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Investing in IT has proven essential for businesses to move forward, especially considering the pandemic in the past two years. Thanks to these investments, millions of people could continue working from home and thus maintain the economy afloat. Cloud migration is a process that takes years, but it accelerated due to the pandemic. Even companies that looked into ways to migrate applications and workloads to the cloud have fast-tracked those plans to remain relevant. Security has been the main driver in cloud adoption and the reduced demand for local hardware.

Let us learn about the main cloud migration trends coming in 2022. Take note!

Cloud Migration Will Be an Ongoing Trend for Years to Come

 As organizations keep shifting gears to adapt to strategic plans and respond to macroeconomic factors, cloud adoption brings excellent benefits, including maintenance savings through reduced hardware requirements.

Below are the trends expected to drive cloud migration in 2022.

• Cloud Services (SaaS):

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a cloud-based software delivery model in which the cloud provider develops and maintains the cloud application software. The pandemic brought significant growth in these services due to their improved flexibility, security, and upgradability.

• Modernization:

Once companies migrated to the cloud, they realized that they had to upgrade their critical applications to get the most out of the cloud. According to Gartner, “more than 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms by 2025, up from 30% in 2021.”

• Improved Analytics:

Cloud services support tools to integrate data into new analytics and apply business intelligence (BI) to keep pace with change. These improved analytics use real-time information for up-to-date reporting and better decision-making.

• User Experience:

Cloud migration makes it easy to quickly prototype and test different UX ideas to determine which one is more user-friendly. Also, in many cases, logging into the applications does not require a VPN connection, making life easier for both users and IT teams.

At NGIN Services, we offer cloud solutions that help you streamline and secure your processes and keep ahead of future changes. We can help you design cloud-based solutions for enhanced flexibility, not just for you but also for your customers and end-users.  Contact us and learn more about our solutions.

Business cybersecurity is an issue that needs to be approached formally in the company of experts.  Today, all companies are exposed to an attack with significant implications. To get an idea of the negative impact this can have, think about the Garmin case in 2020. Organizations need to invest in security systems that ensure the integrity of their information and safeguard the stability of all their equipment.

Below, we will tell you about DDoS attacks and how best to prevent them.

What are DDoS attacks, and how to prevent them?

 Let’s start by mentioning what a DDoS attacks means and how it affects cybersecurity. The acronym DDoS stands for Distributed Denial of Service. In other words, a DDoS attacks occurs when a group of people or automatisms attack a server using many devices simultaneously. This mass data flow renders server resources insufficient and makes the server collapse and stop working. Therefore, if the device or server is running a web page when it collapses, the web page goes down with the server.

Attacks can often be made using botnets, networks of sequestered or infected devices that behave like swarms attacking all at once. The consequences of such attacks will depend on how widespread these networks are.  However, they are becoming increasingly prominent and are beginning to go beyond conventional computers to affect cellphones and IoT.

This kind of DDoS attacks is intended against businesses more than end-users. The result, however, is the same because users are affected when they request a service that goes unanswered, which makes cybersecurity vulnerable.

Robust cybersecurity is essential to avoid DDoS attacks.

All companies need to have robust IT equipment to establish an effective cybersecurity plan to prevent DDoS attacks from controlling essential company data. The following are a few things good cybersecurity needs to consider.

• Engage an expert company with demonstrable experience in mitigating DDoS attacks

 There are many non-specialized solutions with elementary levels of protection. Cybersecurity is a highly delicate matter, so it is vitally important to select a highly specialized company in that field.

• Develop a multiple cloud security strategy

Designing a multiple cloud security strategy begins with identifying all the clouds used by the company to ensure a solid data governance program to guide security decisions and deployment of proper tools in the right places.

• Be sure to maintain essential security aspects up to date and in good working order:

 Make sure basic security systems are at peak performance and that security policies are being enforced correctly.

• Together with your supplier, develop a regulatory framework:

 Cybersecurity  response should adapt to the kind of data it protects and the circumstances contemplated in the regulatory framework that make it possible to know and understand how to react appropriately.

• Analyze potential threats:

 To minimize attacks, we must constantly be updated. We need to recognize the signs of an attack and tactics, procedures, and techniques using predetermined indicators as reference.

As you can see, the first thing to do to prevent these attacks is to be prepared and always have a cybersecurity contingency plan. NGIN Services has specialized advisory services that will allow you to protect your company information and, more importantly, your users’ data. Contact us, and we’ll help answer all your questions.

Segment routing is a solution that provides complete control over forwarding routes by combining simple network instructions without any additional protocols.

Today, companies require a robust IT infrastructure that can meet operational demands. This has driven the growing adoption of infrastructure and software as a service. According to IDC data, this type of service has grown in Mexico by 30%.

Although there is a great need for IT solutions, these need to offer flexibility, responsiveness, and integration of new business processes.

Here, we will explain everything about segment routing.

How Does It Work?

Segment routing emerged in 2013 as a disruptive technology for service providers, web providers, and large companies. It emerged as an enabler for the transformation that every network must go through. In simple terms, it is a technology that simplifies network traffic engineering and management. In addition to this, it removes network state information from routers, and network nodes and places route state information in packet headers at the ingress node. Thus, it simplifies data transfer, creating an agile and flexible traffic engineering solution.

The main components of segment routing include:

• Segment routing domain: A collection of nodes participating in the protocols. A node can run input, transit, or output procedures.
• Routing route by segments: It is a list of ordered segments. It connects an ingress node of the segment router to an egress node of the segment router. It usually follows the least cost path from ingress to egress.
• Segment routing: A forwarding instruction that allows a packet to pass through a section of the network topology.

