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BrandPost: Have it Your Way with Silver Peak

If Wendy’s, Burger King and McDonald’s can find a way to make it clear how they are different despite each offering hamburgers and french fries, why is it, five years into the hottest networking disruption in decades, companies are having so much trouble differentiating their SD-WAN products? (And, before anyone jumps in regarding their menu, yes, I realize the menu of these fast food giants has greatly evolved over the years, but the food with which they made their mark remains burgers and fries.) I understand that there are now 60+ vendors offering SD-WAN-like products, but even before the market exploded in terms of providers and adoption, even the top five vendors’ messages are the equivalent of a vanilla milkshake. When asked about some of our biggest challenges as a company and as an industry, I typically talk about the need to do some SD-WAN washing. In fact, I often share the story of how I attended a presentation at a conference and as I was sitting there, I closed my eyes and listened closely. My takeaway from the 60-minute discussion: “Wow, if I didn’t already know which vendor was presenting, I couldn’t tell who it was – everyone Continue reading

Silver Peak, Fortinet Score SD-WAN, WAF Deals

Silver Peak's SD-WAN will join iomart's managed service portfolio, while Fortinet's FortiWeb will...

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IBM CTO: Edge Will Implode Without Open Source

“The edge is accelerated by 5G and 5G brings advantages to the edge computing scenarios. To some...

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Who Won the Q4 Cloud Wars?

Amazon remained far and away the winner in the fourth quarter of 2019, but Microsoft continued to...

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The problem with mobile and app voting

It's the day after the 2020 Iowa caucuses, and the Iowa Democratic Party has yet to announce the winner. The app that precinct leaders were supposed to use to report final tallies recorded inconsistent results. Party leaders blamed a "coding issue" within the app, not a hack or attack. Computerworld's Lucas Mearian joins Juliet to discuss the problem with mobile voting and how this snafu may affect the reputation of app voting in the future.

New ESG Study on Hybrid Cloud Adoption and Security

What Does the ESG Study Entail?

The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) study is based on primary research and aims to effectively derive IT insights in the areas of hybrid cloud, data center as a service, and data center security.

ESG conducted a research survey of 200 IT decision-makers directly knowledgeable about their organizations’ cloud priorities and perceptions. They analyzed the results and have compiled key results in this paper.

You can use the findings provided in this paper to understand the latest trends and challenges in cloud adoption and inform your own hybrid/multi-cloud projects and data center security strategy.

What Areas of Research Are Covered in This Paper?

Through the IT-targeted survey, the ESG analysts look into the prevalence of hybrid applications and related challenges. The survey also seeks to determine the market demand for Data Center-as-a-Service (DCaaS) now and over the next 3 years. In addition, the paper investigates how important E-W security is considered and contrasts it with the current actual levels of East-West (E-W) security policy enforcement, discussing the potential reasons behind the gap.

Here is a sample chart showing respondents’ opinions on E-W security on a 5-point Likert scale.

 

Where Can I Access the Paper?

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You Asked and We Listened: New Features in the MANRS Observatory

Collaboration and shared responsibility are two pillars of the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative, which we support so that there is a baseline of routing security for network operators around the world.

The same values apply to running the MANRS Observatory, an online tool we launched in August that lets users track the state of Internet routing security and network operators their “MANRS-readiness.” Aggregating data from trusted sources, it relies on the community with a shared goal to protect the core of the Internet.

Since we rolled out the tool, many of you have shared that you would like to see updates to make it more informative, intuitive, and easy to use. We take your comments seriously, and we are delighted to introduce some of the new features to you.

We’ve made several improvements to the user interface, including:

  • Improved Search. The search network now displays the name of a network as you type an ASN. This feature is only available to MANRS participants; public access does not provide data for individual networks.
  • Report Sharing. Individual network reports that provide detailed information about potential incidents and cases of non-conformance can now be easily shared with Continue reading

Cisco Champion for 2020

I made it to the list of Cisco Champions for 2020 which is now the third year in a row! The primary reason I could again be selected between the first 100 Cisco champs for 2020 in the early acceptance process is the stuff that I shared through this blog and because of the contact with people that got to me directly via my blog comments or e-mail. Again, 2019 was another year full of great projects and big challenges with new technologies. We finally break the barrier of NFV and Automation and got some great stuff done using automation

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Upcoming Events and Webinars (February 2020)

If you’re an ipSpace.net subscriber, you might have noticed how busy the last month has been (more about that later). February won’t be much better:

Finally, I’ll run a day-long workshop in Zurich on March 10th describing containers and Docker.

Cisco Routers Power Telia Carrier 400GbE Network

The network uses Cisco’s NCS5500 series routers that were updated last year to support 400GbE...

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Google Cloud Run Rate Hits $10 Billion

This is significant because Alphabet has long ignored investors’ pleas to report Google Cloud...

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Intel Ditches Nervana, High on Habana

Intel acquired Habana Labs seven weeks ago for $2 billion to bolster its position in the highly...

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Daily Roundup: NSA Ranks Cloud Security Risks

NSA ranked cloud security risks; Nuage CEO said SD-WAN is multi-faceted; and TPx tapped Cisco...

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HPE Buys Scytale, Embraces Open Source Security

Scytale’s founders included engineers from Amazon Web Services, Duo Security (now owned by...

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Tech Bytes: Forward Networks Lets You Query Your Network Like A Database (Sponsored)

On today's Tech Bytes episode, sponsor Forward Networks talks about how it creates a real-time data model of your network that you can query to verify intent, speed troubleshooting, and check configuration changes. We discuss Forward's Network Query Engine (NQE) and its latest feature, In-App NQE. Andi Voellmy, a member of the technical staff at Forward.

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Tech Bytes: Forward Networks Lets You Query Your Network Like A Database (Sponsored)

On today's Tech Bytes episode, sponsor Forward Networks talks about how it creates a real-time data model of your network that you can query to verify intent, speed troubleshooting, and check configuration changes. We discuss Forward's Network Query Engine (NQE) and its latest feature, In-App NQE. Andi Voellmy, a member of the technical staff at Forward.

Network Break 269: Apstra Enhances Intent-Based Data Center Capabilities; Cisco Brings Kubernetes To Hyperflex HCI

Today's Network Break reports on Apstra's latest software release for Intent-Based Networking, Cisco rolls out new products including Kubernetes on Hyperflex, VMware layoffs get social media attention, and the United Kingdom lays down the rules for Huawei gear in its telecom networks. We also review financial results for several big tech companies.