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Founded by David Hughes in 2004, Silver Peak has grown to become the global SD-WAN leader, so much so that it was acquired by HPE's Aruba in September 2020, strengthening Aruba's Edge Services Platform, “helping to advance enterprise cloud transformation with a comprehensive edge-to-cloud networking solution covering all aspects of wired, wireless local area networking (LAN) and wide area networking (WAN).”

COMPANY NEWS: Bitglass, the total cloud security company, has extended its leadership in the secure access service edge (SASE) market by announcing an expansion of its SD-WAN integration ecosystem.

GUEST OPINION by David Hughes, founder of Silver Peak and senior vice president of the WAN business at Aruba: If enterprises are to realise the full promise of the cloud and digital transformation, while supporting a new work-from-anywhere normal, they must transform both their WAN and security architectures — not just one or the other.

Cloud security specialist Bitglass has appointed Wayne Neich as its ANZ regional sales director.

GUEST OPINION by Paul Randlesome, global vice president of Value Management at Silver Peak: This year has seen Australian enterprises accelerate their digital transformation efforts, migrating applications and infrastructure to the cloud as they shift from dedicated data centres to shared public infrastructure.

GUEST OPINION: Prior to the advent of cloud computing, IT was simply a department in an organisation where users would go to get their phone issues resolved or their computers fixed. Today, IT plays a far more strategic role in the enterprise and is a key enabler of business innovation and growth.

GUEST OPINION: Prior to the advent of cloud computing, IT was simply a department in an organisation where users would go to get their phone issues resolved or their computers fixed. Today, IT plays a far more strategic role in the enterprise and is a key enabler of business innovation and growth.

GUEST OPINION COVID-19 has accelerated the digital transformation plans and cloud computing investments for many organisations in Australia, to ease the burdens placed on the traditional business model by the shift to remote working. The net result is an increase in overall business productivity, putting them in a good position to recover from the pandemic and create a new future for their business.

GUEST OPINION COVID-19 has accelerated the digital transformation plans and cloud computing investments for many organisations in Australia, to ease the burdens placed on the traditional business model by the shift to remote working. The net result is an increase in overall business productivity, putting them in a good position to recover from the pandemic and create a new future for their business.

GUEST OPINION by Kristian Thyregod, vice president, Silver Peak: While it can be argued that we’re still only beginning to understand the medium-to long-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, most businesses in Australia will have to contemplate material changes to their strategies, business models and operations moving forward.

GUEST OPINION by Kristian Thyregod, vice president, Silver Peak: While it can be argued that we’re still only beginning to understand the medium-to long-term implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, most businesses in Australia will have to contemplate material changes to their strategies, business models and operations moving forward.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION* by Adam Fuoss, vice president technical sales Silver Peak: As Australian businesses adapt to the changing dynamics of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the unprecedented shift toward remote working is creating a mass exodus of employees out of branch offices into their homes. Employees are quickly having to adapt to communicating and collaborating in new ways to maintain business productivity.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION* by Adam Fuoss, vice president technical sales Silver Peak: As Australian businesses adapt to the changing dynamics of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the unprecedented shift toward remote working is creating a mass exodus of employees out of branch offices into their homes. Employees are quickly having to adapt to communicating and collaborating in new ways to maintain business productivity.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION by Adam Fuoss*, vice president technical sales Silver Peak: Implementing SD-WAN is hard. Among the promise and hype of automation, dynamic path selection, zero-touch provisioning and a cloud-ready WAN, lies a trail of failed SD-WAN projects. Others are struggling on life support.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION* by Adam Fuoss, vice president technical sales Silver Peak: Implementing SD-WAN is hard. Among the promise and hype of automation, dynamic path selection, zero-touch provisioning and a cloud-ready WAN, lies a trail of failed SD-WAN projects. Others are struggling on life support.

Broadband and hybrid wide area networks company Silver Peak has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), with the integration of its Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN edge platform with the new AWS Transit Gateway Network Manager.

Starting in 2018, most enterprises will adopt a ‘cloud-first’ SD-WAN architecture designed to support the ongoing evolution in their application mix efficiently and effectively, predicts David Hughes, founder and CEO of Silver Peak.

Deploying an SD-WAN solution can be tricky for organisations looking for a solution that can accommodate both legacy and newer infrastructure.

Broadband and hybrid WAN solutions company Silver Peak has secured a formal global distribution agreement with NEC Networks and System Integration Corporation.

By Zeus Kerravala, for Silver Peak

As someone who has been following the evolution of enterprise WAN architectures over past decades, it has been fascinating, especially for the number of new technologies that have been deployed in isolation.