnerability in corporate SD-WAN gear.

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Network World

JANUARY 3, 2017

There certainly was a ton of hype in Software Defined-WAN arena in 2016 but to be fair there was a lot of actual deployment of technology and services as well. In December Gartner wrote that spending on SD-WAN products will rise from $129 million in 2016 to $1.24 billion in 2020.

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Network World

OCTOBER 3, 2024

To find a brief definition of the networking term you are looking for user your browser’s “Find” feature then follow links to a fuller explanation. AI networking AI networking refers to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to network management and optimization.

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Information Week

AUGUST 9, 2019

As momentum continues to build for managed services with SD-WAN, providers try to make the case to migrate communications to these networks.

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