If you rely on the Internet to support users around the world, you are likely frustrated by slow network speeds. Whether you’re in Kuala Lumpur or Kentucky, using the public Internet means your precious packets can get stacked up behind someone trying to download 20 of their favorite movies. The best way to address the […]
When Platform Specialty Products Corp. decided to go all-in with cloud computing, the company recognized it needed a modern WAN to support the new architecture. After reviewing the available options, settled on a global SD-WAN from Aryaka and ditched MPLS. Stan Yarbrough, the company’s Senior Global IT Architect, explains the challenges Platform Specialty Products faced […]
The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, promises to be the most technologically advanced games yet, with more ways for you to stream unique, high definition content from more events to wherever you happen to be in the world. Although 5G technology is not expected to be commercially available before 2020, South Korea service […]
SD-WAN has become the definitive buzzword in enterprise networking, and if you’re a decision maker in IT, chances are the technology has come up in conversation. According to Gartner, by 2018, 40% of WAN edge infrastructure will be based on SD-WAN or something similar. What is SD-WAN? In a nutshell, software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) […]
SD-WAN solutions have been making inroads into the enterprise by delivering application performance improvements, reducing network complexity at branch offices, and reducing costs in some cases, but buyer beware: There are two primary underlying connectivity options, and application response times for one are four times better than the other. That was one of the core […]
How many times have you been in a business meeting and suddenly, your call drops? Or you are on a conference call and your voice lags? You can probably count it on more than one hand. In the past few years, we have seen cloud-hosted voice and video dramatically change modern business communication. But, without […]
The SD-WAN market is in the consolidation phase of its evolution and corporate pairings are flooding Silicon Valley. The latest news on the block is about the VeloCloud acquisition, or if we may call it VMware Velocloud. The idea may seem strange at first given VMware’s position as the dominant player in server virtualization (Why […]
From vampires and mummies to witches and zombies, Halloween can bring out some scary creatures, but nothing is scarier for an IT manager than slow and unreliable connectivity and application performance. Aryaka recently published the State of SD-WAN Connectivity report that compares SD-WAN deployments that are built on the Internet vs. a global private network. […]
Think the public Internet is a good option for deploying business- and mission-critical applications? Read this post and then download our latest report for the facts. Business is moving to the cloud. Everything, from productivity applications, like Office365, to computing platforms like AWS and Azure, to business-critical SaaS applications like Salesforce and SAP Business ByDesign, […]
By 2018, the Internet of Things (IoT) is projected to be an industry worth 470 billion dollars. The changes in networking needs for IoT will open multiple opportunities for both new and existing companies in the connectivity space. IoT services require flexible, stable, and efficient networks. As opportunities grow exponentially, so will the connectivity challenges. […]
If the enterprise WAN is like a fabric, stitched together with hardware, software, and the human resources who maintain it, it’s possible that the advent of the cloud has created a large hole. Is there a tear in your network fabric? Missing Threads For years, the enterprise WAN was composed of interconnecting links and pipes, […]
The WAN wasn’t built in a day – but you’d think that SD-WAN providers would have at least spent some time considering how to build one of the most important pieces of the WAN into their cloud strategy: remote access. Two major trends in business development have made remote access a non-negotiable for the enterprise […]
