August 27, 2019

SD WAN: Ideal Opportunity For Smaller Telcos To Enter Enterprise Market

The growing demand for Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) in India is emerging as a perfect opportunity for tier-2 regional service providers to enter the lucrative enterprise space.   The smaller service providers have been eyeing the enterprise market for quite some time but were limited by the prohibitive cost...
August 20, 2019

What is Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)?

In the late 90’s, end to end service provisioning became popular, wherein connection requests were raised at one end, post which a full automated path delivered network elements via a Network Management System (NMS) or an equivalent platform to provide the path. No manual intervention was required. But for network engineers, it was a...
August 7, 2019

What are the Major Obstacles Facing the IoT?

The Internet of Things isn’t simply a matter of technological advancement — it’s also a statement of intent about what technology means (and can mean) to humanity. It heralds a world of grand background connectivity, with algorithms buzzing all around us to improve our lives in countless ways: saving our...
July 10, 2019

Link Load Balancing: ScaleAOn Dynamic Path Selection

Traditionally, applications remained in-house at fixed locations protected with a well defined perimeter. To enhance user experience (customer, employees and remote workforce), enterprises used WAN optimization techniques, for example techniques like TCP optimization, compression and caching. This worked well with relatively small capacity WAN links. All these techniques worked in...
July 3, 2019

Digital App-etizers: Networks in the crosshair, but enterprises want more

Applications - the appetizers – are making the world go hungry for more digital. Remember the famous line from Pepsi’s advertisement in the 90’s – Yeh Dil Mange More! However, as applications surge, it’s becoming harder and harder for enterprise networks to be able to digest and degust so many appetizers. Consumers (netizens) are...
May 9, 2019

BGP for Enterprises: Why use a sword when you need a needle?

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an internet routing protocol built 20 years ago. It is used to exchange route reachability of one party with another party. For example, let’s say there is an enterprise which has reachability in Bangalore and has a local ISP. Now the traffic is destined to somewhere...
April 30, 2019

Network Security Threats: Are Enterprises doing enough to prevent it?

Network security remains a prime concern as enterprises helm forward towards digital. 95% of CIOs expect cybersecurity threats to increase and impact their enterprise.  Are enterprises doing enough to mitigate new age network security threats?   Traditionally, WAN and network security was considered two different aspects. IT networking teams focused...
April 4, 2019

Next Gen Retail POS Solutions driven by Connectivity

61% of shoppers prefer shopping with brands with a physical location than ones that are online only. Nearly 80% of shoppers will go to the store to buy when they have an item they need or want immediately.   To meet the evolving demands of today’s tech savvy netizens (consumers),...
April 3, 2019

YourNest Venture Capital leads $2 million series A funding round in Lavelle Networks

NEW DELHI: YourNest Venture Capital has led a $2 million Series A round of funding in SDN networking platform Lavelle Networks, the early-stage investment firm announced on Tuesday. The round of equity financing has also seen participation from Ideaspring Capital, KAAJ Ventures and ASM Technologies, all existing backers of the...
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