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Busting 4 common SD-WAN misconceptions

CIO

Legacy network shortcomings led to the rapid growth of software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). It eliminates the need for backhauling—routing remote traffic through the data center before accessing the internet—enabling direct access to critical cloud services. This reduces latency.

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Data center investments simplify IT and cloud modernization

CIO

We have invested in the areas of security and private 5G with two recent acquisitions that expand our edge-to-cloud portfolio to meet the needs of organizations as they increasingly migrate from traditional centralized data centers to distributed “centers of data.”

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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. By integrating SD-WAN and cloud security into a common framework, SASE implementations can both improve network performance and reduce security risks. A key component of a SASE framework is SD-WAN.

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The Role of SD-WAN in Securing the Expanding Network Perimeter

CIO

Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) is one of the most rapidly adopted technologies of the past decade. According to a recent study published by Dell’Oro Group, the worldwide sales of SD-WAN technologies are forecasted to grow at double-digit rates over each of the next five years to surpass $3.2 billion in 2024.

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A critical next phase of cloud transformation: Reducing WAN complexity

CIO

Over the past two decades, cloud computing has evolved from a method that utilized extra data center capacity to the mission-critical infrastructure across enterprises that we see today. That ROI perspective is important because CIOs and CFOs are often making these purchase decisions together,” says Chopra.

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Modernizing the WAN from Client to Cloud

Arista

The evolution of WAN architectures has historically paralleled that of application architectures. When we primarily connected terminals to mainframes, the WAN architecture was largely point-to-point links connecting back to data center facilities.

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Palo Alto Networks: 5x Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks is the only vendor recognized as a Leader in Single-Vendor SASE, SSE and SD-WAN Magic Quadrants. For the fifth consecutive year, Palo Alto Networks was recognized as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for SD-WAN. Only a unified SASE solution can meet and exceed their needs by combining SD-WAN and security.

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