Calls, Calls and More Calls John Doe is a senior leader with a leading US-based technology firm. His day usually begins at 7 am, the perfect time to hop on a video conference call with the marketing team in Singapore, followed by a feature prioritization meeting with the development team in India. Ever since his […]

The other day, after I talked to a prospective customer, they told me they had read my last blog and that, while I talked about intent-based networking , I had omitted writing about orchestration, which is a key element in intent-based networking. They were right. In my defense, that would have made for a very […]

Once considered a laggard, the manufacturing sector is fast catching up on Digital Transformation initiatives. Central to this transformation are technologies like the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), the cloud, and big-data analytics. Introduction of IoT in the manufacturing ecosystem has streamlined the production process by providing real-time feedback and alerts from the factory floor. […]

Too often, SD-WAN deployments don’t take into account the application and network visibility required to make the most of the service; to ensure optimal performance and to drive maximum productivity gains. This is especially true with overlay SD-WAN, where control of the underlying physical infrastructure is under the control of a carrier, for example, while […]

We’ve all read about the growth of the public cloud and the adoption of SaaS. One of the leaders in this space is of course Microsoft Azure, both as infrastructure, but also as the platform for Office 365.  In fact, Azure revenues have soared 75% year-over-year.  Today, Microsoft is announcing launch partners for their new Azure […]

The cloud-first era is here. Most global organizations have embraced this and recognized that in order to stay relevant and to compete, they need to transform their network from a traditional WAN to SD-WAN. According to IDC, the SD-WAN market should reach $4.5 billion by 2022. But there’s a lot of noise in the SD-WAN […]

IT Infrastructure and Operations leaders responsible for Network and Application performance need deeper and complete visibility in real-time to ensure that both are performing at optimal levels. Enterprise network architectures today are complex with globally distributed branch offices that connect to multiple data centers, public clouds and a broad range of cloud/SaaS applications. Add to […]

We’re excited to share that Aryaka has recently been named to Vertical System Group’s 2018 U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN Leaderboard. This list is comprised of companies with the highest market shares of installed carrier managed SD-WAN customer sites in the U.S. as of the end of 2018. Only eight companies were named to the list […]

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 […]

As they say, business happens. Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, expansion, and CHANGE! All necessary, but at times quite disrupting. While the role of technology as a disruption enabler has been widely noticed, with old business models being radically disrupted by new ones with a “technology first” approach, its role as a disruption minimizer has been grossly […]

Mark Baker, the former CIO of JAS Forwarding Worldwide, a recognized leader in global freight forwarding and logistics, found a network solution to support his company’s effort to consolidate and centralize its global ERP resources, and then realized that network was the perfect platform to support growing collaboration and cloud needs. It has been a […]

Glenn Hensley, IT infrastructure manager at Makino, a leading maker of manufacturing tools for a range of vertical industries, was running out of patience with the wide area network linking company facilities in North America, Asia, and Europe. It was taking too long for data to synchronize among locations, increasing the chance that employees would […]