Remote Application Management 

Organizations that deploy and run software in local data centers, edge sites, or customer-hosted environments routinely encounter operational bottlenecks when it comes to maintenance, lifecycle management, and ongoing support. The management of these applications often depend on manual on-site interventions, VPN connections, or other legacy remote-access methods that introduce latency, complexity, and security risk. Trustgrid’s

The Emergence of Extranet-as-a-Service

For decades extranets have connected enterprises to customers, vendors, and contractors. They have been built using traditional networking gear stretched to accommodate the unique security, networking, and deployment requirements of connecting between enterprise networking perimeters. An extranet is a logical network zone meant to connect multiple parties under different admin domains across a range of

How Secure Are Application Networks?

Application networks enhance security when connecting centralized apps to multiple organizations. As modern software architectures become more distributed, application networks have emerged as a way to seamlessly connect applications, data and devices residing in multiple locations. An effective application network creates a layer of connectivity that mitigates the complexities of connecting, managing, and supporting an

Cloud Fintech Needs a Better Network

After years of taking a ‘wait and see’ approach, fintech applications are moving to the public cloud. As a vendor with the privilege of talking to both application providers and financial institutions (FIs) daily, we find very few who are happy with the WAN solutions available to them as they move to the cloud. Initially,

Secure a Remote Workforce by Killing the VPN

VPN limitations in the modern IT landscape VPN served its purpose well, but Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) is now transforming the definition of remote access solutions. It answered the IT architectures and business challenges of its time. Employees needed to access centralized data centers hosting enterprise applications when they were off-site, and these connections

The Next Generation of Community Banking Connections

Banking software providers have delivered some of the most solid and secure WAN connectivity for decades. From the early days of dedicated T1 circuits, to MPLS, VPN and now SD-WAN, the connections between software providers and banks, including Community Banking Connections, have been at the forefront of WAN technology. They didn’t really have a choice.

SD-WAN, SDP, ZTNA… Are They Really That Different?

The Similarities between Different Networking Solutions Confused by the ‘buzz-word bingo’ in today’s WAN networking products? You should be. Every vendor from basic VPN to advanced global CDNs is rebranding across a variety of networking categories. The real secret is – when these solutions become more product than promises, there is not much difference between