Digital Transformation And SDWAN Are A Perfect Partnership…Here’s How

 

The evolution of SD-WAN is changing the way businesses approach networking—are you keeping up?

As digital transformation continues to accelerate, the latest advancements in SD-WAN are making networks more agile, secure, and efficient. With cloud-first strategies becoming the norm, traditional networks are no longer cutting it. SD-WAN’s ability to intelligently route traffic, enhance security, and optimize performance is reshaping the landscape for businesses across industries.

What’s driving this evolution? Enterprises are increasingly embracing hybrid work models, cloud apps, and IoT devices—all demanding faster, more reliable, and secure connections. SD-WAN is stepping in to address these needs with advanced features like zero-trust security, AI-driven traffic optimization, and seamless integration with multi-cloud environments.

Read this article for a deep dive into how and why SDWAN and digital transformation strategies are a perfect partnership.

Digital Transformation And SDWAN Are A Perfect Partnership…Here’s How

Carriers vs. Aggregators: How To Select The Optimal Mix Of Network Transport Providers

 

Best practices for network transport (LAN/WAN/WLAN/SDWAN) call for companies to work with multiple suppliers to get competitive prices, maximize service coverage, and secure better service delivery performance. But which suppliers should an enterprise select? How do you figure out the best fit for an enterprise’s needs, and what are some of the challenges and gotchas of a multi-supplier portfolio approach?

How To Select The Optimal Mix Of Network Transport Providers

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Buyer’s Guide - Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) And Secure Service Edge (SSE)

 

SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) rolls networking and security into a cloud service, making it easier for enterprises to provide simple, secure access to corporate resources. Many vendors offer SASE services, but what they actually provide and how they provide it varies widely.

A recent Gartner survey of CISOs revealed that “a majority of buyers are planning for a two-vendor strategy for SASE,” with security and networking teams making separate buying decisions rather than opting for single-vendor SASE. In response to these realities, Gartner coined a new term, secure service edge (SSE), which is essentially SASE minus SDWAN (Software Define Wide Area Network), the network access part of the equation.

SASE And SSE Buyer's Guide

IN THIS BUYER’S GUIDE YOU'LL FIND...

* Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE) explained

* What to look for in SSE and SASE

* Leading vendors for SSE

* Leading vendors for SASE

* Full-stack SASE providers

* Partial-stack SASE vendors

* What to ask before buying SSE and SASE

* 10 questions to ask prospective SSE vendors

* 10 questions to ask prospective SASE vendors

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What Are The Features And Benefits Of SDWAN?

 Modern businesses seek flexible, scalable, agile, secure, and affordable network solutions to integrate branch offices and remote workplaces seamlessly.

Large enterprises encountering network issues with wide area networks are moving towards Software Defined Wide Area Networks to overcome the bottlenecks and deliver high performance. Managing large networks with multiple users, devices, and applications is no child’s play.

SD-WAN empowers enterprises to manage networks efficiently with centralized monitoring and management to simplify network administration across locations.

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What Is SDWAN...It's Purpose And Benefits?

This video explains what SDWAN is, its purpose and benefits, key features of SD-WAN, and tips on choosing the right SD-WAN vendor.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

00:22 What is SD-WAN?

01:16 The purpose of SD-WAN: Why do we need it?

02:27 Benefits and Advantages of SD-WAN

03:57 Key features of SD-WAN

06:05 How to choose the right SD-WAN vendor?

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How Can You Compare 100s Of Business Network Connectivity AND Security Providers For Cost, Quality, Service, & Reliability?

 

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What Is SDWAN And What Can It Do For YOUR Company? (VIDEO)

The short YouTube video above explains the nuts-and-bolts of SD-WAN technology and why it can be a useful tool for your business.

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SDWAN Is The Network Solution Every IT Decision Maker Is Looking For....Here's How And Why

 

SDWAN (software-defined wide area networks) has been a very hot topic in CIO and CTO conversations lately, and here’s why: While SDWAN may have sounded like a costly and inaccessible alternative to traditional MPLS network connectivity just a few years ago, IT executives are quickly recognizing the productivity, scalability, and security benefits of next-gen WAN solutions to support remote workers and multi-location operations in today’s post-pandemic world.

IT decision makers are supporting their digital transformation needs with a complete SDWAN plan that also protects their business from growing cyber threats. SDWAN layered with SASE and ZTNA is a powerful differentiator for companies looking to address both network connectivity and management strategies as well as cybersecurity requirements all with one solution.

SDWAN can intelligently route traffic around congestion based on the type of content being transferred, the endpoint, the time of day, the application’s security needs, latency sensitivity, or bandwidth costs. IT teams can manage potentially thousands of network switches from a centralized controller over the internet, cloud topologies, and more. This gives them the ability to scale the network as needed, optimize performance, and make more efficient use of resources.

Secure access service edge (SASE, pronounced “sassy”) is a framework for network architecture that brings cloud native security technologies together with SDWAN capabilities to securely connect users, systems, and endpoints to applications and services anywhere. SDWAN + SASE allows IT teams to bring critical security implementations to the remotest edge of their network to address the changing needs of a remote workforce. It also ensures cloud-destined traffic isn’t backhauled to the on-premises data center but transits seamlessly from the user to the cloud without delay or performance impact.

But wait, there’s more! No secure network would be complete without the additional layer of zero trust network access (ZTNA). ZTNA is based on a Zero Trust security framework requiring all users, whether in or outside the organization’s network, to be authenticated, authorized, and validated before being granted access to any company data or devices. So, users only have access to what they need, and everything else is locked down (kind of like how a key card works in a hotel elevator), resulting in better compliance and threat mitigation.

