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

CIO

For years, organizations relied on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to connect branch locations to data centers. While this approach worked well when applications and data were centralized, it became increasingly inefficient as workloads shifted to the cloud. But SD-WAN created a new problem: security.

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SASE Reality Check: Security and SD-WAN Integration Journey

CIO

By: Nav Chander , Head of Service Provider SD-WAN/SASE Product Marketing at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. These policies also don’t function end-to-end in an environment where there are BYOD or IoT devices. A key component of a SASE framework is SD-WAN.

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Secure Your 5G Business Transformation

Palo Alto Networks

Instead of maintaining a dedicated SCADA server at each remote office, the company chose to consolidate with a single SCADA server located at the data center. This includes employees with 5G powered phones or infrastructure, like IoT/OT devices or SD-WAN devices, with 5G connectivity for Branch WAN connectivity.

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Intel embraces SDN to modernize its chip factories

CIO

Until recently, software-defined networking (SDN) technologies have been limited to use in data centers — not manufacturing floors. Our concept was to use data center technologies and bring them to the manufacturing floor,” says Rob Colby, project lead. blueprint, unveiled in 2021, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based

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Reimagining the Campus Experience in the World of Hybrid Work

CIO

APs as IoT platforms. With a more transient workforce comes even more opportunity to create smart spaces with IoT devices. Today’s offices may also take advantage of IoT devices to enable air quality monitoring, wayfinding, access, and door-locking systems, or even hot-desking or hoteling solutions used to book in-office workspaces. .

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Enabling Digital Transformation, Securely

CIO

The shift to the public cloud from private data centers has been swift and sweeping, and cloud-based applications are the new standard. Bringing computing and analytics closer to data sources allows for faster processing and opens new possibilities for IoT applications. Data and applications sat inside data centers.

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How to Navigate Market Pressures with Cloud-based Network Management

CIO

Compliance and security: Securing the network is harder than ever before due to the rapid implementation of cloud-based services in response to the pandemic and the increasing adoption of IoT. Critical talent shortage: Organizations are increasingly struggling to recruit and retain talent with specialized skills.

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