Whether you know it or not, your organization is already gravitating toward the edge — the network edge. The edge is fast becoming the new center of attention for enterprise networks. It provides the vital link between endpoint devices like laptops, smartphones, and sensor-filled office equipment and the cloud-based apps and storage those devices require to run properly.

To thrive in this new cloud-first, edge-centric age, your enterprise needs a network edge that is enterprise-grade. In this book, we reveal what it takes to deploy just such a network — one that is screaming fast, resilient, elastically scalable, simple to manage, and inherently secure. We also walk you through the foundational network services that every enterprise edge network requires.