5G Expectations, Extending the Cloud & Achieving Network Automation
Week of March 1st, 2020
Network Automation is More Than Pushing Config
Prior to the emergence of modern, programmable networks, legacy network management principles such as manual CLI and scripting were enough to keep businesses up and running. However, programmability has proven to be critical in order to interface with the complex ecosystem of technologies that are involved in today’s network operations.
5G Hasn’t Met CIO Expectations (Yet)
CIOs and IT professionals have varying levels of interest in the perceived, but still largely unproven, benefits of 5G. Some are more excited and anxious than others. However, before 5G enables an ascension of enterprise use cases and applications in a wireless context, the onus is on vendors and operators to deliver viable and more effective services.
Achieving Network Automation Through Infrastructure As Code
To keep up in this age of modernization, network teams need to embrace automation, or be left behind. By treating infrastructure like software, the Infrastructure as Code approach provides several benefits. Read about what goals IaC can help you achieve and what to consider when building a strategy for modernizing your network.
Extending Cloud To Enable Intelligent Edge
In the last few years, with the emergence of 5G, IoT and AI, cloud providers have recognized the value and the importance of edge, and started building the infrastructure technologies to provide computing and connection between cloud and edge, as well as edge based intelligent services as part of their total cloud value proposition. However, this is a relatively new area of cloud computing with great opportunities as well as challenges.
SD-WAN Security: Cloud Integration Branches Out
The impact of deploying software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) within the cloud fabric of centralized or distributed networks has been profound on a number of levels. One reason for this impact is the appeal of integrating security capabilities into communications service providers’ (CSPs’) SD-WAN solutions. To understand the associated business drivers and technical requirements, Heavy Reading launched the SD-WAN Security Market Leadership Study (MLS) with collaboration partners Amdocs, Fortinet, Lavelle Networks and Nuage Networks in 4Q 2019.
IT Leaders Share Insights On The State Of Digital Transformation
MuleSoft surveyed 800 IT leaders from across the globe on the state of digital transformation and integration. Ninety-two percent of organizations are currently undertaking digital transformation initiatives or plan to in the next year. But 85 percent of said initiatives are slowed by integration challenges. The average organization has 900 applications, and only 28 percent are currently integrated.
How Lenovo Plans To Automate Edge Computing
The potential of new 5G enterprise offerings is jaw-dropping, with massive upticks in bandwidth and devices supporting data-intensive services and processes, including those at the far edges of networks. Lenovo has some ideas about automation that may prove pivotal in system transformations.
Operationalizing Kubernetes At Scale
Now that Kubernetes is gaining traction in mainstream IT environments, the next biggest challenge IT teams will face is operationalizing the platform at scale. Provisioning a single Kubernetes cluster is one thing, but deploying and managing tens, hundreds or even thousands of Kubernetes clusters is still beyond the capabilities of the average IT organization.
Five New Ways DevOps Will Leverage The Cloud
Research by Allied Market Research estimates the DevOps market will reach $9.4 billion by 2023. With cloud services expected to grow to $266.4 billion in 2020 alone, the continued overlap of DevOps and the cloud seems obvious. Of course, like every part of the tech world, the success of this overlap is driven by innovation. Here are five areas of innovation to keep an eye on in 2020.
Cloud Tech Developing Faster Than Businesses Can Manage
Public and hybrid cloud infrastructure environment is growing in complexity, and lacks automation and a lack of resources to effectively respond to demands. This is based on FireMon’s new 2020 State of Hybrid Cloud Security Report, which sheds light on the current cloud security landscape. The report states that while enterprises rapidly transition to the public cloud, complexity is increasing. Furthermore, visibility and team sizes are decreasing while security budgets remain flat. This poses a significant obstacle to preventing data breaches, FireMon states.
Fortinet CEO: SD-WAN, Edge, Automation Key To Next-Gen Security
SD-WAN, edge computing, and automation are the keys to the next generation of enterprise security, said Fortinet CEO Ken Xie during a keynote at the RSA Conference in San Fransisco this week. “There is a lot changing today making the perimeter security no longer enough,” he said. “Even after these 30-40 years, [networks] are still running the same [security] protocol, and they still don’t go beyond the connectivity and speed.”
A Case Study: How DevOps Plays A Role At Apple Headquarters
Continuous updates and features are key to delivering a consistent and reliable user experience. Software companies need to go the extra mile to compete long-term and build strong relationships with their user base. This is where DevOps comes in. DevOps is a culture philosophy and agile methodology that combines development and operations. It’s clear that DevOps has a strong presence over at Apple headquarters; on any given day, you’ll find plenty of DevOps engineers positions listed on the Apple market. Here’s how DevOps plays a role over at Apple—from its early heyday to modern times.
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