SDWAN, SASE, cybersecurity, dual-link aggregation... There is so much to try to keep straight. Cloud 9 boils it down in simple terms. Learn more about why these "techs" might be right for your business.

Most companies only have basic firewall protection, generally hardware-based and maybe a few others may conduct regular scans of their environment. Really no different than your home having a basic lock and maybe a deadbolt.

4G/5G networks might be the answer to your problems. These networks offer connectivity virtually anywhere with no physical cabling. They can provide primary or backup connectivity for your critical bandwidth needs

Cloud 9 was able to introduce the customer to four top service providers that were able to provide and manage all the internet circuits, even though they we from several different carriers, a far superior security stack with the SASE platform, and fully manage and support the entire solution.

At a time when the world has never been more connected, there are still some companies that lack access to a reliable connectivity. SD-WAN offers these businesses an elegant solution to this problem with its better performance, easier management, and drastically reduced cost.

Case Study: A nationwide chain of fast-causal restaurants approached Cloud 9 in the midst of executing a growth strategy and needed help fast

We are now almost one-year into this ridiculous pandemic. There is certainly the smell of rebound in the air. As talks of rebooting and restarting take root, executives are already feeling the pressure to optimize, reinvest, and continue to reduce costs to help keep their companies moving forward.

There may be some light at the end of this pandemic tunnel… Remote work has evolved into a permanent fixture and must be included in long-term planning. This introduces more risks around access as employees connect in new ways.

Because of SASEs agility, security and 'no hardware' for remote users montra, companies formerly on the fence are quickly falling to the 'adopt now' side.

You may be able to get all the bandwidth you need from one provider, on one circuit, but that introduces a huge risk of network outages. Fiber is great, but it’s not invincible! Being single-threaded puts you just one backhoe mishap or transformer explosion away from extended, expensive downtime.

Today, most organizations are concluding that SD-WAN is the best way to add the controls necessary for the digital age. But, do you build your own SD-WAN or buy it as a managed service?

An ESG survey of 600 senior IT decision makers showing that 76% of respondents had already deployed multi-cloud environments, and as many as 67% were already using SaaS-delivered business applications. How do you keep it secure?

Enterprise WAN and security doesn’t have to devolve into an impossible game of Whac-a-Mole. SASE services can help. Strategically framed and tactically applied, they can restore a sense of order. Contact Cloud 9 to learn more about Open Systems.

Traditional firewall security simply can’t keep up with the challenges created by new network paradigms. As a result, when discussing netwrok security with enterprises today, there are three reoccurring themes: visibility, scalability, and convergence.

by Aaron Kaffen, see the original article here, Bigleaf Networks

By Amy Brown, see the full article here: Viasat Corporate Blog

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Gartner makes the claim that the shift to SASE will make obsolete existing networking and security models.

There’s a buzz in the industry about a new type of product that promises to change the way we secure and network our organizations. It is called the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE). It was fir...

Not all SDWAN solutions are created equal and not all of them can do what is described in the graphic above. Plus, different providers of the same platform may in fact alter the way they delivered the service. It varies from one provider to another. If you think SDWAN makes sense for your ...