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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Culture and Connectivity as keys to success – Podcast featuring PvG Global
Culture and Connectivity as keys to success – Podcast featuring PvG Global

A 60-year young company with a rich history that was founded, formed and created on a belief that there was a better way to administer benefits at a lower cost without sacrificing quality. That is ProView Global or PvG global – an innovative company based out of the Philippines, that leverages deep domain expertise and […]

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Survey Says: Manufacturing Enterprises Are Globally Connected and Multi-Cloud Ready with Aryaka
Survey Says: Manufacturing Enterprises Are Globally Connected and Multi-Cloud Ready with Aryaka

Our manufacturing customers are a diverse bunch. From automatic test equipment, automotive  speakers and smart sensors to consumer-facing beauty products and sustainable packing solutions for the transportation of produce, our customers range across every vertical with headquarters, sites, manufacturing plants and a growing number of remote workers all over the world. When we recently surveyed […]

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Save Money and Reduce Complexity with Aryaka SmartServices Bundles and Promotions
Save Money and Reduce Complexity with Aryaka SmartServices Bundles and Promotions

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 […]

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Key Considerations for Enterprise Connectivity

If you’ve been in IT for a while, you probably remember the days when your data and applications were housed in a data center that was close to the employees who used it. Those were the good old days, right? That’s all changed — and fast — as employees increasingly pursue flexible working arrangements and […]

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Why MPLS and Cloud Applications Don’t Mix

If you’re in charge of delivering and maintaining a global WAN, then you know the headache that this chart can induce. Why? Because legacy WAN connectivity approaches like MPLS do not address performance challenges for cloud and SaaS applications. This was not the case 20 years ago. In the past, these types of applications lived […]

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Financial services organizations in the UK getting ready for a smarter, digital future
Financial services organizations in the UK getting ready for a smarter, digital future

New research finds financial services organizations are using more cloud-based services to transform the ways they operate and serve customers. The Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) and Aryaka commissioned a research project to understand the technology investments and digital maturity of financial services organizations across the UK. The study focused on 250 IT and business decision […]

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XaaS Connectivity Got You Down? There is a Way to Accelerate, Simplify, and Optimize
XaaS Connectivity Got You Down? There is a Way to Accelerate, Simplify, and Optimize

Starting with some perspective on the market, it is predicted that by 2020, 83% of all enterprise applications will be in the cloud. This isn’t surprising – in 2018, 50% of traffic on Aryaka was cloud and XaaS apps and that number is only increasing. The vast majority of prospects we speak to tell us […]

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The Four Barriers Between Your Business and Global Connectivity – And How to Break Them Down
The Four Barriers Between Your Business and Global Connectivity – And How to Break Them Down

Throughout 2018, many global enterprises turned to networking technologies such as software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) to cost-effectively meet burgeoning bandwidth demands without having to sacrifice simplified WAN management and better application performance. This trend will continue into 2019 as enterprises with a global presence embrace networking technologies such as SD-WAN as a key tool […]

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How Global Connectivity Impacts the Convergence of Information Technology and Operational Technology
How Global Connectivity Impacts the Convergence of Information Technology and Operational Technology

Previously, operational technology (OT) was isolated solely in the machines used for manufacturing, energy maintenance, and logistics. Though many of these tools for monitoring had digital controls, they were closed and not connected to a network. The Modern Advancement of Operational Technology (OT) Today, however, we are witnessing a convergence between information technology (IT) and […]

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CIOs: Is the Cloud driving you Crazy?
CIOs: Is the Cloud driving you Crazy?

Today’s CIOs face a number of heavy demands in building and managing a network for their global employees. Enabling workers to access cloud applications from anywhere, any time, on any device can be a difficult balancing act to manage. They need to make sure that application performance levels remain high and overall productivity never suffers, […]

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SD-WAN Security Best Practices for Multi-Cloud Connectivity
SD-WAN Security Best Practices for Multi-Cloud Connectivity

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 be applied to maintain best-in class security across a global network? Lightreading’s SecurityNow recently hosted a webinar with […]

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Five Reasons Why It’s Time to Consider an SD-WAN Refresh
Five Reasons Why It’s Time to Consider an SD-WAN Refresh

From bandwidth to consistency, there are a lot of reasons why an organization should consider SD-WAN over MPLS or the public Internet. With so many factors to consider, it can be tough to determine which option is going to be the best fit for an organization. Our State of the WAN report aimed to cut […]

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How Aryaka Gained Better Customer Satisfaction Over Telco Giants

What makes a great company? As author Jerry Fritz claims, it can’t be a great product or lower prices. Those two can be easily duplicated. What makes the most acclaimed companies stand out from the crowd is the how they treat their customers. Customer success is one of the best metrics for judging how a […]

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McKinsey CIO Survey Highlights Cloud Adoption Changing the Enterprise WAN

According to a recent survey from McKinsey & Company, CIOs and IT Executives from a variety of industries are now moving more of their IT workloads to cloud services. For legacy networks and edge-device providers who still think third-party cloud services are a passing fad, the writing is on the wall. Here are a few […]

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How a social gaming company achieved 8X faster access to Amazon web services

The Tigers were about to beat The Warriors at a multiplayer real-time strategy video game and win the Gaming World Championship Playoffs when a series of network issues hit the tournament. The lag caused the playoffs to be rescheduled, and The Warriors ended up winning the rematch and the $2 million prize money. You can […]

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Why Cloud Networking Solutions from Traditional CDN Vendors Won’t Work

EVP, StreamingMedia.com and Principal Analyst, Frost & Sullivan, Dan Rayburn, in his recent blog, talked about how traditional CDN vendors are looking at the larger WAN market, and are introducing cloud networking solutions for global businesses. Dan also observes that it is likely most CDN providers will find it difficult to set foot in an […]

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Forget the edge. Here’s the Real Cloud Networking Solution. . .

Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen news coming from the old-school networking incumbents announcing that they are making moves to improve the performance of cloud-based applications. It’s no secret that the future of enterprise apps is in the cloud, so when we hear about “cloud networks” and “acceleration to branch offices,” we expect to […]

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Why deploying Office 365 and other cloud services globally could spark an end-user revolt

IT is embracing the cloud like never before. Why? Because the value is easy to quantify, and the ROI is compelling. As more businesses shift to the cloud, major cloud providers are tripping over each other to try to woo customers through lower prices, more features, and even easier-to-use UIs. Companies that delivered all of […]

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