Blog Category: Cloud Networking

As a growing number of businesses operate with a remote or hybrid workforce, the job of managing and securing an increasingly distributed corporate network is challenging to say the least. Secure SD-WAN extends your network perimeter to the end user and safely connects your distributed users to distributed resources, all without sacrificing application performance. Here is how.

Now at the tail-end of a global pandemic that turned our worlds upside-down for the better part of two years, organizations across the world are recognizing an entirely new set of challenges to overcome.  Consumer demands are evolving day by day,…

Secure SD-WAN extends the network security perimeter all the way to the user and efficiently connects distributed users to distributed applications, without compromising user experience or security.  

Our networking portfolio is growing! We are excited to announce a new Wireless Broadband service that is designed to provide our clients with fast, reliable solutions for primary and backup connections. With flexible deployment options and predictable monthly charges, Wireless Broadband was designed to give businesses the bandwidth boost they need to support contemporary cloud-based and communication applications.

It seems like every day there is a new technology feature released to meet a real-life business need. But while we techies are excited about innovation, businesses are not always as enthusiastic about the prospect of new technology adoption. Here are a few tips I have learned along the way to help clients get over their fear and embrace technology.

You know that your SD-WAN solution gives you full visibility into the traffic running on your network. But did you know that combining SD-WAN with a built-in NGFW gives you full control over all applications and web traffic running on your internet connections? Find out how you can use SD-WAN + NGFW to prioritize business-essential applications and manage user access to websites.

Growth and success are always a reason for celebration, but if you are running an expanding business, you know that at times progress can feel more chaotic than joyful. If your communications and networking are failing to keep up with your growth, it may be time to consider a technology upgrade.

If your small business has expanded to multiple locations, chances are that your staff relies on lower bandwidth internet access to connect to business critical applications and databases. You or your IT staff may be struggling to keep all the different…

Most businesses like yours rely on VoIP phone systems, cloud data storage, video conferencing and a host of online multimedia collaboration tools to drive efficiency and communicate. But with the ever-increasing bandwidth needs of these applications, finding the right internet connections…

We have heard from many of our clients that maintaining healthy connections, opening and pushing trouble-tickets toward resolution and managing ISPs can easily turn into a full time job, putting a significant burden on IT departments and organizational resources. We are…

In the last several years we have seen a major shift in the data center. Reliance on IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) providers like Azure, AWS (Amazon Web Services) or Google Cloud has become more widespread than ever. The limited lifespan,…

Although a heightened awareness of cybersecurity is becoming the new norm, many companies are struggling to secure their data in the face of increasingly sophisticated threats like phishing scams, ransomware, malware and botnets. According to the ITRC, the number of data…

With the growing number of business apps eating through bandwidth at an unprecedented rate, protecting vital UC (Unified Communications) tools can easily turn into a hefty challenge for most network administrators. SD-WAN offers a simple, elegant solution that provides reliable network…

Wrapping up an SD-WAN channel event a couple of weeks ago with S-Net’s closest partners, I reflected on how rapidly the market for cloud based technologies is changing, and the enormous impact of customers on the direction of its growth. It is hard to believe that the SD-WAN technology that barely earned its place in IT in 2015 has now matured into a solution ready for a major shift toward enterprises unifying their networks on their own terms. With their wide range of locations, connection types and business needs, companies seem to increasingly invest in SD-WAN as a service managed by carrier-agnostic providers with a wide portfolio of offerings.

As you may have heard – and probably experienced – Comcast’s internet service saw a massive nationwide outage on Monday starting at 12pm CST. While service was restored after 90 minutes, Down Detector, a website monitoring outages, received as many as…

There’s no denying it: MPLS networks are on their way out – they just can’t keep up with the changes in the way we do business today. They are expensive, time consuming and complicated to install, and most importantly, they do…

S-Net Partners with SD-WAN Innovator, Versa Networks, to Provide a Comprehensive Cloud Solution for Easily Manageable, Secure and High-Quality Voice and Data Communications. Characterized by scattered office locations and a more dispersed workforce than ever before, modern enterprises and SMBs face…