Recently, I was watching a rerun of Two and a Half Men. Charlie Harper was having a therapy session with his psychiatrist. Like all sessions, the meeting had a clear start (when he walked in the room), and a clear ending (when she said “Time’s up Charlie”). This made me think of internet sessions, where […] The post Benefits of Sessions appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more

Using SVR to Avoid a SolarWinds Network Segmentation Hack In the news recently, there was a reported major infiltration of a WAN network, in which unauthorized entry was obtained through how network segmentation was configured. Provisioning security in multiple elements, where everything must be perfect, is exceptionally hard. Sprinkle a large number of these devices […] The post Using SVR to Avoid a SolarWinds Network Segmentation Hack appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more

Why Managed SD-WAN Services are Accelerating SD-WAN services save their users money, and that’s a basic truth. In fact, average SD-WAN savings in VPN connectivity costs have grown from an already astonishing 67% in CIMI Corporation’s 2018 surveys, to just short of 70% in early 2021. The technology is on a roll, and the COVID/lockdown […] The post Why Managed SD-WAN Services are Accelerating appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more

In 1904, the very first Japanese Chestnut trees in the United States were delivered to the Bronx Zoo’s Botanical Gardens. And sadly, as a result, by 1940, it was the American Chestnut tree that would be all but eliminated from existence. At the turn of the century, the American Chestnut produced the most edible nut […] The post What can we learn about AI and Network Automation from nature? appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more

Things to Come It’s traditional, at the start of a new year, to talk about the changes the year will bring.  It rarely works out, because what we really need to talk about if we want to predict the future is the forces, the differences, we can expect.  Change is driven by other change, rooted […] The post Things to Come appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more

How Service Providers Can Leverage the Flexible Service Edge to Differentiate Their Service, Meet Customers Where They Are, and Increase Revenues Are you a service provider reselling connectivity to your end customers, but struggle to understand what the quality of experience of your end customers is? Do you provide managed network services, but want to […] The post How Service Providers Can Leverage the Flexible Service Edge to Differentiate Their Service & more! appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more

IDC Technology Spotlight SD-WAN is one of the fastest growing segments of the network infrastructure market. Applying session-based routing policies and AI-driven insight, automation, and actions to SD-WAN results in a highly scalable and secure edge networking architecture. Today, organizations are thinking about more cohesively managing their WAN and LAN together as well as leveraging […] The post The Role of Session-Based SD-WAN in an AI-Driven Enterprise appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more

Looking Ahead: The Lasting Effect from 2020’s Network Architecture Change It’s that time of year again where we look forward and think about what we can expect to see develop over the course of the next twelve months. Maybe more so than any other year in recent history, the world is ready for the new […] The post Looking Ahead: The Lasting Effect from 2020’s Network Architecture Change appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more

Juniper Joins AWS Transit Gateway Connect You may have seen some news lately about the launch of Amazon Web Services Transit Gateway Connect, a new ability that simplifies branch connectivity through native integration of SD-WAN network virtual appliances into AWS Transit Gateway, via Connect attachments. As you may have guessed by the title of this […] The post Juniper Joins AWS Transit Gateway Connect appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more

A Case Study In Inclusivity On Investor, Board and Executive Teams Juniper Networks has finalized its successful cash purchase of 128 Technology for $500 million in consideration — $450 million for investors and $50 million for employees — the second-largest acquisition of a startup in the steadily growing SD-WAN space in 2020. (See Notes 1, 2, 3) 128 Technology’s […] The post Standout Exit: The Gender-Diverse Team Powering 128 Technology’s $500 Million Acquisition appeared first on 128 Technology ..read more