Author: paulliesenberg
SD-WAN overlay vs underlay: Fixing the Distorted View of WAN
SD-WAN overlay vs underlay: Fixing the Distorted View of WAN
Wikipedia defines a Fata Morgana as “significantly distorting the object or objects on which they are based, often such that the object is completely unrecognizable.” – in other words, a mirage. Reading through this excellent article on[...]
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Renewing our perspective: Why a best-in-class SD-WAN solution is vital to SASE success
Renewing our perspective: Why a best-in-class SD-WAN solution is vital to SASE success
Perspective is key. In our fast-paced, high tech professional life, we often prioritize the response to short term needs, and sometimes unfortunately lose perspective over some key goals as well as the impact they were supposed to[...]
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The Evolution of the Industry 4.0+ Manufacturing Infrastructure
The Evolution of the Industry 4.0+ Manufacturing Infrastructure
We just published a new white paper, which I authored with tons of input from my smart team here at Aryaka. I always have fun writing white papers, it involves digging for topic-related industry news, checking out[...]
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Aryaka recognized in Vertical Systems Group’s Global Provider Carrier Managed SD-WAN Leaderboard
Aryaka recognized in Vertical Systems Group’s Global Provider Carrier Managed SD-WAN Leaderboard
Even when you know you’re going strong, innovating and growing fast – it’s great to get external validation. And we get a lot of it: happy customers that propel us to the top of Gartner’s Peer Reviews[...]
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Aryaka SmartSecure Private Access: A Look Behind the Scenes
Aryaka SmartSecure Private Access: A Look Behind the Scenes
We have to admit to suffering from chronic pandemic fatigue – both when it comes to the limitations it imposes into our everyday life as well as when it comes to the entire high-tech industry linking every[...]
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MPLS: “Don’t write me off yet”
MPLS: “Don’t write me off yet”
A few days ago, I re-watched the movie “Music and Lyrics”. There is an extremely cheesy song Hugh Grant sings at some point in the movie, titled “Don’t write me off yet”. I thought that if MPLS[...]
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Optimizing Real-Time Collaboration Performance
Optimizing Real-Time Collaboration Performance
While several of my colleagues in other geographies now are completely free to work in the office again, here in California -as well as other places- we are still working from home. Or, as some have started[...]
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Paving the road to SASE: Aryaka and Check Point
Paving the road to SASE: Aryaka and Check Point
When it comes to network security, everybody is boarding the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) train. With very good reason, too: SASE’s architectural model is optimally suited to support the consolidated networking and security needs of all[...]
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Aryaka SD-WAN and Microsoft 365 Teams
Aryaka SD-WAN and Microsoft 365 Teams
There is one recent experience we knowledge workers across the globe have shared over the last 4 months: while we have always been well acquainted with collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, Webex, Zoom, 8×8, BlueJeans, Slack,[...]
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Aryaka Declared a Managed SD-WAN Industry Leader by Vertical Systems Group
Aryaka Declared a Managed SD-WAN Industry Leader by Vertical Systems Group
For the second year, Aryaka is ranked among the industry leaders based on Installed and billable U.S. Managed SD-WAN sites in 2019. It is amazing to be up there with industry giants such as AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink[...]
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What Networking can learn from Apple Inc.
What Networking can learn from Apple Inc.
As Apple gets ready to announce amazing quarterly results this week again, I had to think about January. When Apple announced record results of over $121B and profits of over $30B in January, industry pundits had a[...]
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Improving Global Microsoft Azure Performance with Aryaka
Improving Global Microsoft Azure Performance with Aryaka
We all know that in the world of the cloud-first digital enterprise, key business processes rely on network performance – if the network doesn’t deliver on the expected SLAs, there is direct impact on business results and[...]
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