Industry executives and experts share their predictions for 2019. Read them in this 11th annual VMblog.com series exclusive.
Contributed by Brian Kracik, senior director of product marketing, Oracle
The Year Modern Enterprise Networks Catch Up With The Modern Enterprise
As technology continues to rapidly evolve in the new,
cloud-first era, traditional enterprise networks are struggling to keep pace
with cloud migration. These traditional enterprise networks are finding it
increasingly challenging to meet the agility, resiliency and security demands
of the cloud world, as they are designed to support centralized corporate data centers
and conventional client-server applications.
To optimize the performance and availability of cloud-based
applications and services, forward-thinking organizations are re-architecting
enterprise networks, introducing intelligence and automation at the edge and creating
edge-cloud hybrid approaches. This trend shows no signs of slowing down in
2019, and with the introduction of automation at the edge, enterprises can
enable secure, fast and reliable connectivity to any combination of clouds, both
private and public, ensuring more robust customer and user experiences.
Play It Safe with
Oracle Communications S.A.F.E. Architecture
Oracle Communications S.A.F.E. (Security, Analytics,
Flexibility and Extensibility) Architecture addresses the unique challenges
businesses encounter by enabling secure and reliable delivery of real-time
communications through a comprehensive, best-in-class communications portfolio
of solutions. The S.A.F.E. Architecture addresses enterprise networking needs,
is standards-based and adaptable to multi-vendor environments through these key
components:
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Security to
detect and deliver actionable policies to address real-time security
threats;
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Analytics
to capitalize on usage of network data to monitor and detect abnormalities in
communications traffic as well as policy functions to send enforcement rules
back into the network for deployment to protect the network;
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Flexible
allowing different deployment options, designed from the ground up as a
multi-tenanted system, allowing maximum flexibility as an enterprise evolves; and
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Extensible
enabling Enterprise Communications solutions to co-exist and supplement other
on-prem, cloud or hybrid solutions - offering seamless integration within a communication
infrastructure.
By intelligently managing traffic at the perimeter of a
network through the S.A.F.E. Architecture, businesses can drive improvements
that impact aspects ranging from business intelligence to agility and policy
compliance-all necessities for a truly modern enterprise.
Of course, with cloud migration comes other challenges as
well. Businesses are finding the need to re-design their enterprise networks to
keep pace with evolving, stringent security requirements. Enterprises must also
mitigate concerns about deploying sensitive applications on shared
infrastructure, such as public clouds. The S.A.F.E. Architecture leverages AI
and machine learning to improve performance, security and economics - using
advanced analytics to identify security vulnerabilities, detect patterns of
fraud and abuse and uncover quality of service issues and bandwidth constraints-altogether
enabling businesses to keep pace with demands in 2019 and beyond.
Stay Reliable and
Efficient
To further deliver secure, reliable and cost-effective
enterprise grade network quality that keeps pace with modern network demands,
SD-WAN is key.
With the S.A.F.E. Architecture, combined with failsafe SD-WAN,
organizations can ensure reliability and efficient operations across all the
parts of the service. With integrated SD-WAN-such as Oracle's offering
complemented through its recent acquisition of Talari Networks-organizations
can employ the most complete, reliable and secure solutions for today's hybrid
enterprise network environment, with secure site-to-site and site-to-cloud
connectivity.
All in all, progressive organizations are revamping
enterprise networks to be more secure in 2019, employing intelligence and
analytics at the edge to optimize cloud application performance and
reliability.
The modern enterprise demands a modern enterprise network. And
in 2019, Oracle has the tools to make this a reality.
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About the Author
Brian Kracik is senior
director of product marketing for enterprise communications and cloud services
at Oracle.