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3 Steps to an Open Access, Cloud-Centric WAN

By Mark Casey, CEO of Apcela As organizations continue to embrace cloud computing, the traditional wide area network (WAN) architecture is struggling to keep up with the increasing demand for fast, reliable, and secure access to cloud applications and …

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Top Five Reasons to Convert Your AWS DirectConnect to a Multicloud On-Ramp

Kunal Thakkar, VP of Product & Solutions Engineering at Apcela In May of 2017, we published ‘5 Steps to Cloud-Ready WAN’, in which we highlighted the accelerated trends of public cloud adoption and shared a 5-step recommendation on how to build a C …

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5 Multicloud Challenges and How to Manage Them

Solutions for common problems that may be impacting your multicloud deployment and connectivity  In 2022, the term “multicloud” is no longer a new one; by now, you are probably familiar with many of the advantages of this approach to cloud computing. W …

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Wide Area Network Basics 

The basic words that make a whole lot of a difference in our virtual world. Wide Area Network or WAN is a network that much of our society currently depends on for virtual connectivity. Keep reading to find out what it is and why it’s an essential part of our... Read More
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The Evolution of WAN    

The birth of Wide Area Networks A wide area network (WAN) is a massive network that can use different types of links to relay, store and communicate data no matter the location through a WAN provider. The evolution of WAN corresponded with the change of enterprises:... Read More
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How to Secure VDI in the Cloud with Minimal Latency

By Mark Casey, CEO of Apcela Millions of people worldwide have receded from their offices to work from the safe confines of their home cocoons. As a result, enterprises are looking for easily deployed technologies that will allow workers to access their necessary... Read More
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Was a 100% Remote Workforce in your Network Diagram?

This article was originally published on TMCnet’s Cloud Computing Magazine on April 9, 2020 Just like that, the CEO said, “All employees will work remote until further notice,” and the network that was ‘transitioning’ to a next-generation architecture was... Read More
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Top 10 Underused SD-WAN Features

This article was originally posted on NetworkWorld on February 2, 2020 Early SD-WAN products provided enterprises with a way to decommission expensive, inflexible MPLS links, connect branch offices directly to the cloud and optimize WAN traffic. But many of the... Read More
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Will SD-WAN Solve IoT’s Toughest Questions?

This article was originally posted on SDxCentral on January 15, 2020 IoT and SD-WAN might not sound like they belong together, but ask VMware’s VeloCloud or managed service provider Apcela and you might be surprised by what they have to say. The two... Read More

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