Skype for business…a recipe for stress or success?

Skype for Business with a Legacy Network Skype for Business with a Global SD-WAN Skype for Business lets you collaborate with anyone, anywhere, on any device, with the security and control of Microsoft. But, when WANs cause poor voice quality and frequent disconnects, there are some things you won’t be able to do with Skype […]

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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 future network architectures earlier today, I started thinking about what that means for enterprise networking. If you have […]

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Is it Time for a WAN Reset? Gartner Looks at SD-WAN: The Future of Enterprise Networks

“The WAN is a mess!” proclaimed Gartner Analyst, Andrew Lerner, during their recent Data Center Infrastructure and Operations conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lerner was the host of two major sessions focused on the network at the conference: The Enterprise Network Scenario and SD-WAN: Smoke and Mirrors. The Complex State of Many WANs According […]

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Cisco + Viptela: WAN Optimization on Everyone’s Mind But Who’s Getting it Right?
Cisco + Viptela: WAN Optimization on Everyone’s Mind But Who’s Getting it Right?

It was the mid-80’s when the epic Wendy’s ‘Where’s the Beef’ commercial first aired. The catchphrase immediately took the country by storm and has been engraved into American pop culture ever since. For those who do not get the reference, back in the 80s, the burger chain Wendy’s put out this commercial that had three […]

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Crunching the Numbers on SD-WAN Reliability and Speed: Internet vs. Global Private Networks

How long is 4,000 milliseconds? It depends on who you ask. For global enterprises whose success depends on getting information to the other side of the planet and back quickly and reliably, 4000 milliseconds can be an eternity. Unfortunately, it’s also how long it can take a 100kb file to get from London to Dubai–if […]

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Q&A: Aryaka Channel Chief Craig Patterson on the New Accelerate Partner Program
Q&A: Aryaka Channel Chief Craig Patterson on the New Accelerate Partner Program

This is Part 2 of a two-part series announcing Aryaka Accelerate.  The first part posted yesterday, Monday, November 1. This week Aryaka unveiled the new Accelerate Partner Program for sales agents at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo. Aryaka has always been channel-friendly, but the new program takes it to a new level. We interviewed […]

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Aryaka Announces New “Accelerate” Agent Partner Program
Aryaka Announces New “Accelerate” Agent Partner Program

This is Part 1 of a two-part series announcing Aryaka Accelerate.  The second part will post tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2. We are super excited to announce the launch today of our new agent partner program, Aryaka Accelerate!   This is a renewed commitment to our channel first strategy, one that is responsible for 89% of our […]

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With the Rise of the Hybrid Workforce, It’s Time to Reevaluate the Advantages of Desktop as-a-Service
With the Rise of the Hybrid Workforce, It’s Time to Reevaluate the Advantages of Desktop as-a-Service

Many of you may have heard about virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), a smaller percentage may have used the technology, and of these, I’m sure many of you all have experiences to share, the good, the bad, and the ugly. VDI on its own is a great concept, combining security, remote management, anywhere availability of applications […]

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Survey Says: Hybrid Work Environments are Here to Stay and Aryaka Customers are Ready
Survey Says: Hybrid Work Environments are Here to Stay and Aryaka Customers are Ready

Aryaka customer Mark Baker, CTO of Pilot Freight Services, recently said that to be a successful IT leader you must, “Plan for the worst, hope for the best.” It’s a commonly held wisdom, especially in the networking and security world of IT, that has helped Aryaka customers like Pilot Freight Services address the technology challenges […]

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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 have. As Wayne Dyer used to say, “If you change the way you look at things, the things […]

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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 the competition, and the ability to tell my boss I am immersed in diligent hours-long industry research while […]

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Will Your Employees Return To The Office Any Time Soon?
Will Your Employees Return To The Office Any Time Soon?

It was not supposed to be that way. That way being uncertain when we know to return to the office or who will work from home permanently. Sure, we all embraced the notion of hybrid workplaces, and businesses made plans for when and how to return to the office and support employees who will work […]

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