The 2024 tech landscape may best be described with three words: adapt, collaborate, and secure. Specifically, businesses will shift how they approach technology via the adoption of NaaS, the prioritization of cloud security, and the implementation of a collective defense against cyber threats.
Implementing a certified SASE solution improves interoperability and enables an enterprise to take advantage of the latest SASE features and functionality.
NaaS serves as the catalyst for enterprise IT transformation. However, for the global NaaS market to reach its full potential, automation must be standards-based.
NaaS solutions are just one example of how standardized APIs are being used to deliver new and innovative services, and businesses not using APIs will soon be at a competitive disadvantage.
Standardized SD-WAN and SASE have emerged as crucial use cases for edge computing as they allow the provisioning of computing resources and connectivity needed to improve application performance, minimize latency, and enhance the user experience.
MEF recently published the industry’s first standard for SASE, which defines common terminology, attributes of the service, and a service framework, along with a Zero Trust framework
With available standards and new standards coming in 2022 to define SASE and Zero Trust, enterprises will be better informed to compare services when purchasing secure SD-WAN and SASE managed services.
Pascal Menezes