5G Automation, SD-WAN 2.0, & The Scoop On SASE
Week of March 8th, 2020
Why Automation Is Required for 5G
While the world currently runs on 4G networks, everyone is buzzing about 5G and its possibilities. There is a huge market push to get 5G online worldwide resulting in an enormous amount of investment and innovation within the space. However, there is a big misperception that transitioning from 4G to 5G networks is as easy as flipping a switch. Nothing is farther from the truth and without network automation, it is all but unattainable.
Is SD-WAN 2.0 Right Around The Corner?
Since SD-WAN technology arrived on the scene some five years ago, enterprises have been leveraging it to create more flexible, agile, and scalable networks. Now they’re asking, “What’s next?” and “What else can you do for me?” SD-WAN providers and industry experts are looking at a couple of paths forward, and some “SD-WAN 2.0” products are already available.
The Scoop On SASE – The Converging Cloud Security Footprint
Organizations are investing heavily in broadening their network connectivity capabilities to ensure their data is accessible to the right people at the right times. For those pursuing a cloud-based, highly connected, and agile business model, ensuring proper access to data and systems in this way is absolutely essential for organizational success. Along with greater connectivity there also comes a need for network and data security that delivers protection from the risks associated with increasingly complex infrastructures.
Cisco Dreams Of A 5G WAN
Cisco envisions a future in which enterprise’s WANs are connected not by MPLS or broadband, but instead by high-speed, low-latency cellular networks, or what it calls the wireless WAN. Once relegated to failover, Cisco says today’s cellular networks, in particular 5G, offer high enough throughput and low enough latency to be viable alternatives to traditional wired networks. “About 10-years back everyone would say that my primary circuit from the enterprise branch was MPLS and then the higher bandwidth speed of having an internet circuit became a viable alternative,” said Shankar Ramachandran, director of product management, routing platform at Cisco, in an interview with SDxCentral.
Next Wave Of Digital Transformation Requires Better Security, Automation
Digital transformation is a top-of-mind priority for CIOs who want innovative ways to deploy applications and run IT operations. In today’s digital economy, companies that don’t depend on applications to support their business are rare. On the contrary, most companies have some kind of digital transformation initiative in place, which is driving the adoption of cloud-native architectures and application services. A new report from application delivery vendor F5 Networks finds businesses are entering the second phase of digital transformation by automating more parts of their networks.
The Convergence Of Networking And Security At The Edge
Networking and security are converging with offerings like SD-WAN and SD-branch. But enterprises and vendors must overcome IT silos that delay innovation and decision-making.
Programming Without Code: The Rise of No-Code Software Development
Code is the backbone of most software programs and applications. Each line of code serves as an instruction—a logical, step-by-step mechanism for computers, servers, and other machines to perform an action. To create those instructions, one must know how to write code—a valuable skill that’s sometimes in short supply. But what if you could build software without writing a single line of code?
Survey Finds IT More Challenging To Manage Than Ever
A survey of 415 IT executives published today shows IT teams are struggling to keep up as the number of platforms that need to be managed continues to expand rapidly. Conducted by Propeller Insights on behalf of Volterra, a provider of a distributed computing platform, the survey finds 97 percent are planning to distribute workloads across two or more clouds. The top three reasons cited for adopting multiple clouds were the need to maximize availability and reliability (63 percent), meeting regulatory and compliance requirements (47 percent), and leveraging best-of-breed services from each provider (42 percent).
For 5G, Telcos Must Break With The Past
Despite the intense and near-singular focus on 5G networks enabling super-fast mobile services, any production deployment will also allow communications service providers (CSPs) to dramatically lower business costs and accelerate service innovation. But gaining these advantages will require CSPs to make a clean break with the past and take a cloud-native approach to networking.
Business Leaders Divided Over Digital Transformation According To EY Report
Business leaders are split on the idea of digital transformation, with some seeing it as a positive and others as a threat, according to professional services firm Ernst & Young’s (EY) ‘Global Capital Confidence Barometer’.
Human Transformation Breeds DevOps Skills And Success
As part of its mission to advance the human elements of DevOps, DevOps Institute has released its 2020 Upskilling: Enterprise DevOps Skills Report. The year-over-year data builds on the inaugural 2019 project but it’s more insightful and more regional than last year. DevOps Institute is grateful to the 1,300 respondents this past year who took the time to share their insights that allowed us to present this important research to the community.
The DevOps Sweet Spot: Inserting Security At Pull Requests
Today’s organizations are increasingly benefiting from the modernization of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including the adoption of cloud, DevOps, Agile methodologies, containers and more. Thanks to this modernization, organizations are innovating and releasing updates faster than ever before. But these benefits aren’t without challenges.
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