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Busting 4 common SD-WAN misconceptions

CIO

When organizations began to fully embrace both the work-from-anywhere (WFA) user model and multi-cloud strategies, IT leadership quickly realized that traditional networks lack the flexibility needed to support modern digital transformation initiatives. Below are four common myths about SD-WAN: SD-WAN causes latency : This is not true.

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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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Putting networks at the top of CIOs’ agendas

CIO

The tech industry quickly realized that AIs success actually depended not on software applications, but on the infrastructure powering it all specifically semiconductor chips and data centers. Without an advanced, scalable network strategy, CIOs risk falling behind in the next wave of innovation.

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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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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.

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comdivision – Cloud expertise from design to deployment and management

CIO

In many cases, this means adopting a multi-cloud strategy. Today, in a more and more complex world, we are helping customers move from an on-prem data center to the new multi-cloud world and re-architecting their environment to get the best out of each cloud.” comdivision was ready to deliver. “It Cloud Computing

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CIO Confidential: What Keeps CIOs and IT Leaders Up at Night

CIO

Here are some of the insights they shared: On Where They Are in Their Digital Transformation Journeys Cloud migration and hybrid cloud strategies continue to be priorities among CIOs and IT leaders, but their experiences vary.