Jody Hagemann Senior Director, SD-WAN Product Management, Comcast Business
Joseph Richardson, Sr. Director Cybersecurity Products, Comcast Business

Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) is one of the most rapidly adopted technologies of the past decade. According to a recent study published by Dell’Oro Group, the worldwide sales of SD-WAN technologies are forecasted to grow at double-digit rates over each of the next five years to surpass $3.2 billion in 2024. This growth is certainly a testament to some of the more well-known benefits of SD-WAN technology, such as centralized network policy management, network flexibility and application-aware routing. But we should not overlook how some of these same features can be optimized to boost network security, nor lose sight of the new security considerations that SD-WAN introduces.

With SD-WAN, branch offices are now part of an enterprise’s network topology, with their own Internet egress. Corporate devices can access the Internet via multiple endpoints, adding a layer of complexity to network security. However, if properly configured, SD-WAN can simplify management, help improve security, and decrease threat vectors. In total, SD-WAN greatly improves an organization’s security posture and can ultimately decrease the stress and costs associated with a security intrusion.

In this article, we will review how to optimize your SD-WAN to its full potential for advanced security protection from threats.

This article was originally published on Comcast Business Community. 

Healthcare organizations increasingly turning to SD-WAN to propel next-generation networks that make digital transformation possible.

This article was originally published on Comcast Business Community. 

We are happy to say that in 2019 our Indirect Channel grew significantly in both the number of partners selling Comcast Business and the revenue generated, and with that success, we are announcing the next level of our team’s evolution.

This article was originally published on Comcast Business Community. 

The rate at which technology is evolving is increasing almost exponentially. In the business sector, hardware has given way to software-defined everything, while many on-premises technologies are now offered as a service. Much of the advances in technology over the last few years have been the direct result of the growing ubiquity of the cloud and faster connectivity speeds, both of which have enabled companies to adopt digital transformation technologies to help them work smarter and more efficiently.

The Jim Ellis Automotive Group is a chain of auto dealerships based in Atlanta with 15 locations in the area and a staff of over 1,000 employees.  The company depends on a fast, reliable and secure network to connect with customers, employees and business partners and support key business applications across its dispersed locations.

This article was originally published on Comcast Business Community. 

It is no secret that most companies that resist change won’t survive in today’s economy. Today’s fast-paced, digital environment requires companies to move beyond their status quo to outpace their competitors, before their competitors outpace them.

Comcast Business has once again been named to Vertical System Group’s Year-End 2017 U.S. Carrier Ethernet LEADERBOARD and achieved the highest organic growth rate across all 2017 U.S. Carrier Ethernet Leaderboards – growing our base of Ethernet ports appreciably without an acquisition.  While it’s always exciting to top the charts, it shouldn’t come as a surprise, given our focus and commitment to delivering modern networking solutions and how Carrier Ethernet technology has become such a popular method for wide area networks.

As businesses embrace cloud deployments, questions about cloud computing’s staying power now have a clear answer: Cloud is definitely here to stay, and the number of workloads moving to cloud infrastructures is going to increase at a faster pace than we’ve seen in the past. Whether we are talking about public, private or hybrid clouds, there’s no question cloud will play a starring role in future IT investments.