As enterprises evolve to adopt SD-WAN, the first question they encounter is how to smoothly migrate to the new architecture. Faisal Khan explains how SD-WAN should not just solve the connectivity issue but also make the networks simpler.
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Riverbed Wasn’t Built In a Day
Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was Riverbed’s network security posture. At a recent Tech Field Day presentation, the company gave an overview of how they are addressing the increasingly complex world of security, and used the metaphor of the Roman Empire to frame their response. History buff Rich Stroffolino was fascinated by that framing, and breaks down the implication in this piece.
COVID-19 and Bandwidth Bottlenecks
With thousands of employees working from home, companies need to think out of the box on what they can do to increase employees’ productivity and users’ experience. A poorly performing and clogged broadband network can seriously affect employees’ performance and their communication within the company and to their customers. Blogger, Faisal Khan, explores how Smart WAN optimization solutions can help solve these problems.
Gestalt News for the Week of March 25, 2019
Your IT News for the Week of March 25, 2019 Solving the Unstructured Data Problem The existence of large amounts of unstructured data not only continues every day in IT, but the volume of data itself has exploded. Despite IT’s efforts to corral this data, a need to understand and protect this data has grown […]
Drive Your Own Demo with Riverbed
Do you have the courage to let your audience drive their own demo? What kind of benefits could you get from letting people explore all on their own? Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at the Riverbed presentation from Networking Field Day 19 and how Brandon Carroll did just that.
IT Acquisitions, Chandra Ambadipudi, and INFINIDAT Fundamentals in Gestalt News 18.13
This week in Gestalt IT News:
– Rich Stroffolino covers a recent spate of IT acquisitions in this weeks Gestalt IT Rundown
– Clairvoyant CEO Chandra Ambadipudi gets interviews for IT Origins
– Max Mortillaro digs into the technical foundations of INFINIDAT
Cloud-Native Enterprise Storage, Zachary Smith, and GPU Compute in Gestalt News 18.12
This week in Gestalt News:
– Stephen Foskett looks at Kasten brings enterprise-class data services into the cloud
– We talk to Packet CEO Zachary Smith for IT Origins
– Russ White looks at GPUs and Composable Computing
Painful Language, Simple Security, and Jordan Martin in Gestalt News 18.11
In this edition of Gestalt News:
– We talk to Jordan Martin and get his IT Origin story
– Our First Five series tackles Simple Security
– The On-Premise IT Roundtable discuss the language that most pains them in IT.
Cloud Process vs Technology, the relevancy of Oracle, and Net Neutrality in Gestalt Cloud News 17.7
In this iteration of Gestalt Cloud News:
– Ben Kepes looks at if Oracle is actually a cloud company
– The On-Premise IT Roundtable discusses if cloud is more process than technology
– Eric Shanks looks at the fate of public cloud if net neutrality ends
Plus our usually selection of great community reads!
The Future Of SDN Is Up In The Air
Riverbed is a well known name in the WAN optimization market, and increasingly in the SD-WAN space as well. The company recently acquired Xirrus. It may seem like a curious move to acquire wireless assets. But Tom Hollingsworth does a great job of putting it into the perspective of Riverbed’s existing business. He sees the wireless edge as the next market for them to expand into. Given the success Riverbed has had integrating Ocedo assets into their SteelHead line, I think the company is capable of moving into a new market.