Tag: Multicloud

June 25, 2024

There is a growing sense of urgency surrounding cloud security as IT professionals deal with complex new threats and increasing cyberattacks targeted towards cloud resources, Thales Inc’s 2024 Cloud Security Study said. With the demands of AI integration across products, […]

April 8, 2024

In the world of cloud computing, the concept of multicloud networking has sparked renewed interest – signaling a critical shift toward more sophisticated and integrated cloud architectures. This resurgence underscores a pressing demand for solutions that elegantly navigate the intricacies […]

September 26, 2023

IBM is rolling out a new DNS-based service that will let customers securely control connectivity between distributed multicloud environments. NS1 Connect is one of the first fruits from IBM’s acquisition of DNS specialist NS1 earlier this year. The service is […]

June 20, 2023

With today’s enterprise architectures, it’s no longer a question of whether they have incorporated a cloud, but rather how many. The problem is: How do you create, enforce, and manage security controls across these different clouds when they operate in […]

April 24, 2023

Vendors of all stripes—network hardware vendors, telcos, hyperscalers, and a new generation of cloud-based upstarts—are jumping on the network-as-a-service (NaaS) bandwagon, so it can be confusing to sort out who is offering what. Even the definition of NaaS is somewhat […]

December 16, 2022

Hybrid and multicloud initiatives will continue to shape enterprise IT in 2023, and the impact on data-center networking will be felt across key areas including security, management, and operations. Network teams are investing in technologies such as SD-WAN and SASE, […]

June 2, 2022

Networking multicloud-based enterprise workloads can be complicated and tedious, but there is an open-source software project underway that may change that. Called Network Service Mesh, the project would enable cloud-based Kubernetes workloads to communicate securely regardless of where they are […]

December 1, 2020

Today everyone wants more and more from their network: more control, more visibility, and more security. And that’s exactly what Riedel Networks intends to give its customers, including the Olympic Games and Formula 1 as well as TV broadcasters and […]

November 12, 2020

Lately you can’t go without hearing certain buzzwords in the world of enterprise networking: 5G, SASE, edge computing, SD-WAN…the list goes on. The past few years has seen a tumultuous time for networking technology, with a shift towards multicloud and […]

November 10, 2020

Cisco Tetration, a leader in micro-segmentation and workload security, announces significant new enhancements, available now, that help security architects achieve the protection required for today’s heterogeneous multicloud environments. One of the key challenge’s businesses face is how to provide a […]

February 13, 2020

Arista confirmed what had been rumored for the past few weeks, that it has acquired software-defined networking (SDN) and cloud-software vendor Big Switch Networks for an undisclosed amount. The move gives Arista a package of software technology that should complement […]

January 16, 2020

Most companies who use cloud services to deploy applications, websites, databases and related solutions have a problem. While each cloud vendor may have a secure solution for their own cloud service and offer a rich set of security tools to […]

January 13, 2020

In the age of multicloud, network transformation is on many CxOs’ minds. Public clouds, private clouds, SaaS providers—they’re coming together to help enterprise organizations accomplish amazing things. They’re also placing game-changing demands on existing networks. Legacy infrastructure lacks the modern […]

February 28, 2019

Businesses rely on IT to differentiate in any industry by providing better services and user experiences in today’s Digital World. The network has evolved, and it plays a key role in this journey. I often get asked about my top […]

February 20, 2019

The integration of Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) with cloud management functionality into the Cisco family of routers in 2018 excited many of our customers. Instantly over a million installed Cisco ISR and ASR routers could be upgraded to become […]

October 8, 2018

Twenty-five years ago, the pain in my wrists was unbearable. I was spending 10-12 hours a day creating presentations about the OSI model and the power of a multiprotocol network (yeah, I’m old). After visiting a doctor and physical therapist […]

October 2, 2018

I love it when problem solvers collaborate with other like-minded people to find elegant solutions to important problems. This is exactly how Cisco came together with SAP to realize our common vision to help customers modernize infrastructures without disruption, and […]

August 2, 2018

Earlier this morning, Cisco announced its intent to acquire Duo Security. In and of itself, this acquisition has been several months in the making by an impressive team of professionals who understood exactly what could be accomplished together. For me […]

April 25, 2018

Facing the reality that many enterprise data-center managers now work in a hybrid cloud environment, Juniper Networks is set to release Contrail Enterprise Multicloud, a software package designed to monitor and manage workloads and servers deployed across networking and cloud […]