Mike Sapien

Platforms and baked-in security features will meet demand for fewer tools among security trends this year. Consolidation and integration emerged as two of the major themes at this year’s RSA Conference 2019, perhaps the result of the high enterprise demand for fewer tools and vendors, as well as a shortage of talent. The large conference remains a major watering hole for many traditional vendors, providers and startups that touch security technologies and services.

Security capabilities with managed SD-WAN are encouraging adoption and faster deployment. Beyond basic network connectivity and network-centric features such as WAN optimisation, security has been one of the promised next-wave roadmap features surrounding managed SD-WAN services. In early customer deployments, network connectivity was the spotlight feature, along with managing the mix of network types and diversity of providers.

By Mike Sapien, chief analyst at Ovum, for Silver Peak Security capabilities with managed SD-WAN are encouraging adoption and faster deployment. Beyond basic network connectivity and network-centric features such as WAN optimisation, security has been one of the promised next-wave roadmap features surrounding managed SD-WAN services.In early customer deployments, network connectivity was the spotlight feature, along with managing the mix of network types and diversity of providers.