The world has become much smaller in the past few decades thanks to globalization. Globalization has long been a core driver for digital transformation for enterprises. Connecting offices, factories, and supply chains needs a digital-first mindset and infrastructure. With the pandemic’s end officially declared by the WHO [1] and the reopening of China, recent data […]

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 […]

Aryaka and 8×8: 1+1=3 Industry leaders team to enhance cloud communications performance across SD-WAN We’re happy to announce our partnership with 8×8 to enhance application performance and accelerate digital transformation by leveraging the combined capabilities of the 8×8 cloud communications platform and Aryaka’s cloud-first WAN. See the common theme? Both of our companies’ cloud-based services […]

When Marc Benioff first came up with the idea of offering Salesforce.com as a cloud-based application in 1999, little did he know about its ripple effect in the field of enterprise software. The idea was to move applications to the cloud, making them widely available for organizations of all shapes and sizes. The SaaS model […]

Some weeks ago, Paul and I published a quick analysis of how COVID-19 is impacting enterprise network-traffic-patterns. That blog was written when -at least for most of the Western world- the most crippling and limiting limitations started to be mandated by national and local governments. And so, three weeks later, I decided to look into […]

Aryaka’s new Smart Bundles, building on our recently announced regional offer, are unique to the industry and change the landscape as to how enterprises may adopt a regional managed SD-WAN solution. For example, they no longer need to choose between the cost effectiveness and convenience of broadband internet, and the service level agreement (SLA) guarantees […]

What makes Unified Communications as a service, or UCaaS as it is more popularly known, such a no-brainer for industries worldwide? To answer that question; imagine a day with all your communication channels down. No voice/ video calls, no emails, no file sharing and absolutely zero collaboration. I call it…Vacation! But on a more serious […]

Enterprises are adopting both UCaaS and SD-WAN solutions at a rapid pace, and many enterprises are adopting both technologies simultaneously. According to Gartner, by 2021, 90% of IT leaders will not purchase new premises-based UC solutions because cloud UC offerings are surging far ahead in terms of features, functions, portals, analytics and dashboards. As enterprises […]

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 […]

Say you’re a US company that has a branch office (or many) in India and you want to be able to communicate with your team. Naturally, your first thought is to use Voice over IP for the flexibility and economy, or, instead of hosting that yourself, signing up with a provider offering Unified Communications as […]

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is an increasingly popular way to bundle the most critical communications and collaboration tools into one full-function platform, but if you have used UCaaS to support customers and partners overseas, chances are you have experienced: Poor quality voice connections Dropped calls Faltering video links General frustration UCaaS typically combines […]

You can battle proprietary on-premises video conferencing tools and deal with buffering errors, or enjoy a smoother experience via the cloud. In this distributed, global business climate, we don’t always have the luxury or travel budget for face to face meetings. In those instances, many global enterprises have turned to Unified Communications as a Service […]