Forward Networks

Santa Clara, CA, USA
2013
  |  By Dawn Slusher
It seems as if there is a new networking technology announced every day. When faced with a deluge of information and vendors seeking your attention, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. We feel the Gartner Hype Cycle reports seek to tame the confusion by objectively reviewing new technologies and applications and offering IT leaders a view of how new additions to the market will evolve over time.
  |  By Chiara Regale
As I write this, billions of users are looking at “the blue screen of death.” Flights are grounded around the world, 9-1-1 service is offline in the entire state of Alaska, hospitals can’t check in patients, retailers cannot make sales because their POS systems are down, Newark airport has reverted to paper tickets for check-in, and countless other organizations are at a standstill. This is the top story on every major news site I’ve checked. What could cause this carnage?
  |  By Mike Lossmann
In today’s complex IT environments, maintaining full network visibility is a daunting task. Network segmentation, while essential for security, often complicates the process of obtaining a comprehensive view of the entire network infrastructure. Federal IT departments charged with the responsibility of keeping networks mission-ready, face significant hurdles in visualizing connectivity, ensuring security zone segmentation, and performing complete path searches across segmented domains.
  |  By Dave Toth
IDC’s Business Value Solution Brief validates the impressive value delivered by the Forward Networks platform. According to the paper, the average user reaps $14.2M in value annually. This is achieved through improved efficiency, improved productivity, reduced downtime, and additional operational benefits (automated compliance validation, ability to achieve more without hiring, overall improvement to business operations, and additional revenue).
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Report concludes Forward customers gain, on average, 95.8 FTEs of equivalent productivity by avoiding network downtime and remediating issues faster.
  |  By Dawn Slusher
To objectively understand how increased efficiency translates to measurable ROI for enterprises, Forward Networks engaged IDC Research to determine the business value of the platform. After interviewing existing customers, they produced the IDC Solution Brief, The Business Value of Forward Networks, (US52128624, June 2024). The paper delved deep into the experiences of Forward Networks’ customers who leverage the digital twin technology.
  |  By Dave Toth
In the dynamic and ever-evolving fields of networking, cloud, and security, staying informed and connected is crucial for professional growth and success. At Forward Networks, we believe in the power of community and collaboration to drive innovation and excellence. Here are four compelling reasons to join Forward Networks' online community and elevate your expertise.
  |  By Dawn Slusher
During a very busy RSA Conference, Forward Networks was named a market leader in vulnerability assessment, remediation, and management at the 12th annual Global Infosec Awards hosted by Cyber Defense Magazine. This is the second consecutive year that Forward Networks has taken top honors in security.
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Forward Networks announces it has been named the Market Leader in Vulnerability Assessment, Remediation and Management in Cyber Defense Magazine's 12th annual Global InfoSec Awards.
  |  By Dawn Slusher
Network migration is a critical undertaking for any organization looking to optimize their network performance, adopt new technologies, or achieve cost savings. However, this process poses numerous challenges that can lead to disruptions and unwarranted risks if not properly managed.
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Mike shows how the Merged Snapshots feature within Forward Enterprise helps an organization map and model a network with several distinct administrative boundaries. The Merged Snapshots feature allows users to take snapshots of multiple domains and merge them together to see how packets flow through all domains.
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Is your network inventory spread across ServiceNow CMDB, spreadsheets, and various applications, leading to inaccuracies and causing you to overspend on service contracts? Discover how Forward Networks integrates with ServiceNow to seamlessly populate and update your CMDB with all organizational devices.
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If you've ever wished Demo Tuesdays were longer OR if you've always wondered what Mike looks like in sequins-- this is the stream you've been waiting for. Mike takes our Cisco Live Demo Theater audience through a full 30 minutes of Forward Enterprise product demonstration live in Las Vegas.
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Take a tour of Cisco Live 2024 in with Mike Lossmann! Recorded at Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Inside our FWD Community, you can chat with others managing complex networks and discuss new technologies, current events, ideas you’d like to explore to take your network to the next level. You can also connect with experts like Andi Voellmy for answers to your Netowkr Query Engine questions and share your NQE knowledge with others.
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Inside our FWD Community, you can chat with others managing complex networks and discuss new technologies, current events, ideas you’d like to explore to take your network to the next level. You can also connect with experts like Andi Voellmy for answers to your Netowkr Query Engine questions and share your NQE knowledge with others.
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Inside our FWD Community, you can chat with others managing complex networks and discuss new technologies, current events, ideas you’d like to explore to take your network to the next level. You can also connect with experts like Andi Voellmy for answers to your Netowkr Query Engine questions and share your NQE knowledge with others.
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Watch Andi Voellmy show Sean Deveci how to solve his network problems with the Network Query Engine (NQE) feature within Forward Enterprise.
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AI Assist is a groundbreaking generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) feature that is now integrated into Forward Enterprise. This cutting-edge feature empowers NetOps, SecOps, and CloudOps professionals to gain comprehensive network insights and expedite solutions for their most demanding intricate network challenges through natural language prompts.
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Learn how verification can be used in key IT processes and workflows, why a mathematical model is required and how it works; as well as example use cases from the Forward Enterprise platform.
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The financial return on aligning your team, simplifying troubleshooting, and avoiding outages.

See full network topology including device state and configuration, verify compliance, and prevent config drift with Forward Enterprise's network security verification.

The future of network operations is network modeling. Forward Networks' flagship platform Forward Enterprise gives users a mathematically accurate network digital twin.

Forward enables perfect network visibility, full path analysis, security policy verification, and change prediction, freeing up time and saving you money.

Mathematically-accurate network modeling trusted by the world's largest networks:

  • Forward Enterprise documents, searches, verifies, and predicts the behavior of your network by creating an always-accurate software copy of your entire network infrastructure using a unique mathematical model.
  • With available REST APIs, it easily integrates into your existing network management workflow and tools. The In-App Network Query Engine (NQE) Checks feature delivers the ability to define and perform custom verification within Forward Enterprise atop the NQE data model.
  • Forward Enterprise can be deployed on-premises or via cloud hosting for complete implementation flexibility. Read more about product features below or download our datasheet for a quick overview of devices and platforms.

The best-in-class network modeling software that customers love.