"The way networks are built, secured, and managed is undergoing a profound shift. As organizations embrace distributed applications, remote work, and increasingly complex IT environments, networks must evolve to be more cloud-native, more secure by design, and more programmable than ever before. This article is part of a three-part series explores the trends reshaping networking and the practical implications for businesses preparing for the decade ahead."
"Cloud-native networking isn't just a buzzword-it represents a fundamental redesign of how enterprises think about connectivity. Instead of being anchored in static infrastructure, networks are increasingly application-centric, designed to deliver , scalability, and resilience. "Service meshes have fundamentally shifted network design from infrastructure-centric to application-centric models allowing a separation of data and control," explained Marie-Claire Dwek, CEO at Newmark Security. This means that routing, security, and observability can be managed at the application layer, rather than buried deep in the infrastructure stack."
Networks are shifting from static infrastructure toward cloud-native, application-centric architectures that prioritize scalability, resilience, and security by design. Service meshes enable separation of data and control, allowing routing, security, and observability to be handled at the application layer. Network APIs are becoming foundational, exposing standardized, programmable interfaces that embed connectivity into CI/CD pipelines and enterprise applications. Control planes are moving upward toward developers and security architects, changing operational ownership. Integration across multi-cloud and hybrid environments and the move toward open standards present practical challenges for enterprises preparing networking for the coming decade.
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