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• Reducing tools traffic also reduces storage
costs associated with these tools and can
prevent potentially expensive tool upgrades.
• Centralising TLS decryption capabilities
allow traffic to be decrypted and
inspected once before being re-encrypted
and then shared across multiple tools.
• Extending the lives of older tools by
addressing bandwidth and compatibility
limitations to enable, for example, a
10GB port tool to be deployed in a
100GB network.
infrastructures means that CIOs can ensure a
more agile network that’s ready for any Digital
Transformation and every eventuality.
What are the implications of not
taking steps to progress Digital
Transformation strategies?
It’s widely accepted that consumers will pay
for a better user experience and they would
also stop engaging with a vendor if that vendor
experienced a breach. Not being on the Digital
Vijay Babber,
Channel Manager at
Gigamon Middle East
budgets and hiring. This means that pressure
is on NetOps and InfoSec teams to do more
with their existing resources and maximise
the ROI on their current tools’ investment.
This is the core of Gigamon’s financial
benefits – we enable our customers to
get the most out of their existing tools
investment as follows:
• Maximising tools efficiency by using
Gigamon’s filtering, slicing and de-dupe
capabilities to prevent tools needing
to inspect safe, low-risk, irrelevant and
duplicate traffic.
• AFI takes efficiency and effectiveness one
level higher by prioritising apps that need
inspection (Dropbox, file sharing apps,
etc.) and most tools can bypass them.
(Windows OS updates, Spotify, etc.)
What does the new tomorrow
look like?
With companies now planning a safe return
to the workplace, many companies – as
many as 75% according to Gartner – are
now considering continuing work-from-home
policies post COVID for many of their staff.
This is a huge change and one that will
impact company infrastructure, but I think
this will be very positive in terms of Digital
Transformation adoption in the region.
How can CIOs ensure their
infrastructure is future-proof?
CIOs need to be prepared for every eventuality.
Having visibility of their network as it grows
in both speed and complexity is key. Having
control across physical, virtual and cloud
Transformation road would undoubtedly make
it very difficult for companies to meet customer
experience expectations whilst also delivering
the expected levels of performance and
ensuring optimum security and compliance.
Those not progressing their DX strategies will
undoubtedly get left behind.
Are there any other emerging trends
of which CIOs should be aware of?
Digital Transformation means new
technology, which clearly evolves at an
exponential rate. Some new technology
trends emerging include anything from
multi-tiered container-based applications
deployed across a hybrid cloud infrastructure,
to operational technology and enterprise
mobility. Visibility into all these complex
infrastructures will be critical. •
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