Listeners know that we've covered middle mile and NaaS on this show. We've also touched on the various companies emerging around these issues.
Today, we're getting extra perspective from one of those companies.
Today we're living on the edge! Whether we're talking security and SASE, NaaS, or cloud computing—or many other topics, honestly—edge networks and edge computing are likely to make it into the conversation.
It's another case study episode of the podcast. Today, we welcome Ian Calderbank, Enterprise Network Architect at PageGroup, to the hot seat.
Our data shows that most enterprises have more than one IaaS provider. For SaaS, that number can be dozens, hundreds, or even more. Most have moved the majority of their data centers off corporate premises to some kind of shared facility.
This means most companies are dealing with multi-cloud connectivity in some form; WAN managers, of course, have to handle that from a performance and cost perspective.
With the middle mile emerging as one of the next major topics of interest for global enterprises, we thought it would be useful to develop a comprehensive explanation of this new market segment.
A new class of network provider has emerged, optimizing connectivity between the office and the cloud. What do they offer? How do they do it? And what’s happening between the core backbone and local access?
TeleGeography Principal Analyst Erik Kreifeldt is in the house, and Greg is asking the big questions about internet middle mile.
A simple broadband connection to the internet remains one of the most common ways to access cloud networks and services. But as these services and architectures evolve, so do the ways companies can connect.
Today we're sharing our guide to connecting to cloud services from our Cloud and WAN Research Service. (For more on cloud service providers and related geography, jump over to our interactive Cloud Infrastructure Map.)
Around three in four enterprises that responded to our latest WAN Manager Survey reported having multiple infrastructure as a service (IaaS) partner. Azure and AWS were easily the most frequently cited by participants; 60% were using one or both of these providers.
With this in mind, how are enterprises connecting to their IaaS providers and why would you select one method over another? And what's the global geographic distribution of cloud providers looking like these days?
Today we answer the burning question "what is peering and how does it work?"
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