What is MPLS? Contrary to popular belief, MPLS is not a type of internet connection, but an encapsulation and switching technique. Designed and deployed in a hub-and-spoke technology, MPLS backhauls the branch traffic to the cloud via[...]

Last week I blogged about Aryaka HybridWAN and its innovative approach to deliver internet connectivity with enterprise class SLAs to the branch. Of course, as soon as you open branches to the internet, security is a major concern.[...]

According to Gartner, one of the key architectural characteristics of SD-WAN is the ability to leverage a variety of transport mechanisms to connect branches in a way that achieves an optimal mix of reliability, application performance and cost[...]

As part of our global managed SD-WAN service, ‘pre-wired’ multi-cloud connectivity is one of the linchpins of our offering.  This permits our customers to access IaaS/PaaS/SaaS via our SLA-driven private backbone for mission-critical applications, as opposed to[...]

Enterprises are adopting both UCaaS and SD-WAN solutions at a rapid pace, and many enterprises are adopting both technologies simultaneously. According to Gartner, by 2021, 90% of IT leaders will not purchase new premises-based UC solutions because[...]

Calls, Calls and More Calls John Doe is a senior leader with a leading US-based technology firm. His day usually begins at 7 am, the perfect time to hop on a video conference call with the marketing[...]

The other day, after I talked to a prospective customer, they told me they had read my last blog and that, while I talked about intent-based networking , I had omitted writing about orchestration, which is a[...]

The cloud is a game changer. From the rise of Netflix and the Internet of Things (IoT) to the less sexy, but still impactful examples like the enablement of collaboration tools like Office 365, the cloud continues[...]

Once considered a laggard, the manufacturing sector is fast catching up on Digital Transformation initiatives. Central to this transformation are technologies like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the cloud, and big-data analytics. Introduction of IoT in[...]

New research finds financial services organizations are using more cloud-based services to transform the ways they operate and serve customers. The Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) and Aryaka commissioned a research project to understand the technology investments and[...]

Too often, SD-WAN deployments don’t take into account the application and network visibility required to make the most of the service; to ensure optimal performance and to drive maximum productivity gains. This is especially true with overlay[...]

We’ve all read about the growth of the public cloud and the adoption of SaaS. One of the leaders in this space is of course Microsoft Azure, both as infrastructure, but also as the platform for Office 365. [...]