In a recent study conducted by Aryaka, the average data response time for a 200MB file ranges from 68 to 135 minutes over Internet-based network infrastructures, depending on the distance. If you calculated the number of customers[...]

Mergers and acquisitions often leave global enterprises with managing a complex network built with a myriad of solutions and providers. Learn how Platform Specialty Products deployed a single global private network to 190 sites in four months,[...]

SD-WAN is the biggest trend in enterprise networking today. Companies of all sizes are looking at this next generation technology as the best alternative to legacy networks to connect far-flung offices to resources hosted in the data[...]

Compared to what typical enterprise network architectures looked like a decade or so ago, current global WAN deployments are like a complicated maze and continue to increase in complexity. What used to be a simple hub and[...]

MPLS is entering its sunset, and yet telcos aren’t ready to let you go. Rather than see you invest a few more years in a legacy technology that needs to be retrofitted with WAN Optimization, SD-WAN, and[...]

Digital transformation initiatives are reshaping manufacturing, and here at Makino a global leader in metal cutting and manufacturing technology, we’re looking forward to advances that allow real time data analysis to better predict machine downtime, track performance,[...]

Securing IT resources within four walls is hard enough, but it’s a challenge of a different order when it comes to securing a WAN with links reaching around the world, provided by a range of service providers[...]

The role of IT is becoming more critical in business operations around the globe, and the spending shows it. Spicework’s State of IT Report says 87% of companies will either increase their IT budget in the coming year or[...]

Many enterprises want the benefits of SD-WAN– application awareness and performance, cloud connectivity, an economical way to add bandwidth, end-to-end visibility, and then some. But few want the headache of piecing it all together: multiple providers, MPLS,[...]

Cloud platforms and SaaS applications have created more connections across diverse locations, and global enterprises are finding that they require a defense in depth security strategy to protect their digital resources. So what strategies using SD-WAN can[...]

Unless your global enterprise still operates using Morse code, there has probably been some major buzz in your IT department around the cloud, digital transformation, and of course, SD-WAN. IHS Markit released their latest industry report, which[...]

Enterprises migrating to Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud-based offerings are learning the hard way that application performance varies wildly when end users are dispersed around the globe. Microsoft reports that more than 50% of its commercial Office customers[...]