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Accelerating secure innovation: How Marc Crudgington is redefining cybersecurity for the modern enterprise

CIO

In 2024, as VP of IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity, Marc launched a comprehensive Security Modernization and Transformation Initiative at Crane Worldwide that is reshaping the organizations approach to, implementation of, and benefits derived from cybersecurity.

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Navigating the future: the rise of SD-WAN in India

CIO

In the realm of Wide Area Networks (WANs), traditional routers have long been the backbone of network infrastructure, albeit with their limitations. However, a transformative technology known as Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is making significant waves in India and globally.

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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). Cost savings and ROI: SD-WAN routes traffic efficiently over multiple channels—including existing MPLS circuits and the public internet via LTE, broadband, and 5G. This reduces latency. They are not equally effective solutions.

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Safeguard OT Environments with the Power of Precision AI

Palo Alto Networks

This approach not only reduces risks but also enhances the overall resilience of OT infrastructures. – Both the PA-450R and PA-410R models offer 5G-ready form factors with native 5G WAN uplink capabilities, making them ideal for distributed operations and remote site monitoring.

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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. Suddenly, infrastructure appears to be king again. Enterprises can no longer treat networks as just infrastructure. on average.

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Intel embraces SDN to modernize its chip factories

CIO

-based semiconductor giant opted to implement SDN within its chip-making facilities for the scalability, availability, and security benefits it delivers. We’ve had to swap the [networking infrastructure] that exists, which is classic Ethernet, and put in SDN. Having SDN in place] makes landing tools faster and the quality increases.

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Today’s Enterprise WAN Isn’t What It Used To Be

Kentik

For most enterprise NetOps teams, a discussion about the WAN is a discussion about the cloud. The WAN was how we got access to some websites and sent emails. Why do we need to create site-to-site VPNs or some sort of modern SD-WAN topology connecting all our branches when almost all traffic goes to the public internet and the cloud?

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