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

CIO

SD-WAN emerged as a solution to this inefficiency, enabling direct connections from branch offices to the cloud without the high costs of MPLS. But SD-WAN created a new problem: security. Backhauling traffic from remote locations to a central hub only to redirect it to the cloud made no sense in terms of cost or performance.

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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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Putting networks at the top of CIOs’ agendas

CIO

Without an advanced, scalable network strategy, CIOs risk falling behind in the next wave of innovation. Organizations must invest in SD-WAN, edge computing, and 5G to ensure AI applications operate seamlessly. And as technologies like AI and mixed reality improve, the central role of the network only grows.

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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. But as part of Intel’s expansive plans to upgrade and build a new generation of chip factories in line with its Integrated Device Manufacturing (IDM) 2.0

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Is Your Browser Ground Zero for Cyberattacks?

Palo Alto Networks

It integrates technologies like SD-WAN, cloud access security brokers (CASB), secure web gateways (SWG), Zero Trust network access (ZTNA), and firewall as a service (FWaaS). SASE delivers secure, seamless access to applications and data, regardless of user location, enabling efficient and scalable hybrid work and cloud adoption.