5 November 2024, Tue |
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Trescon’s World SD-WAN & SASE Summit virtually brought together over 200 CIOs. The first-ever SD-WAN and SASE summit witnessed by 200+ IT decision-makers (ITDMs) worldwide took place on August 19, 2021, to learn about the present state of network infrastructure in Asia. The summit brought together key stakeholders in the SD-WAN and SASE ecosystem from around the region, including government officials, prominent SASE solution suppliers, and executives from major think tanks.
The programme addressed important challenges in the SD-WAN and SASE ecosystem, including: Outlining possible SD-WAN evolution pathways; Why, What, and How to Understand SASE; SASE’s key architectural needs; SD-key WAN’s architectural requirements; How Machine Learning affects SD-WAN; New era characteristics; and much more.
The summit featured a groundbreaking collaboration of experts such as:
While speaking about best practices for SD-WAN, Dr IR Ismail, Director General of Spectrum Management and Standardization of Post and ICT MCIT stated that, “Technological breakthroughs are still being sought to reduce the digital gap. SD-WAN could be the technology that helps to reduce the digital divide, particularly for businesses and corporations. One thing that must be ensured is that we do not want technology to look cheaper at first but ends up being very expensive. Developing ecosystem of the breakthrough technology is no less important.”
Boaz Avigad, Director and Product Marketing at CATO Networks spoke at length on the topic ‘From VPN to ZTNA to SASE – The evolution of remote access.’ He stated, “SASE is not a solution which replaces the modules we see, SASE rather is a new revolutionary network architecture which was designed to converge all of the critical components required to optimize the modern digital enterprises.”
VladikArshanski, IT Communication & Infrastructure Director at NVidia spoke on Nvidia’s SD-WAN journey, where he stated that, “Artificial intelligence (AI) and data science are reshaping computing and data center systems. Nvidia is dedicated to providing world-class services and solutions. Autonomous vehicles that teach, learn, and build the greatest AI and Robotics, resulting in a high level of automation.”
Shashi Kiran, Chief Marketing and Product Officer at Aryaka Networks spoke at length on understanding SASE: The why, what, and how. He was quoted saying, “SD-WAN is becoming more and more of a managed-as-a-service solution. Enterprises are searching for cloud-based architectures that are simple to use and consume.”
“Finding the right business context for network infrastructure is a big part of the game as it opens up a plethora of possibilities. However, innovations in the SD-WAN and SASE field must be contextualized and integrated into a company use case,” stated Mithun Shetty, CEO, Trescon.
The summit was held on the virtual events platform Vmeets, which allowed attendees to network and transact business in a virtual environment that was both interactive and immersive. In virtual display booths, private consulting rooms, and private networking rooms, attendees could interact with speakers in Q&A sessions and network with solution suppliers.
CATO Networks, a Premium Gold Sponsor; Aryaka, a Gold Sponsor; and Telin, a Bronze Sponsor, supported the inaugural World SD-WAN& SASE Summit Asia.
