Name: How a Digital Twin Delivers $14.2M in Annual Value Featuring IDC's Mark Leary
Start: 2024-08-08T18:00:00Z
End: 2024-08-08T18:01:01.000Z
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In enterprise networks, the reliance on multiple clouds has become a common thread. While this approach offers enticing benefits like reliability and cost efficiency, it also presents a formidable challenge: the complexity of managing, visualizing, and securing multi-cloud environments.

Join us for an interactive session where we delve into the strategies employed by global enterprises to overcome these hurdles. Discover how the fusion of network digital twin technology and Empowered Networks' Network Intelligence offering ushers in a new era of cloud visibility, security compliance, and guaranteed service delivery.

Our esteemed panel of industry leaders includes Michael Ell, SVP of Technical Services, and Steve Allie, the VP of Technical Services at Forward Networks. 

In this webinar, you will learn how enterprises:

Unlock Unparalleled Cloud Visibility: Utilize the power of network digital twins in providing hop-by-hop visibility within multi-cloud environments, enabling comprehensive insights and optimizing network operations.

Prove Security and Compliance: Verification checks ensure security compliance in multi-cloud environments, safeguarding valuable data and intellectual property.

Don't miss the opportunity to join the conversation and stay ahead of the curve. Reserve your spot now and embark on a transformative journey toward conquering the challenges of multi-cloud environments with network digital twins and network intelligence.

How Global Companies Master Multi-Cloud Management & Prove Security Compliance

Are you frequently encountering the dreaded "network is down" panic in your multi-cloud environment? Join us for an in-depth technical session where we'll tackle the complexities of troubleshooting connectivity and proving network innocence in seconds. Technical Solutions Architect and cloud expert Craig Johnson will show you how to use a network digital twin to diagnose and resolve connectivity issues in seconds specifically focusing on scenarios where your application cannot connect over the cloud.

In this session, we will explore the intricacies of routing, firewalls, and transit gateways within a hybrid network setup. You will learn how to pinpoint and resolve connectivity problems efficiently. Craig will show you how a network digital twin can:

- Navigate and troubleshoot routing issues in a hybrid multi-cloud environment.
- Identify access and routing problems.
- Immediately verify and troubleshoot network paths.
- Monitor and diagnose network traffic issues.
- Help you resolve issues without getting lost in complex configurations.

How a Digital Twin can Troubleshoot Complex Multi-Cloud Environments in Seconds

In 2023, NIST sent a staggering 28,901 Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) notices, highlighting the intensifying threat landscape. Additionally, an astounding 74% of security breaches were attributed to human error. In such a challenging environment, SecOps teams face the critical task of safeguarding networks by gaining visibility and maintaining accurate network data.

Join this discussion and learn how to:

Streamline SecOps Efforts: Discover how network digital twins and intelligence can revolutionize your SecOps capabilities, driving efficiency and enhancing threat mitigation.

Uncover Network Vulnerabilities: Gain deep insights into detecting non-compliant configurations, assessing network security posture in real-time, and identifying the impact and severity of CVEs.

Leverage Advanced Network Insights: Harness the power of digital twins to swiftly determine the blast radius of infected hosts, enabling precise and rapid response.

In this live discussion, industry leaders Michael Ell, SVP of Technical Services, and Steve Allie, the VP of Technical Services at Forward Networks, unveil a game-changing alliance—network intelligence and digital twin technology- and answer your questions.

Achieve SecOps Excellence with a Network Digital Twin & Network Intelligence

In this video, Mike demonstrates how to merge segments for an integrated view in highly segmented networks.

Agency IT departments are charged with maintaining mission-ready 
networks to support services, remote work, and support warfighter 
operations. These networks are highly segmented to tightly control 
access and contain risk in the event of a security incident.  
Within agency networks, various segments often fall under 
distinct administrative controls, making it nearly impossible to 
visualize connectivity, ensure security zone segmentation, or 
perform a complete path search. While necessary for security, this 
segmentation can hinder troubleshooting and optimization efforts, 
especially when network issues span multiple domains. Forward 
Enterprise addresses this challenge with its innovative “merged 
snapshots” feature.

Enhancing Network Visibility  with Merged Snapshots

It is crucial in today's fast-paced digital world to keep an accurate and current inventory of network assets, but it is nearly impossible to do manually.  A digital twin offers an always accurate, detailed representation of your network, ensuring you never have to guess about the state of your network infrastructure again. 

Join Federal Technical Solutions Architects Sean Deveci and Jason Pope to learn how using a digital twin for asset management has improved operations for many federal agencies. They’ll show you how to use a network digital twin for:

Accurate Asset Management -  Understand how a digital twin provides an always up-to-date inventory, end-of-life, and end-of-service information.
Cost Savings: Learn how accurate inventory management can save your agency money by ensuring service contracts are based on actual usage rather than vendor estimates and enabling precise purchase planning to buy only what is needed.
Zero Trust and Compliance Initiatives: Understand how an accurate inventory is the foundation of zero trust security.
CCRI Audits: Gain insights into how a digital twin helps you prepare for Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA) with accurate and comprehensive asset data.

