Posts by Robert Sturt

ZTNA Providers and Vendors Comparison

Who are the top rated ZTNA Providers & Vendors?

Reviews of the top-rated ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access) providers, comparing their strengths in security features, scalability, deployment options, and integration capabilities, with a focus on solutions from Palo Alto, Akamai, Zscaler, and others, emphasising their suitability for various organisational needs. The top rated ZTNA vendors are Palo Alto, Akamai, Zscaler, Perimeter 81, Cato Networks, […]

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Who are the best SASE vendors?

Who are the best rated SASE Vendors?

This guide reviews the top-rated SASE vendors, helping businesses find the best solutions for network security. Vendors like Cato Networks, Zscaler, and Palo Alto are highlighted for their advanced capabilities in securing remote users and devices. The guide provides insights into SASE’s growing market, its features, and the benefits of cloud-based services. Our team tested,

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What is SD-WAN as-a-Service?

What is SD-WAN as a Service? (With solution comparison)

SD-WAN as-a-Service (SD-WANaaS) is a cloud-based solution providing secure, reliable connectivity for remote users. It enhances performance, security, and scalability, with benefits like quicker deployment and reduced vulnerabilities. SD WAN-as-a-Service (SD-WANaaS) is a cloud-powered solution that provides dependable, secure, and high-performance connectivity across remote users and business locations. This approach merges connectivity and orchestration software,

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How to choose an SD-WAN for Large Enterprises

How to choose an SD-WAN for Large Enterprises

Choosing the right SD-WAN for large enterprises boosts network performance, scalability, and security while supporting global operations and remote work. For large enterprises, Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions offer a significant improvement to network performance, scalability and security when compared with traditional WAN networks. However, choosing the best SD-WAN solution can be a daunting

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What is BT Cloud Voice and how can it benefit your business?

What is BT Cloud Voice?

BT Cloud Voice is a cloud-based phone system, available to businesses across the UK. Cloud Voice marks a major transition from traditional phonelines, entirely utilising the internet in order to make phone calls. This is beneficial for businesses as it provides customers with the flexibility for their business to go and enables remote workforces. By

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UK Healthcare SD-WAN Deployment Case Studies

Case Studies: Successful SD-WAN Deployments in Healthcare

SD-WAN deployments in healthcare improve network reliability, security, and patient care across various institutions. For the healthcare industry, it is essential that the network infrastructure is continuously reliable and secure, due to being critical to improving the quality of patient care and providing uninterrupted operations. One way to achieve this is for healthcare organisations to

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Fortinet SASE Overview

Fortinet SASE Overview & Pricing Examples

Fortinet’s SASE solution combines improvements to security, networking integration and flexible licensing, but struggles with usability and cloud connectivity in SaaS-centric environments. Fortinet is a globally recognised leader across cybersecurity solutions, the company has made significant strides in the Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) market. With their integration of security and network features, Fortinet offers

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SD-WAN Technical Evaluation Criteria

Criteria for choosing an SD-WAN Vendor

Choosing an SD-WAN vendor requires evaluating performance, security (SASE/SSE), scalability and management features for reliable, secure, and future-proof network solutions. Prior to researching SD-WAN vendors and managed service providers, IT teams are required to understand the criteria to use when evaluating and comparing solutions. In 2024, evaluation criteria is firmly centralised around cyber security, specifically

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