SD-WAN 5G Optimization, The Future of Network Automation & the Key to Digital Transformation
Week of February 16th, 2020
How SD-WAN 5G Could Optimize Networks For Specific Applications
In this roundup of networking blogs, industry experts explore SD-WAN 5G integrations, Citizens Broadband Radio Service and multi-cloud networking issues.
[Research] The Future State of Network Automation Initiatives, Barriers, Solutions & Skills
Enterprises are ready to start pushing the envelope by using advanced techniques and tools to automate both simple and complex network management. Here are some of the most interesting findings from Enterprise Management Associates’ (EMA) recent survey related to the future state of network automation so you can plan for 2020 and beyond.
What Makes Digital Transformation A Success?
Despite more than $5 trillion having been spent on digital transformation efforts, survey after survey shows that successful digital transformations are far and few in-between. By many estimates, more than 50 percent of digital transformation efforts failed in recent years. While a recent survey conducted by Hanover Research and commissioned by AHEAD, the State of Enterprise Digital Transformation, found that 93 percent of enterprises are undergoing some digital transformation as they seek to cut costs (77 percent) and improve customer experience (71 percent). The survey found 42 percent of enterprises struggling to reach success as their efforts fall behind or stall.
Death by a Thousand Scripts
There has been an increasing trend of relying on scripts to fill the gaps left by the software system. Unfortunately, leaning on these scripts to prop up software systems can lead to failure. This is why scripts should be meant for PoC and prototyping phases, not for productization.
Industry Voices—Doyle: Four Leading Networking Trends That Are Not 5G
The networking industry has been overwhelmed by news (and hype) around 5G. However, plenty of other developments are worth our attention, including software-based routing, containerization of NFV, distributed multi-cloud and enabling edge computing. Here’s a look at four of the non-5G trends and the vendors that are behind them.
Constant Connectivity In An SD-WAN Network
Alan Stewart–Brown, VP of EMEA at Opengear, says SD-WAN has rapidly become the standard in enterprise deployments. An SD-WAN network can manage multiple types of connections, from LTE to broadband to multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) links. This means that traffic can be routed over the most cost-effective services, such as broadband. Services that require high quality, such as video or voice, or high security, with sensitive information, can still be routed over remaining MPLS lines, although many enterprises are freeing themselves of MPLS entirely. Because of this flexibility, SD-WANs can dramatically lessen the cost and minimize the complexity of traditional WANs.
Network Impact Of Moving Collaborations To The Cloud
When an enterprise transitions from an in-house to a cloud-based collaboration infrastructure, the network paths (and thus the loads) often change. This creates challenges on the internal network (e.g., an MPLS core), on Internet access points, and how we manage transport quality. In John Bartlett of No Jitter’s last article, I discussed the eight steps to moving collaborations to the cloud, so now, let’s look at the network changes.
Fortinet’s Ronen Shpirer: Why 5G Security Is More Important Than Ever
As more use cases for 5G become an integral part of how businesses and industries operate, security is more crucial than ever. Ronen Shpirer has over 20 years of experience working with communications service providers (CSPs) and solutions vendors, including Motorola, Cisco, Bay Networks, and others. He is now the director of solutions marketing at Fortinet. Shpirer covers the communication service provider market and works with managed service providers and mobile network operators. He shared his thoughts with SDxCentral on 5G security and future use cases.
How To Manage IoT Data
In a video interview recorded before the cancellation of Mobile World Congress 2020, Omdia associate director Liz Cruz talks about the challenge of delivering IoT data from the edge to the cloud.
SD-WAN Security: The Impact Of Orchestrated Services Multiplicity
The pace of software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) deployments has experienced strong growth over the past four years. As a result, the SD-WAN has already become a strategic component of many communications service provider (CSP) networks. One reason for SD-WAN growth is that the service richness of SD-WANs continues to evolve, such as with the integration of security services into those deployments. Increasingly, SD-WAN security services are becoming an important differentiator, playing a major role in the managed SD-WAN service provider selection process.
Collaboration Key To Driving 5G Into IoT
The secret to operators’ success in the 5G era will involve more than simply ensuring the technology is right, Tom Loozen, global telecommunications leader at professional services organization EY argued, noting a next-generation service will require a fresh approach. In an interview with Mobile World Live, Loozen noted an increasingly hyper-connected world means operators must make strengthening customer relationships a priority, positioning themselves more as a digital partner than just a provider of communications services.
Multicloud, Security Integration Drive Massive SD-WAN Adoption
Increasing cloud adoption as well as improved network security, visibility and manageability are driving enterprise software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) deployments at a breakneck pace. According to research from IDC, software- and infrastructure-as-a-service (SaaS and IaaS) offerings in particular have been driving SD-WAN implementations in the past year, said Rohit Mehra, vice president, network infrastructure at IDC.
5G Security: Mitigating Threats In The Era Of Hyperspeed And Hyperconnectivity
5G is one of the hottest industry buzzwords right now, and for good reason. Beyond its ability to deliver massive capacity, it is expected to be one of the fastest and most pervasive technologies of all time, fundamentally changing every sector of the economy. In recent years, we’ve lived through 3G and 4G. So what makes this next generation so revolutionary? Put simply, every emerging technology we are collectively excited about—IoT, VR/AR gaming, autonomous cars and smart cities—is enabled through 5G.
Lenovo’s Charles Ferland Talks 5G Monetization And The Future Of The Telco Cloud
Increasing cloud adoption as well as improved network security, visibility and manageability are driving enterprise software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) deployments at a breakneck pace. According to research from IDC, software- and infrastructure-as-a-service (SaaS and IaaS) offerings in particular have been driving SD-WAN implementations in the past year, said Rohit Mehra, vice president, network infrastructure at IDC.
Observability-Driven Development: From Software Development To DevOps
In today’s world of cloud platforms and applications, typically delivered as SaaS (Software as a Service), it is critical for organizations to ensure efficient collaboration between software development and operations teams. The software development team codes the software application or platform, while the DevOps team streamlines and automates the entire production lifecycle, from development and testing to deployment.
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