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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Network-as-a-Service4 Conclusion8
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For many companies, the network is
key to their business, and in some
cases, the network IS their business.
However, many networks aren’t
ready to handle the next generation
of requirements. Cloud computing,
mobile devices (and workers), along
with a multitude of new application
types (embedded video and IoT among
them), that all promise to improve
productivity, increase efficiency, and
create opportunities for new revenue
streams. But the underlying network
model represents more problem than
promise.
Networks have gradually become too
complex, too fragile, and too expensive
to deliver the required step-function
improvements in security, control, and
agility for what’s coming next.
And what’s coming next is BIG —
millions of applications, billions of
devices, trillions of transactions.
To fix the network, we need to change
the game — the context in which we
view the network. Simply put, the
network isn’t just about connecting
nodes or sharing information — it’s
about how you deliver services and
applications to the consumers of those
services and applications.
In doing this, we at 128 Technology
believe the network must be software-
based, session-oriented, and service-
centric. You’ll learn exactly what we
mean by each of these terms in this
book, but suffice it to say, this is not just
a whole new perspective on networks —
it’s a whole new way of understanding
how you can deliver value to your
business.
INTRODUCTION
Our modern global communications infrastructure still relies on core principles that were defined when the Internet had only a few thousand users. We have faster computers, more storage space, and more people using the network, but worryingly, some of the key assumptions haven't changed." Source: CNN
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At 128 Technology, we’ve developed a solution that’s
focused on enabling network operators to get down to
the business of delivering applications and services.
We do this through the 128 Technology Networking Platform
(128T), a software-based routing platform that natively
provides network-based security, control, and insight.
128T utilizes a Secure Vector Routing (SVR) architecture. SVR
is session-oriented, meaning it can recognize and control
stateful, bi-directional exchanges of data as they are routed
across networks — without the use of overlays or tunnels.
It is also inherently service-centric, enabling a far tighter
alignment between the network and the applications it
supports.
And because it’s entirely software-based, 128T can be put
anywhere and everywhere — this provides new levels of
security and intelligence throughout the network and
allows for a wide range of deployments, including wide-area
network (WAN), campus, data center environments, as well
as public and private clouds.
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ROUTE ALL THE THINGS WITH SECURE VECTOR ROUTING
By 2020, 30% of your strategic network suppliers will change.” Source: Gartner
Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management Conference Presentation, The Enterprise Network Scenario, Andrew Lerner & Danilo Ciscato, December 5 – 8, 2016.
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NEXT-GENERATION WAN
We all know the WAN needs an upgrade — from
experience, and because we’ve already said it
about eight times in this book.
In fact, a lot of the recent interest in SD-WAN solutions
is a clear sign that the existing WAN model isn’t keeping
up with the rapid shift in how businesses consume
applications. The WAN is no longer “just” the network
connection between headquarters and the branch
office — it’s being used for all sorts of new applications
— mobile work, real-time communications, cloud-based
software, fleet management, and more. Addressing the
requirements for these applications is creating more
complexity and cost than businesses are willing to put up
with.
The problem is that many of the “new” SD-WAN solutions
rely on “old” WAN techniques — such as tunnels or overlay
networks, additional middleboxes, hub-and-spoke
backhaul architectures, and perimeter security models.
What’s really needed is a solution that goes beyond
traditional SD-WAN offerings, addressing underlying
WAN challenges at the network level — while providing
all the benefits of traditional SD-WAN solutions.
The 128 Technology Networking Platform (128T) is
a session-based solution that features fine-grained
segmentation, security, and agility without the overhead,
cost, and scaling challenges of overlays. By removing the
real culprits of complexity and cost in the network, 128T
helps customers transform their networks into innovation
engines.
128T can create a full, routed mesh using multi-path
routing — this not only replaces the MPLS connections
without a hit to end user experience, it also lowers the
cost of connectivity for branch sites!
This is WAN done right using session orientation. Think of
it as SD-WAN sans the overlays — or NG-WAN as we like to
call it.
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Gartner Market Guide for WAN Edge Infrastructure, Andrew Lerner & Neil Rickard, March 23, 2017.
Clients report that backhauled traffic represents 50% - 80% of overall traffic on their MPLS networks." Source: Gartner
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To stay competitive, you need to develop and deliver new revenue-generating
services faster than ever. But as we all know too well — you also need to maintain
those services so they remain secure and reliable for your consumers. Neither of these
are easy tasks.
New customers are the lifeblood of growing businesses — especially those offering “as-a-
service” solutions. Yet provisioning and configuring secure and reliable network access
can be cumbersome, slow, and expensive. The 128 Technology Networking Platform
(128T) provides the ability to spin up new services and establish network connectivity
faster, cheaper, and with more confidence.
As we said earlier, keeping customers happy is critical. With 128T, you can take control of
how your consumers experience your applications by getting closer to them — literally.
128T does this by extending Secure Vector Routing right to the customer premise. This
gives you — the application owner — more control over the service level experienced by
the customer by moving the SLA boundary.
Extending the SLA boundary means you’ve got a handle on network Quality of
Service, end-to-end Zero Trust Security, and real-time visibility and analytics into how
each service is performing.
