Analogies
A security guard at the entrance of a building, checking every person who tries to enter. It lets in those with valid ID and blocks anyone who doesn’t meet the criteria
What is a firewall?
Saved customers 98% time needed to add a new partner on the extranet
What is Extranet-as-a-Service?
Director of Sales, EMEA
Who is Phil Oultram?
IP
What is Internet Protocol?
VPC
What is Virtual Private Cloud?
Like a massive warehouse filled with rows of filing cabinets that store all sorts of important documents
What is a Data Center?
Reduced Humana's firewalls from 76 to 14.
What is Network and Security Services?
Director of Partner Solutions
Who is David Klebanov?
GUI
What is Graphical User Interface?
ZTNA
What is Zero Trust Network Access?
Traffic control system for your network, directing data along the fastest, most efficient routes based on real-time conditions, rather than sticking to a single, predetermined path. It’s like having a GPS that constantly reroutes you to avoid traffic jams, ensuring the quickest journey possible.
What is SD-WAN?
Helped a company facilitate an ongoing migration of applications and services from on-premises data centers to environments in multiple regions of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Services. We were able to reduce staff time and calendar time to spin up their connections by 50%.
What is Single, Hybrid, Multi Cloud?
CMO
Who is Hiro Notaney?
MAC
DNS
What is Domain Name System?
Like a traffic cop at a busy intersection, directing cars to different lanes to ensure no single lane gets overwhelmed. By evenly distributing the traffic, it helps keep everything moving smoothly and prevents any one lane from getting clogged, ensuring faster and more efficient travel for all.
What is a load balancer?
We help customers bring in multiple networks as separate network segments and leverage resource-share capabilities to select and connect users and applications across various companies.
What is Extranet-as-a-Service?
CFO
Who is Rakib Azad?
SOC
Security Operations Center
MPLS
What is Multiprotocol Label Switching?
Like sending a letter in a locked, sealed envelope through the postal system. Even though the letter travels through public mail, the envelope keeps the contents private and secure, ensuring no one can read or tamper with it while it's on its way to the recipient.
What is a VPN?
With CXPs available worldwide, customers can connect all their on-prem locations to the nearest CXPs over the Internet and replace their MPLS, AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, or Google Cloud Dedicated Interconnect.
What is Backbone-as-a-Service?
VP of Solutions Architecture
Who is Sukruth Srikantha?
HTTPS
What is HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure?
NAT
What is Network Address Translation?