Office 365: What’s your network deployment architecture?

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Network World WAN Alert Sep 26, 2017 Office 365: What's your network deployment architecture? Selecting the correct architecture for your Office 365 implementation affects whether your users have good performance or not. Here are some important tips to consider whether you are using SD-WAN or not. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Network simulation or emulation? • Is SD-WAN better than MPLS? • When evaluating SD-WAN, look beyond the features table • Always test remote app performance with a WAN emulator White Paper: Citrix Systems Finding the Best SD-WAN Product for Your Enterprise: Criteria for Evaluating Software-Defined WAN Products This paper describes key criteria for evaluating SD-WAN solutions. It discusses the most important issues, and outlines levels of capability that separate "just okay" products from really good ones. The paper does not compare specific products, but it does include examples of features from Citrix NetScaler SD-WAN, one of the leading solutions in this field. Read More ▶ Network simulation or emulation? In regard to network testing, the terms emulation and simulation are often used interchangeably. In most cases, either term will generally get the point across, but there's a big difference between a network emulator and network simulator, both practically and semantically. Read More ▶ Is SD-WAN better than MPLS? SD-WAN is something everyone's talking about but is it better than MPLS? My answer is yes... and it's easier to explain than baseball. Read More ▶ When evaluating SD-WAN, look beyond the features table It's easy to think that you should select an SD-WAN technology bases on a list of features. But there are many other factors to consider as you "peel the onion." Read More ▶ Always test remote app performance with a WAN emulator When you test new applications using a WAN emulator before deployment, you ensure apps perform to remote users' standards and requirements. Read More ▶ eBook: Citrix Systems SD-WAN: A Simplified Network for Distributed Enterprises Citrix can help you with the challenge of adopting a new approach to WAN technology. Download our e-book and learn more about a technology that recreates Wide Area Networking for an era in which cloud computing, mobility and the user experience have become dominant concerns. Read More ▶ Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ SLIDESHOWS 12 top tech fields of the future Hottest news from OpenStack Summit Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. Top 10 DevOps tools 2. What to do about WannaCry if you're infected or if you're not infected 3. Apple to unveil new iPad Pro while axing the iPad Mini 4. IT jobs bound for extinction 5. 10 most in-demand tech skills 6. Richard Stallman: Windows OS is malware 7. 18 free cloud storage options 8. Building Linux-powered devices, part 1: Making my Linux-only world a reality 9. Reporters dox WannaCry ransomware kill switch guy no good deed goes unpunished 10. 6 free network vulnerability scanners

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