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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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Safeguard OT Environments with the Power of Precision AI

Palo Alto Networks

Mitigate OT Vulnerabilities Without Disruption — Powered by Precision AI Introducing the industry's only fully integrated, risk-based Guided Virtual Patching solution for OT environments, designed to protect unpatched legacy OT assets at scale. These advancements ensure seamless security while minimizing the risk of disruption.

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

CIO

This new approach to branch office design and connectivity is rapidly becoming a top priority for organizations that want to balance security, connectivity, and the evolving expectations of their workforce. For years, organizations relied on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to connect branch locations to data centers.

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The Top 3 Benefits of Next-Generation SD-WAN

Palo Alto Networks

Why Next-Generation SD-WAN Is Critical to Avoid Failure in Mainstream Deployments. The SD-WAN market is at a critical inflection point. We are past the early adopters phase and mainstream enterprises are now looking to deploy SD-WAN. Legacy SD-WAN. Enabling “anywhere work” by extending SD-WAN benefits to teleworkers.

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Putting networks at the top of CIOs’ agendas

CIO

Organizations are appreciating anew just how important this foundational infrastructure really is. Without a modern networking strategy, organizations in a range of sectors risk suffering the same disruption that legacy media businesses in music, movies, TV and news have all experienced over the past 20 years. on average.

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Enterprise IT in 2014 – Under-the-Radar Challenges with WAN Bandwidth, BYOD, and XP Security

CTOvision

Over the last year, IT budgets saw modest growth as departments embraced mobile, cloud and virtualization in record numbers. 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. – bg. About the Author: .

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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. Most resources were local, accessed remotely over some sort of leased line, or at worst, over a site-to-site back to the organization’s private data center.

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