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While automation is a clear goal and has many inherent benefits such as cost savings and error-reduction, it is a goal in service of another higher goal: agility. The faster and smoother that networks can be configured and fixed, services can be created and delivered, and customer care can make customers happy—the more creative and flexible CSPs ...

In this buyer’s guide, we provide an overview of the hybrid cloud management market, including key drivers and restraints for businesses seeking hybrid cloud management services. We also identify and define three main areas of hybrid cloud management: service management, access management, and service orchestration and optimization. Within each c...

Not only is data protection a challenge; the level of concern in protecting data, and protecting the privacy of data subjects, impacts enterprise decisions on the adoption and use of big data and analytics (BDA) and cloud services. Ironically, a primary objective of BDA and cloud services is to assist enterprises in extracting greater value from da...

In this research service, MPLS/IP VPN means VPN services enabled over a carrier’s private MPLS network. VPN service is a site-to-site connection, with the service provider managing the end-to-end network. A private IP VPN uses the infrastructure of one network provider. A public IP VPN (or Internet VPN) carries data across multiple and nonspecifi...

Current SD-WAN vendor offerings focus on branch site connectivity and optimized cloud connectivity over hybrid WAN links. Remote and mobile workers, who comprise a significant percentage of the employee pool, are often ignored in SD-WAN deployments. In this paper, we look at the challenges with securely and cost-effectively connecting remote users...

Stratecast’s fourth BDA survey data indicates that nearly all companies, regardless of vertical, are considering implementing BDA, are in the process of implementing BDA, or have implemented BDA solutions. In fact, most respondents surveyed consider BDA the most important technology, compared to other technologies in their organizations. However,...

Privacy regulations can shut down most of the benefits of big data, leaving organizations ill-equipped to compete in the global economy. Nowhere is that more true than in the EU. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), intended to protect the privacy of EU citizens, threatens the viability of business initiatives in the region—all o...

This report looks at the application of advanced analytics on business process optimization; and suggests an infrastructure framework for ensuring that advanced analytics are utilized successfully. Key Highlights: --Advanced Analytics: A Primer --Predictive Analytics: The Holy Grail of Advanced Analytics --Analytics and AI --From Data to Insigh...

Existing (legacy) systems cannot address the operations, orchestration and monetization requirements that the above-listed transformational initiatives bring to bear. New systems are the ultimate answer, but addressing the “legacy gap” left by existing systems cannot come from a mandate to rip and replace. Installed networks continue to rely on...