At Aryaka, we are focused on making the life of IT decision-makers and practitioners easier. To be the easy button for enterprises when it comes to their WAN and Security needs. One way we do this is by making two promotional offers available that address two of the key findings from our recently published Global […]
CMO at Aryaka Networks. Advisory Board member for the Fabric, Ushur, TrueLark, various startups. Former global marketing leader at Cisco. Recently, I was asked to share some thoughts on the wide-area network (WAN), and in particular, trends on software-defined WANs (SD-WANs) and emerging concepts like secure access service edge (SASE). While this may appear like gobbledegook […]
Recently, Gartner published a foundational document on optimizing internet performance (How to Architect Your Network to Optimize Internet Performance and Reliability, Published 29 December 2020 – ID G00731192). Many of you may have access to this. Why I say foundational is that it ties together many of the themes that are top-of-mind for CIOs and […]
It is often said that work is not a place you go to but what you do. The pandemic has put a spotlight on all forms of work that can be done from anywhere other than the traditional office environment and forced a rethink of hybrid workplaces. Almost no industry is immune from the change […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has been raging since March this year. It has caused disruptions in several sectors, but none more so than the manufacturing industry. Supply chain disruptions, remote user upsurge, and fluctuations in the sales channels are just some of the problems faced by this sector. Senior executives seek answers to questions like – […]
We’re now three quarters of a year into the pandemic, with some regions beginning to view COVID in the rear-view mirror, while others are in the midst of a second wave. What have enterprises learned, how are they applying 3rd party guidance, and how are they adapting for the future? As many have reported, over […]
What is SASE from an enterprise’s standpoint? Most enterprises don’t necessarily resonate with the buzzword yet, but can identify with the target architecture that a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution, wants to bring about as a foundational element of their WAN infrastructure for the next decade. Simplistically (as defined by Gartner), it is the […]
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 things XaaS. Catering to cloud-first architectural needs is one of the top WAN design patterns and has been […]
As a product manager at Aryaka, I have a massive data lake of WAN usage statistics from hundreds of organizations around the world at my fingertips. A quick analysis of these WAN usage statistics has given me a better insight into how work, as well as enterprise network-traffic-patterns, are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
In response to the growing threat of COVID-19, an increasing number of universities across the world are cancelling all “non-essential activities,” campus tours, study abroad programs and, more critically, in-person on-campus classes. Just this week, Harvard notified students they had five days to move out of on-campus housing and would be completing classes and exams […]
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 relying on the public internet that doesn’t offer end-to-end QoS guarantees. The Oracle Cloud, offering some unique capabilities, […]
