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What’s next for network firewalls?

CIO

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. For example, a typical NGFW now may be equipped with firewalling, SD-WAN, a Wi-Fi controller for SD-Branch, an Ethernet controller, and zero-trust functionality.

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Ngrok, a service to help devs deploy sites, services and apps, raises $50M

TechCrunch

An open source package that grew into a distributed platform, Ngrok aims to collapse various networking technologies into a unified layer, letting developers deliver apps the same way regardless of whether they’re deployed to the public cloud, serverless platforms, their own data center or internet of things devices.

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Why Proxy-Based Firewalls Are Not Enough

Palo Alto Networks

Proxy-based firewalls or web proxies have been considered an essential security component for some time now, but the question remains: Can proxies really help keep users safe? The first proxy-based firewalls achieved the basic task of controlling which websites users could access on the Internet. Implementation. Effectiveness.

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Why “café-like branches” are the latest buzz among CIOs

CIO

To answer this, we need to look at the major shifts reshaping the workplace and the network architectures that support it. The Foundation of the Caf-Like Branch: Zero-Trust Architecture At the heart of the caf-like branch is a technological evolution thats been years in the makingzero-trust security architecture.

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Is Your Browser Ground Zero for Cyberattacks?

Palo Alto Networks

Secure access service edge (SASE) is a cloud-based network architecture that combines network and security services into a single framework. It integrates technologies like SD-WAN, cloud access security brokers (CASB), secure web gateways (SWG), Zero Trust network access (ZTNA), and firewall as a service (FWaaS).

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SoftwareAG Unveils New Internet of Things Solution Accelerator

CTOvision

An Essential Starter Kit for Any CIO Considering the Internet of Things or Software Companies Needing a Jumpstart. The Software AG Internet of Things Solution Accelerator simplifies the tasks necessary to store, visualize and use the growing connectivity and influx of data.” Architecture Big Data Real-time data Software AG SOW'

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SASE Reality Check: Security and SD-WAN Integration Journey

CIO

When networking and network security requirements are managed by separate IT teams independently and in parallel, do you achieve the best architecture for digital transformation? So, does implementing a SASE architecture based on a single vendor solve all of these challenges?

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