A better way to connect to the Cloud
The move of processing to hyperscale Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and the move of on-premise apps to Software as a Service (SaaS) looks set to continue. Scale economies for the providers mean lower [...]
Secure Web Gateways – securing the expanded internet edge
Traffic patterns are changing on corporate wide area networks (WANs) and this is leading to the need for new architectures and use of new services. In “the olden days” the corporate data centre (or [...]
Viewing routing information through the Looking Glass
What if you don’t run an ISP or a global internet backbone but you would still like to get some information on internet performance and routing to help build your case to move a [...]
The Future of IP Networking
It must be a thankless task running a railway network. Via timetables you can control the scheduling of trains, through signalling systems you can prioritise which trains move first and their path through your [...]
Building your managed SD-WAN portfolio
Five years ago, the role of the network for Service Providers (SPs) was critical to their success. The dominant architecture for corporate WANs was hub and spoke and the dominant technology was service provider MPLS. [...]
Will SASE burst the SD-WAN Bubble?
According to recent reports from the Dell'Oro Group, the answer is – probably not. SD-WAN growth has been slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic as companies realise that this might not be the best time to [...]
Enterprise WAN Market worth $76bn globally, but where is the biggest opportunity to win business?
Despite the importance to all service providers of “knowing your market”, reliable sources for market size and shape for Enterprise Wide Area Networking on a global basis are few and far between. That’s why [...]
Use of the Internet for corporate WANs: What are we seeing as an aggregator?
One of the advantages of aggregating internet demand for our customers is that we get to see an overview of the market in terms of what our customers want and what in general they are [...]