Conducting a business relocation is a huge undertaking, no matter the size of your operations. Relocating IT is a big part of that challenge. Every minute that your business is disconnected it is losing productivity, revenue, and valuable momentum. Successful business relocation plans prioritize IT – reflecting its central role in everything today’s businesses do. Here are four critical considerations for minimizing IT disruption during a move: Planning is key Your network and systems … [Read more...]
Structured Cabling: a Key Consideration When Relocating Your Business
Most enterprises pay a fair amount of attention to their IT out of necessity. With increasing demands on networks due to the widespread use of cloud services for, well, almost every business function, fast and efficient networking is a requirement, not a luxury. A lot of enterprises focus on mobility and wireless and may overlook a crucial component of their IT: the cabling that connects components to networks. Not all cabling is the same, and enterprises need to be strategic about the way they … [Read more...]
Successful IT Projects Start and End with Expert Guidance
Is your business looking to deploy a new network across multiple office locations or update an existing network with new technology? There are numerous standard technologies and cutting edge techniques to achieve an optimal network — but you already know this. Technology alone is just a tool. To get the best value and service from your network, you need a comprehensive plan that thoroughly identifies needs, delivers a seamless user experience, and addresses ongoing support after deployment. … [Read more...]
Network Monitoring Tools and Cloud Migration: A Great Fit
If your organization is knee deep in cloud migration, network monitoring tools can step up and play important roles, particularly in integrating applications from data centers to their new role in the cloud-based process. IT leaders have high-value positions in cloud migrations, with duties that include monitoring the network requirement of applications. In fact, IT leaders that have the most success will check the assessment of every application that is moving to the cloud. Therefore, having … [Read more...]
Why You Still Need WAN Optimization With SD-WAN
WAN optimization has always been a focus of network teams. From maximizing application performance to reducing latency, the need for optimization techniques like protocol acceleration have not changed. Many enterprises are adding software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) as a way to manage many of the challenges that cloud adoption has introduced, but it doesn’t remove the need for WAN optimization. Cloud Adoption Is Changing Network Infrastructure Requirements. The adoption of … [Read more...]
Optimizing Management of Your Cloud WAN
As software, platforms, and other IT functions are shifted to the cloud, enterprises are taking note of the cost savings, scalability, agility, and innovation made possible through these steps to digital transformation. IT teams are now shifting their attention to the cloud wide area network (WAN) and moving as much of the network infrastructure to the cloud as possible. Cloud WAN virtualized the management of the network, separating the control plane from the forwarding plane in … [Read more...]
The Role of the WAN in Digital Transformation Strategies
For any enterprise pursuing digital transformation, the concerns surrounding meeting bandwidth requirements, providing adequate security, and supporting application performance are all top of mind. The wide area network (WAN) and digital transformation are caught in a bit of a symbiotic relationship in which the development of each is dependent on the growth of the other. Cloud solutions provide an important opportunity for agility, scalability, and flexibility to enterprises, but they … [Read more...]
How Multi-Site WANs Benefit From SD-WAN
Determining how multi-site wide area networks (WANs) benefit from software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) requires an understanding of the pain points associated with managing a multi-site WAN. From congestion to complexity, there are a number of issues that SD-WAN solves. As your enterprise grows, adding branch locations and increasing your roster of remote employees, network needs become more complex. Enterprises often implement virtual private networks (VPNs) to build secure tunnels … [Read more...]
[Infographic] Managing IT Across Different Locations: 4 Tips to Beat the Geographic Gap
For business owners, the opening of their first branch office can be a huge milestone. However, as they embark on that new journey of adding more branches, managing IT across various locations can soon become a challenge. Discover four tips that can help your business beat the geographic gap. From considering the cloud and not forgetting about your perimeter to looking at different support systems, there are multiple ways you can manage your IT. And if you still need help managing your IT across … [Read more...]
What You Need to Know Before Setting up VPNs in Multi-Site WAN
A business expanding to multiple sites requires a way to connect all locations to the network. Employees must be able to access the same systems and data that are available at headquarters without exposing the network to outside threats. You can equip your employees with uninterrupted, secure connectivity by implementing virtual private networks (VPNs) in a multi-site wide area network (WAN). The VPN creates a secure tunnel between two locations using the Internet. The data is encapsulated in … [Read more...]
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