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Rethinking Network Design for Distributed Workloads: Experts Advise Key Changes

As workloads increasingly span cloud, edge, and on-premises environments, traditional network designs built around centralized infrastructure are becoming obsolete. Experts suggest rethinking assumptions about predictable traffic and trusted internal networks. Key recommendations include anchoring security to identity rather than location, limiting network access to only what is necessary, and expanding visibility across distributed systems to ensure application availability and support local processing when cloud connectivity is interrupted. AI

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Expert Panel®, Forbes Councils Member ·

    19 Ways To Rethink Network Design For Distributed Workloads

    Technology teams must determine which established network-design practices still make sense and which need to change to support more distributed operations.