One of the big advantages of a complete SDWAN solution is that it can be acquired as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) with little up-front spend. Once adopted, cost savings continue through improved network utilization and productivity. Plus, consider the burden that SDWAN removes from time-strapped engineers because it automates the complexity of managing highly dynamic cloud and remote office environments.

With the shift to the remote and hybrid workforce, and the requirements of supporting multi-location environments, the opportunity to introduce the productivity and cost-savings benefits of a secure, complete SDWAN package (SDWAN with critical security layers like SASE and ZTNA) to your company has never been better.

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Types Of VPNs - Virtual Private Networks (INFOGRAPHIC)

 

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How Does SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Work? - VIDEO

 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an important standard to learn for anyone in IT in order to monitor network devices and servers without installing dedicated agents on target machines (i.e. agentless). Thousands of various network devices & operating systems from different vendors support SNMP to deliver critical information on important metrics like health, usage, service state and more.

This introduction video explains topics like:

* Basic background inform

* Key terminology like OID and MIB among others

* How SNMP easily monitors devices like switches & routers

* How SNMP works with ports, messages, traps, and more

* SNMP versions (learn all about v3: https://youtu.be/NgceiOe9SO0)

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A Guide To Finding The Right Managed IT Services Partner

IT outsourcing is on the rise as businesses look to streamline operations, reduce complexity and lower costs.  But with increasing market maturity and service availability comes a new challenge: finding the ideal outsourced option. Read on for more....

A Guide To Finding The Right Managed IT Services Partner

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The Real Leadership Challenges Around Cybersecurity

The security industry needs to pivot away from “talking about things” and why they go wrong, onto “getting things done” and fixing things. This is not a problem which has – or can have – a purely technological solution. Read on for more.....

The Real Leadership Challenges Around Cybersecurity

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The Ultimate Buyers Guide To Managed IT Services

Keeping an IT environment running smoothly requires constant attention and the availability of a highly skilled staff. Yet, many organizations are overwhelmed by rapidly changing business demands and the ability to retain proper IT talent.

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The Ultimate Buyers Guide To Managed IT Services

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3 Imperatives For Network Management Success In The Hybrid World

Networks today are a mixed bag, comprised of what can be a tangled mess of physical, virtualized, and cloud infrastructure. In order to compete today, businesses are pursuing digital transformation initiatives such as SD-WAN, Network Function Virtualization, and edge computing for a competitive edge. While these technologies offer great benefits, they also add great complexity. The race for a competitive edge inevitably creates interoperability hurdles amongst IT systems. Today businesses must wade through wired and wireless networks, multi-platform, multi-vendor, as well as multi-cloud – each with their own set of complexities.

This article arms you with a strategy to address your network management and monitoring needs in today’s complex network environment.

3 Imperatives For Network Management Success In The Hybrid World

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How To Select The Best Network Monitoring Technology

Experts agree that monitoring is essential for maintaining overall network performance, health, and security. But exactly which features should a network monitoring tool offer, and how should the technology be used to achieve maximum effectiveness? As both networks and network management goals advance and evolve, these questions are becoming increasingly difficult to answer, making it challenging to locate and deploy a monitoring technology that covers all of the essential bases.  Read this article for insights and practical advice: How To Select The Best Network Monitoring Technology

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The Cybersecurity Landscape

Who is IGI?

IGI is headquartered in Rochester, NY with a workforce spanning across the United States. They work with organizations on all levels of IT security. Through the company’s evolution from 1986 to today, they have continued to build on their strong foundation of securing information, systems, and technologies to become a leader in the cybersecurity field. By 2021 cybercrime damages are expected to hit about $6 trillion annually. Last year alone, 39 percent of all reported cybercrime was ransomware attacks. IGI is here to solve, simplify, and secure.

• Solve – Cybersecurity is a growing problem for every organization in the world, and IGI is tackling that problem head-on with our comprehensive solutions and services.
• Simplify – Cybersecurity can be complicated, and the market is noisy, but by productizing our services IGI has made cybersecurity easier to understand and sell.
• Secure – While it’s nearly impossible to fully protect yourself in the current climate, IGI can take actions that help manage and control your risk.

IGI is the creator of cutting-edge vulnerability management platform, Nodeware but more importantly, they are your security overlay and partner to your IT organization. Their company is made up of professionals from many different industries who hold credentials such as CISSP, GCIH, MCSE, MCSA, CompTIA, CIW and more.

IGI’s Offerings

Vulnerability Management is a critical component to securing a network that is often overlooked. Nodeware works around the clock to continuously identify vulnerabilities on your network, prioritize critical threats, and provide the steps to remediate them to keep your network safe. It also works in concert with defensive solutions such as firewalls and antivirus. Vulnerability Management is an essential layer of security that fills a critical gap for organizations while enhancing the function of other security solutions.

IGI also has other offerings:

• Incident Response
• Vulnerability Assessments
• Penetration Testing
  • Social Engineering
  • Physical Security Testing
  • External & Internal Network Testing
• Compliance Readiness Assessments
• Security Assessments
  • Proactive Compromise Assessments
• Virtual CISO
  • Security Awareness Training
• Managed Security
  • SIEM/SOC as a Service

OTHER Benefits

Cybersecurity can be complicated, but it is very easy to engage IGI:

• Free external assessments for customers
• Free 2-week trials for customers

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