Progression of Automation, Digital Transformation and the Next Big Thing in SD-WAN
Week of November 24th, 2019
The Steady Progression of Network Automation
At some point you run into tool overload. Given the diverse number of tools coming out for networking thing can get complex in a hurry. With automation all the rage along with software defined networks, intent based networking, SD-WAN, underlays, overlays, controllers and new security solutions it is incredibly hard to integrate everything. Never mind the streaming telemetry and analytics, logging, cloud networking, cloud security, IP address management and tracking all these resources too. So how do you stitch all this together into something that is usable, practical and matches the workflow that your team has adopted.
The Top Technologies That Enabled Digital Transformation This Decade
As the decade comes to a close, and we think back to the distant times of 2010, it becomes apparent that the 2010s were a decade of unimaginable digital transformation. Google, Amazon, Uber, Facebook, and Twitter are some of the major tech companies that have fundamentally changed society. Groundbreaking innovations have revamped actions like communicating with loved ones, ordering food, or hailing a cab. Backing these transformative platforms are thousands of coders, scientists, and researchers, who spend years building new technologies designed to address any and all human concerns or needs. These are some of the technologies that enabled digital transformation since 2010.
What Is Intelligent Automation And How It Can Help You Innovate Better
Would you like to hear the best news ever? Nothing is perfect. Every system, process, interaction, mechanical apparatus, or digital flow, have frictions. These imperfections provide innovators, entrepreneurs, and anyone looking for new business growth with an opportunity to step to the plate and come up with a solution that generates value and revenues. To do so, you will need to have the ability to identify these frictions. The framework I describe below will enable you to unlock new opportunities and solve frictions with the power of AI and IoT.
Is SASE The Next Big Thing In SD-WAN?
Highlighted in Gartner’s 2019 Hype Cycle, secure access service edge (SASE) is the next wave of software-defined wide-area networks (SD-WAN), which converges the WAN edge and network security into a cloud-based, as-a-service delivery model. SD-WANs have already paved the way toward network convergence, but SASE takes it a step further by combining elements of SD-WAN and network security into a single cloud-based service. SASE supports all types of edges, including WAN, mobile, cloud, and edge computing, and instead of stringing together multiple products, SASE uses a single-pass, cloud-based architecture to process traffic faster.
5G And IoT Lead Telco Transformation Drive
Telco leaders are optimistic about the promise of digital transformation, but there is a lack of synergy in the application of emerging technologies at the network layer. That is according to a global EY report, Accelerating the intelligent enterprise, which includes analysis of 27 leading telcos about their digital transformation journey.
How Do I Build The Right Cloud Network Design?
Networks look different now than they did a decade ago, and that continuous change isn’t slowing down. Cloud networking plays a large role in the transformation of legacy networks.
DevOps Delivers, But Requires New Skills – And A Whole New Mindset
Just about every organization with a functioning IT department has been attempting to finesse some variation of DevOps into its software delivery flow. When done right, DevOps is powerful stuff, and delivers very noticeable results, according to Chris DeGonia, director of QA at International SOS. In a recent podcast with Kalyan Rao Konda, president and head of the North America East business unit at Cigniti, he credits the ability to automate the flow, across repeatable processes, checks, and balances in the system. While automation enables DevOps proliferation, it takes people with the right skills and mindsets to make things happen, DeGonia and Konda emphasize.
Transforming Your Global Connectivity Strategy: Something Has To Give
Digital transformation is no longer a future state, or something to consider for the next financial year – it’s an initiative that needs to be woven into the very fabric of an organization. Global connectivity is a fundamental part of the jigsaw, but when networking costs for distributed enterprise sites such as restaurants and retail stores can exceed 60 percent of overall IT spending, something has to give.
There Aren’t Enough Humans For Cloud-Native Infrastructure. Can DevOps Deal?
Applications are the tip of the iceberg in cloud-native computing. When monoliths shard into microservices and containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications), the underlying infrastructure feels it; so do administrators and DevOps (Developer Operations) teams. How can they possibly spread themselves thin enough to handle all these distributed components?
Cisco Boasts 20,000 SD-WAN Customers
Cisco says 20,000 customers use its SD-WAN technology. This number, as of its first fiscal quarter of 2020, includes the vendor’s Viptela and Meraki product lines. And, according to a blog touting the customers count, this crosses all industries and the globe.
What SD-WAN Devices Do I Need In An SD-WAN Deployment?
A software-defined WAN may sound like a software-only proposition, but the name obscures the fact that SD-WAN devices are still required. In reality, an SD-WAN needs underlying hardware because hardware is the target and transport for all SD-WAN operations.
DevOps In The Multicloud World: Cloud Native Developer Experience On IBM Z
While strategies like continuous delivery and continuous deployment are eminently possible – and advisable – for mainframe development, applying them to mainframe infrastructure sometimes requires a cultural change to ensure everyone gets on board the agile release train. These are all challenges that can be solved – and must be solved if organizations wish to continue taking advantage of the unparalleled computing power and reliability provided by mainframes, and leverage the benefits of cloud-native, DevOps focused strategies.
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