Cloud-Ready Network

Why VPNs must evolve to cloud-ready networks

Enterprise IT is in perpetual evolution. After the recent wave of data center consolidations, cloud computing is now shaping the architecture of application delivery.

The frontier between private and public world is collapsing:

  • Networks move from MPLS to hybrid MPLS + Internet
  • Internet applications move from recreational to business tools
  • Standard applications move to SaaS
  • Computing resources move to IaaS and PaaS
  • Unified Communications and video become critical business applications
  • Users access applications from everywhere: the workplace, home, hotel, etc.

 

In this changing environment, the network is more involved than ever to support new and standard business processes of the enterprise.

 

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Cloud adoption creates a critical need for WAN Governance

Cloud adoption adds complexity to network management:

  • Private and public cloud applications such as SaaS collaborative applications bring more traffic while relying more than ever on WAN performance.
  • The rollout of cloud applications change the traffic matrix and create new competition for VPN-based applications.
  • Differentiating business and recreational usage of Internet based applications like YouTube or Facebook is increasingly difficult.
  • Branch offices become the new communication hubs: competition between critical and less-critical user flows increases; several disparate sources contend for access to each branch; application usage patterns change in real-time.

 

By aligning the network with business and Application Performance Objectives, WAN Governance provides enterprises with full control of this complexity and impact on applications performance.

Using WAN Governance, you fully control and optimize all applications over your global network, turning your VPN into a cloud-ready network.

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