PROJECT OVERVIEW

From strategy to execution, this program was delivered in less than 1 month, resulting in a 15:1 return on investment and a direct and immediate impact to Carter’s business. It was critical to ensure the new architecture did not handicap the sites’ SEO. The restructure contained many new product categories, which helped consumers quickly and easily find their desired items; but also added a level of complexity. Extraordinarz decided to hand-map individual redirects so shoppers would find their desired products, not frustrating 404 errors.

HOW DO YOU DECIDE?

For enterprise organizations around the world, Software Defined Networking (SDN) is transforming the way we build and operate our networking infrastructure. Similar to the way virtualization technology has revolutionized application servers and storage, we are now going through the same evolution on the networking side of the house. The promise of SDN touches on several aspects. Simplicity and speed of rolling out new services across an organization is one. Flexibility and operational efficiencies to reduce cost is another. However one of the most critical aspects of SDN is its implications on security. With the almost weekly news of hackers penetrating critical institutions around the world, this cannot come soon enough. Let’s look at three ways SDN can help organizations secure their networks and keep hackers at bay.

NETWORK MICRO

Networks were originally designed to connect devices and users together. However, as more applications and services started to move to IP (think of CCTV cameras, building management systems, telephones, etc.), the need to separate those devices into separate zones became essential. Using one physical converged network makes sense from a cost and management perspective, but SDN would allow us splitting up this network into secure isolated zones. An attacker, whether an external hacker or even a disgruntled employee, will not be able to have access to any network services outside of their allocated zone.