Data Virtualization - An Introduction

Migrating data and applications to the cloud are highly iterative and require repeated test cycles and rapid provisioning to ensure business continuity and smooth operations. Thousands of organizations are faced with the upcoming SQL Server 2008 end of service in July 2019 and have an immediate need to upgrade or migrate while maintaining data security without affecting their business-critical operations.

Critical industrial infrastructure such as energy, water treatment, and transportation are increasingly using IT systems and industrial cloud services to create digital twins and increase productivity. However, sending data from critical networks is very different to sending data from IT, IoT, or other business assets. In many cases the risk to safe and continuous industrial operations outweigh the benefits of the cloud service, and thus trigger objections at all levels. Worse, a cloud-based supply chain attack could cripple hundreds of critical infrastructure sites at once. In a recent cyber-attack, an Iranian steel mill went up in flames.

As organizations address their growing infrastructure needs and redundancy plans, many have been adopting a multi-data center/multi-cloud strategy. IT organizations often face serious challenges in managing, securing, connecting, and maintaining compliance across their data centers. These data centers often require manual network reconfiguration to enable mobility between data center sites or clouds.

Huawei's Intent-Driven SD-WAN Solution accelerates service provisioning through automated deployment throughout the whole process, guarantees optimal cloud service experience through intelligent application optimization, and reduces Operations and Maintenance (O&M) difficulty by leveraging intelligent O&M technology. This helps enterprises achieve flexible, on-demand multi-branch to multi-cloud interconnection and construct intent-driven branch interconnection networks.