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NETWORK-AS-A-SERVICE
Total time in apps was up by over 150 billion hours in 2016 — reaching nearly 900 billion hours.” Source: Tech Crunch
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Many of the best practices learned
at hyperscale data centers —
like those originated by Google and
Amazon — are starting to make their
way into the data centers of enterprises
and service providers. Nearly every
data center modernization effort has a
“software-defined” component in which
all elements of the infrastructure are
virtualized and automated. This idea
includes software-defined networking
and usually involves some form of virtual
network overlays (VNOs) — designed to
abstract networking from the physical
networks on which they ride.
But here’s the problem with current
VNOs — their reliance on overlays
themselves.
First, overlays are largely tunnel-based,
which can cause significant networking
overhead, fragmentation issues, scaling
challenges, and operational costs — not to
mention rendering useless most security
and monitoring systems.
Second, many network virtualization
overlays largely depend on service
chaining schemes to insert advanced
network functions (firewalls, load
balancers, etc.). Not only does this create
more complexity — it creates more
network overhead.
The way we see it, time is ripe for a data
center network solution that doesn’t
need tunnels AND can consolidate
multiple network functions.
With the 128 Technology Networking
Platform, you can natively distribute
application intelligence, fine-grained
segmentation, load balancing, and access
control throughout the data center. This
not only eliminates the unnecessary
overhead or lack of visibility caused
by overlay techniques, but it enables
dynamic workload mobility and speeds
response to evolving security threats.
DATA CENTER
The SDN market will grow 59.3% annually from 2014 through 2020."Source: IDC
Data Center
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solutions have traditionally focused
on optimizing bandwidth and reducing
latency to ensure business continuity and
disaster recovery — but include enormous
complexity and cost. Most DCI solutions
involve dedicated transport links to deliver
reliability, security, and performance — yet
these are difficult to set up and maintain,
expensive, and often underutilized.
As the number and type of interconnects
increase, network owners are going to
have to rethink their approach to DCI.
The 128 Technology Networking Platform
(128T) provides dynamic and secure
multi-path routing for data center
interconnection — without relying on
dedicated circuits, overlays, or domain
stretching.
Not only does 128T reduce the need
for expensive transport connections, it
optimizes bandwidth use across all of the
available connectivity options.
For example, with adaptive encryption,
128T knows what information has been
encrypted natively in the application
and what’s not. From there, you are able
to encrypt what needs to be encrypted
and leave the already encrypted alone —
saving bandwidth and reducing potential
latency.
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CLOUD INTERCONNECT
Rapid enterprise adoption of cloud services is creating
increasingly complex ecosystems that are placing
unprecedented demands on network architectures.
Applications are increasingly distributed across multiple
data centers. New traffic patterns are emerging
within and across data centers and clouds. Network
virtualization is redefining how we think about end-to-
end internetworking. The sheer number of data centers
that require interconnectivity push legacy Layer 2 and
overlay-based approaches to the limits.
This is prompting enterprises and service providers to
re-examine their cloud and data center connectivity
approaches.
The 128 Technology Networking Platform can solve
the challenges of secure cloud interconnect by
transforming complex cloud interconnect ecosystems
into smart, secure, and seamless fabrics by allowing
you to:
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¾ Hypersegment across the cloud interconnect with a
dynamic end-to-end segmentation and multi-tenant
architecture
¾ Replace static and complex point-to-point overlay-based
models with a dynamic routed approach
¾ Reduce cost of deploying, operating, and troubleshooting
with fewer network elements, centralized orchestration
and policy management, and a dynamic scale-out policy
exchange approach
¾ Deliver Zero Trust Security to all your interconnected cloud
applications
You’re in control of how your consumers use your
applications at all times — while providing a superior
service.
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For both service providers and
enterprises, the requirements of the
network aren’t that difficult to figure
out.
Service providers want to deliver new
services and applications quickly and
with fine-grained control over security
and service levels.
Enterprises are looking to align the
services they consume with the
objectives of the business and meet
end user expectations for applications
and performance levels.
What if there was a networking
company that really tried to create
network technology with these needs
first?
What if instead of relying on an
outdated network mindset, we took a
fresh look at networking and placed
services and applications at the center?
What if we could do that without
disrupting the existing network
infrastructure that’s already in place?
There is a company doing all of that.
128 Technology is reshaping the way
organizations design, deploy, and
operate real-world networks by making
them dramatically simpler, smarter,
and more secure — it’s going to fix the
router — and ultimately the network —
as we know it.
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SESSION-ORIENTEDOverlay Free ● Native Security
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CONCLUSION
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ABOUT 128 TECHNOLOGYThe company is focused on creating innovative
software solutions that address a broad range of
networking challenges across enterprises, service
providers and cloud services.
We are a group of technologists and entrepreneurs
who enjoy tackling big problems and aren’t afraid
to defy convention and raise a few eyebrows. Our
core team has a successful track record in creating
disruptive network technology for delivering secure
connectivity across global IP networks.
128 Technology understands that for many
companies, networks are a core part of their
business — and in some cases, the network is their
business. The massive, rapid shift to cloud and
mobile native applications places the importance of
the network into even sharper relief.