INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
BY 2020 VARIOUS
INDUSTRY ESTIMATES
PUT THE NUMBER OF
INTERNET CONNECTED
DEVICES BETWEEN 50
AND 75 BILLION. THIS
IS GOING TO RADICALLY
CHANGE HOW HUMANS
INTERACT WITH
TECHNOLOGY…
Security implications
Big data is relatively new; it has only been a
decade since Google published the seminal
MapReduce white paper, and as with any new
technology the primary concern is functionality.
This introduces a number of security challenges,
not only in the secure handling and storage of
the data, but in understanding the nature of
the data itself, and how it can be manipulated
to create insight (and potentiality breach
confidentiality policy).
At the most basic level, big data components
may incl ude only rudimentary access control
and integration with systems such as Kerberos,
and depending on the components you choose,
may introduce additional vulnerabilities when
mapped against a mature security framework.
It’s also important to determine how long to
keep this data and how to ensure that data
integrity is maintained (over potentially many
years). With big data there may simply be a
lot more data, but the scope of it may also
be much broader, and it is likely to be more
granular as the drive to instrument everything
continues.
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At a glance…
Silver Peak introduce
Unity EdgeConnect
As part of its strategy to deliver high-performing
broadband and hybrid Wide Area Networks (WANs), Silver
Peak has unveiled its new Unity EdgeConnect solution that
enables enterprises to dramatically reduce the cost and
complexity of building a WAN by leveraging broadband to
connect users to applications.
By empowering customers such as Group Dekko, Interroll,
Kingston, and others to use broadband connections to
augment or replace their current multi-protocol label
switching (MPLS) networks, Silver Peak improves customer
responsiveness, increases application performance, and
significantly reduces capital and operational expenses.
Delivered in both physical and virtual form factors, Unity
EdgeConnect creates a virtual network overlay, so that
enterprises do not have to replace existing routers and
firewalls at branch offices.
With Unity EdgeConnect, customers can move to a
broadband WAN at their own pace, whether site-by-site, or
via a hybrid WAN approach that leverages both MPLS and
broadband Internet connectivity (cable, DSL, LTE, etc.). This
is often referred to as software-defined WAN (SD-WAN).
Unity EdgeConnect is an overlay solution, which means
connectivity decisions are made independent of carriers,
avoiding lengthy procurement and deployment delays for
faster time to service.
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