How Telcos are poorly placed to provide managed services for next generation Enterprise WAN solutions and how a Cloud-first WAN solution combined with a service-first delivery model is needed to provide much needed co-managed secure WAN services to enterprises. I recently moved to new place and ordered an Internet connection from AT&T. AT&T shipped me […]
Aryaka®, the leader in fully managed SD-WAN and SASE, announced today that the company recently completed their System and Organization Controls 2 (SOC 2) Type II and ISO 27001 recertification audits without observations. This highlights Aryaka’s strong commitment to security and state-of-the-art compliance, starting with the SOC 2 Type 2 report in 2015, 2016, 2017, […]
Role of WAN in delivering App Performance In my previous blog, I argued that Overlay SD-WAN solutions have failed to deliver on their intended promise of providing a reliable application performance. Overlay SD-WAN’s approach to keep the transportation network at arm’s length fails to ensure application performance. The simple reason is that application performance depends […]
You don’t have to be a big automobile afficionado to know that every major auto brand has a luxury line with its own distinct branding. For instance, Toyota has Lexus; Honda has Acura; Nissan has Infinity; Volkswagen has Audi and so on. The reasoning behind the separate brand strategy is simple. It helps differentiate the […]
Today Aryaka announced several new innovations that set the stage for the next year and more. These address the growth mandates that CEOs are aiming for, while dealing with unprecedented change, the pace of which has been accelerated by the pandemic over the past two years. Businesses the world over have to contend with previously […]
By now, you probably have seen that something big is about to happen on December 7. We will break through the status quo and, we believe, usher in a new era. The Cloud-First Era. Two weeks ago, I attended our company-wide town hall meeting where our Product Management and Engineering teams showed the rest of […]
This year, we’re excited to be sharing our thoughts on the big (virtual) stage at the Gartner IOCS, shorthand for IT Infrastructure, Operations, & Cloud Strategies. A real mouthful if you try to handle this on your own instead of going with a managed provider like Aryaka! In any case, SASE will be a hot […]
Study the past if you would define the future. Confucius, Chinese Philosopher and Reformer So, what does the next-generation WAN look like? In an attempt to answer this question, I thought I’d look back in time, to see how the WAN has evolved so far. The evolution of the WAN has followed the evolution of […]
Skype for Business with a Legacy Network Skype for Business with a Global SD-WAN Skype for Business lets you collaborate with anyone, anywhere, on any device, with the security and control of Microsoft. But, when WANs cause poor voice quality and frequent disconnects, there are some things you won’t be able to do with Skype […]
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 […]
“The WAN is a mess!” proclaimed Gartner Analyst, Andrew Lerner, during their recent Data Center Infrastructure and Operations conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lerner was the host of two major sessions focused on the network at the conference: The Enterprise Network Scenario and SD-WAN: Smoke and Mirrors. The Complex State of Many WANs According […]
It was the mid-80’s when the epic Wendy’s ‘Where’s the Beef’ commercial first aired. The catchphrase immediately took the country by storm and has been engraved into American pop culture ever since. For those who do not get the reference, back in the 80s, the burger chain Wendy’s put out this commercial that had three […]