Connecting the Edge
Modern enterprise networks have shifted to leveraging virtual-private network connections between endpoints – where the applications that must communicate with each other reside. These enterprise networks, and IBM’s Hybrid Cloud Mesh in particular, leverage the principles of zero-trust and application-centricity.
Of course, these virtual-private network connections must still interconnect over a physical network, but they rely less on the security of the physical network to protect the enterprise – zero-trust in the underlying infrastructure – thus reducing the dependence on expensive, dedicated interconnections with MPLS, for example. They create tunnels between applications and services based on the authentication and authorization of the applications, rather than the location or end user’s credentials – secure connectivity is application-centric.
Furthermore, these networks normalize the growing number of differences...
