Accept that the cloud is now part of the data center and needs to be incorporated in a low-latency mesh that supports modern applications.
Remote work and the cloud have taught us to focus on connecting people to the applications and information resources they need rather than focus on pure site-connectivity goals.
SASE can deliver needed information to more workers and for less cost than MPLS VPNs providing comparable connectivity.
As network complexity grows, so does the complexity of dealing with it effectively.
With routing software deployed on off-the-shelf hardware, enterprises can reap the benefits of virtual routing that can extend to data centers and promote savings.
Before adding more layers to network security, consider the benefits of explicit network permission, backed by AI-driven traffic analysis.
Broadcom’s chips plus VMware software could be the bridge that connects applications in data centers with the cloud.
Network-as-a-service is popularly defined as expensing network technology and management rather than doing it yourself, but there’s a better way to look at it.
Google’s Aquila project is establishing a model for high-performance meshing that can handle the most demanding data-center workloads.
Connected devices need a safe, reliable network of things (NoT) that ties them together, but that glue is likely IoT-specific protocols, not the internet.