Segment Routing Process

Here is how the service works: When a packet reaches the Segment Routing ingress node, it is subjected to policy. If the packet complies with the policies for a Segment Routing path, the routing ingress node encapsulates the packet in a Segment Routing tunnel. When a packet reaches the routing egress node, that node determines whether the packet is at the end of its route. If that is the case, the node removes the Segment Routing header information and forwards the packet based on its destination IP address.

This simplifies the network and reduces resource utilization, making it easier to manage and operate.

One important consideration is that Segment Routing uses MPLS or IPv6. At NGIN Services, we offer solutions for IPv6 with the development of the SRm6 solution. This reduces the size of SIDs in the SR header by using a smaller, compressed routing header, which mitigates the resource constraint issues seen in most IPv6 implementations.

Want to learn more about this solution? Contact us. We will be happy to help you.

Packet Optical Networking – A Strategy for Telecommunication Operators to Increase Revenue.

Because of digitalization, telecommunication service providers face demanding challenges from their customers’ data usage.

Users are looking for more benefits by connecting to a single network, i.e., they want a single telecom provider to meet all their telephony, pay-TV, and Internet needs, who can deliver unified communications. The process by which a single network can offer multiple differentiated services is known as convergence.

You needed a TV set to access video signals or a telephone to make calls in the past. Today, everything is more accessible using a smartphone or any digital device connected to a telecommunications network.

The solution lies in packet optical networking. This infrastructure has blurred the boundaries between IT, media, and telecommunications, blending them into a single unified line of business to give rise to a new commercial offering.

Solutions and Benefits

 Packet optical networking solutions are designed for network modernization. Packet optical networking products integrate broad capabilities, such as Ethernet, TDM, and WDM, into single platforms to deliver profitable new and existing services. These services can range from the edge to the core and even submarine networks. Packet optical networking platforms can operate on a simple photonic layer or a colorless, directionless network. They also offer complete instrumentation and built-in intelligence on all layers, emphasizing operation automation and simplification. For this reason, they complement your numerous capabilities.

The features and benefits of packet-optical networks include:

• They adapt to a variety of requirements with a minimum hardware set. Hence, reducing standardization and operational costs.
• They use next-generation OTN/packet technologies to maximize network resource utilization efficiency.
• They provide 10G, 40G/100G coherent and control plane capabilities for scalability and service differentiation.
• They also provide comprehensive Ethernet service management options. This facilitates Layer 2 functionality in packet-switching modules.
• They maximize operational performance with the ability to customize customer solutions using multiple chassis options.

High-capacity Packet Optical Networking

 Coherent 100G and 200G solutions operate alongside 10G wavelengths, in addition to their high-speed capabilities. This maximizes network traffic capacity.

Packet optical networking products support OTN/packet switching solutions based on muxponders and a central matrix. Configuration costs can be optimized for specific service connectivity requirements. Muxponder-based solutions are the most suitable for predictable point-to-point connectivity or when the DWDM line system is used for simple switch and router interconnection. Central matrix-based switching is best suited for architectures that require flexible connectivity between devices.

NGIN Services offers state-of-the-art telecommunications solutions for high bandwidth demand. We also provide solutions designed to withstand the test of time, as they have been created for the technologies of the future. Contact us to learn more about our successful track record. We are sure we can help you with your business scalability.

Network migration  to the cloud is performed by a growing number of users and organizations. They are making their files, applications, and content in physical devices available in the cloud for the many advantages the cloud offers.

Nevertheless, it is essential to underscore that the process is not simple, especially for organizations, because they have a much larger volume of information to migrate.

In terms of security, network migration to the cloud poses various challenges. Learning about them will help your organization face those challenges better and avoid issues when using these platforms.

Main Challenges

• Learning Period

Migrating your network to the cloud involves various features one must understand before being able to use them. Again, the notion that several individuals constitute an organization and each one has a different learning curve is something we need to consider.

• Cost of the Cloud

The cost of the cloud varies according to the organization’s size and needs to be considered when migration is being considered. Besides, it is essential to compare different services to select the best option in terms of economy and benefits.

• Limitations

As with any other technology, the cloud has a few limitations that your IT department needs to know about. This can also be determined when migrating because there are various levels of services and offerings with specific characteristics. So, for example, a service focusing on an industry like transportation might not offer the same services to the health sector, limiting cloud services for health.

• Security:

When storing content in the cloud, we need to examine the platforms and suppliers we want to select exhaustively. We must avoid violations of data center security at all costs. If you want to learn more about data security, we recommend reading this article: Why is security in the data center so important?

Considerations to Correctly Migrate Networks to the Cloud

Knowing the challenges we face with network migration to the cloud, we can now talk about a few considerations regarding the process to make it as quick and secure as possible.

• Know your services provider. This is who you will be trusting with your organization’s information and systems during your network migration to the cloud.
• Understand your business and its needs to get the best cloud storage option. Remember, every company has different needs, so a solution that works for your competition will not necessarily work the same for you.
• Cipher your data in the cloud and transit. Remember that you can never be too safe when it comes to security. Even though network migration to the cloud represents a significant effort, think about the need to add a layer of protection to your organization’s confidential information.
• Control access to the cloud with two-factor authentication and other security locks.

NGIN Services offers professional consulting on network migration to the cloud. In this way, we guarantee the security of your company’s sensitive and critical data when it is being stored in the cloud. For more information contact us.