How to Achieve Effortless and Accurate Asset Management Using a Digital Twin

In today's fast-paced business environment, networks have become the lifeblood of global enterprises. However, the ever-increasing complexity and fragility of these networks present unprecedented challenges. NetOps teams are under immense pressure to ensure reliability and security in an uncertain landscape. It's time to break free from outdated network diagrams and embrace a new era of understanding.

Join industry experts Michael Ell, SVP of Technical Services, at Empowered and Steve Allie, VP of Technical Services at Forward Networks for a live discussion. Together, they will unveil the powerful combination of network intelligence and digital twin technology.

During this event, you will learn to

Decode the Complexity: Gain deep insights into how network intelligence and a network digital twin deliver unparalleled visibility and understanding.

Elevate Network Reliability: Discover how digital twin technology creates virtual replicas of your network for informed decision making.

Unleash Collaboration: Explore how accessible data brings NetOps, SecOps, and CloudOps teams together, fostering seamless collaboration, streamlining workflows, and driving productivity.

Realize Time Savings: Bid farewell to laborious troubleshooting calls as the digital twin reduces MTTR to seconds

Discover the results enterprise companies are achieving

Unraveling Complexity: Mastering Networks with Digital Twins & Intelligence

In this 30-minute demo filmed at Cisco Live Las Vegas, Mike takes the audience through the top Forward Networks Use Cases.  If you aren't ready for a personalized demo, but you want to see what the product can do, this session is for you.  He'll cover how Forward Enterprise helps NetOps, SecOps and Cloud Ops teams be more effective and efficient using the. platform that generates an average of $14.2 million in annual benefits to its customers.  (Link to the IDC Business Value Spotlight that validates this is in the attachments)

Demo Tuesday Reflects on Cisco Live

Join special guests Michael Wynston, Director of Network Architecture and Automation, at Fiserv, and Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, to learn how the inventory management capabilities of a network digital twin helped Michael to:

- Save 7 figures in support costs
- Improve lifecycle management
- Know with mathematical certainty exactly what is in his network
- Improve security by eliminating blind spots
- Prove compliance over time during audits

By creating a searchable and easy-to-understand single source of truth for network inventory, Michael answers questions about his network with mathematical certainty, has more confidence in automation efforts, and provides a way for him to plan what he wants his network to accomplish. 

Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, will augment Michael's expertise with his insight as a leading industry expert to help attendees understand the benefits of accurate inventory management.

Learn how a digital twin can improve inventory management to save time and money

Join Mike Lossmann, a digital twin expert with over 18 years of experience in managing complex networks, as he demonstrates AI Assist, a generative AI feature in Forward Enterprise. AI Assist allows engineers to interact with the network as if they were conversing with a colleague. This feature enables querying the network to understand its behavior, troubleshoot issues, and prove compliance using natural language. Attend this session to see AI Assist in action.

AI-Powered Digital Twins: Hands-On Session for Streamlined Network Management

Join Mike Lossmann, a digital twin expert with over 18 years of experience in managing complex networks, as he explains the concept and functionality of a network digital twin. Discover how it can streamline your toolset and simplify your network management tasks.

Reduce Network Tools and Ease Your Job with Digital Twins: Learn How

In today's Demo Tuesday, we will showcase how Forward Networks ensures your zero trust policies are effectively enforced and that traffic correctly passes through designated enforcement points, avoiding any circumvention of set policies. The demo will also highlight our continuously updated security posture.

Learn to Enforce Zero Trust Policies with Forward Networks: Demo Tuesday

Managing a DoD network often means dealing with the challenges of STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guide) compliance. These guides are essential for network security, but maintaining compliance is notoriously difficult due to the complexity and ever-evolving nature of large networks—a challenge familiar to enterprise engineers. In this demo, Mike Lossmann, Forward Networks TME and host of Demo Tuesday, teams up with Sean Deveci, Federal Technical Solutions Architect, to showcase how Forward Networks has integrated compliance checks that instantly inform network engineers about their STIG compliance status and pinpoint any issues. Say goodbye to compliance headaches!

Simplifying STIG Compliance for DoD Networks: A Practical Demonstration

Join Mike Lossmann, a network expert with over 18 years of experience, and Jack Chen, Principal Customer Solutions Engineer at Forward Networks, for an insightful webinar. They will demonstrate how a network digital twin can address common questions from SecOps and Cyber Security Engineers. In this hands-on demo, you'll see how the Forward Enterprise Platform easily identifies rogue devices in real time

Locating Rogue Devices in Minutes with a Digital Twin

Join Mike Lossmann, an expert with over 18 years of experience in handling complex networks, for a practical session on network security. Mike will demonstrate how to quickly prove network security for an audit using a digital twin, network snapshots, and a security posture assessment tool. This tool provides an instant and up-to-date view of microsegmentation across the network.

Demo: Respond to audits in minutes not weeks

Mark Leary, IDC's Research Director, recently interviewed Forward Networks clients to compile the
IDC Report, "The Business Value of Forward Networks."

The findings are compelling: The average Forward Networks customer experiences an impressive
$14.2 million in annual benefits. These benefits encompass reduced downtime, heightened
productivity, and additional operational efficiencies.

To put the power Forward Networks can provide your organization into perspective, consider this:
The productivity protected through its utilization is equivalent to over 90 additional full-time
employees.

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