Network Visionaries

Episode 10: Building Security Relationships Through Transparency
In this episode, Mike and Andreas discuss aligning with works councils, forging business relationships through transparency, and embedding security into value streams.

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Explore the security side of SASE, the future of network and protection in the cloud.

Meet Elaine and Alan

Elaine Feeney

“I joined Netskope as a technical advisor because I believe Netskope has created the largest distributed edge computing topology that provides the fastest critical security solutions for businesses deployed across multiple clouds.

Netskope identified this customer need years ago and made significant investments in hyperscale edge computing site infrastructure to address latency, bandwidth, cloud independence, and privacy requirements.”

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Alan Hannan

“I joined Netskope as a technical advisor because of the creative solution and expansive infrastructure they have created. Security is a complex field with various problems and solutions.

My 30-year career in building, improving, and scaling infrastructure will allow me to provide Netskope with a diverse point of view, and help continue their market success.”

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Netskope's network advantages

With decades of storied experience, these seasoned leaders recognize the critical role of the network in delivering world-class services like cloud security - without performance trade-offs.

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Netskope is a market leader in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), and the infrastructure they have put together is nothing short of stunning."

Alan Hannan

Netskope Network Visionary

Netskope's network advantages

With decades of storied experience, these seasoned leaders recognize the critical role of the network in delivering world-class services like cloud security - without performance trade-offs.

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The strategic advantage that Netskope has will not be easily replicated because it takes years to build such significant physical infrastructure with the necessary carrier and cloud integration. I believe Netskope has a similar "moat" and time advantage that AWS had when it first offered cloud services."

Elaine Feeney

Netskope Network Visionary

Netskope's network advantages

With decades of storied experience, these seasoned leaders recognize the critical role of the network in delivering world-class services like cloud security - without performance trade-offs.

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There are interesting scaling and performance opportunities with an infrastructure like Netskope's, and I believe that these opportunities are a competitive advantage, giving Netskope a leg up on the competition."

Alan Hannan

Netskope Network Visionary

Netskope's network advantages

With decades of storied experience, these seasoned leaders recognize the critical role of the network in delivering world-class services like cloud security - without performance trade-offs.

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Netskope offers a uniquely valuable solution with the fastest secure on-ramps for customers and workforces to distributed cloud services while integrating seamlessly with existing networks."

Elaine Feeney

Netskope Network Visionary

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Rethinking edge computing for security

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Why the Right Architecture is the Cornerstone of Cloud Security

A company that chooses a business-critical cloud solution without considering the underlying architecture is setting itself up for potential disappointment down the road.

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Why the Edge Really Matters Right Now

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Network Considerations in the age of SASE

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The Internet is Broken — So We Built an Alternative

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Yes, We Really Are This Confident in NewEdge Performance. Here’s Why.

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The Network Is the Security

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Elaine's bio

Elaine Feeney currently serves as a Board Trustee for The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Colorado, a Board Advisor for PointOne Development, and President of Great Divide Investments.

Prior to these roles, Elaine served as Vice President of Infrastructure Global Expansion for Amazon Web Services (AWS) where she was responsible for expanding AWS’s worldwide data center facilities and network infrastructure. Elaine oversaw the strategy, planning, and contracting of data center facilities, edge nodes/POPs, dark fiber, subsea cables, and land to continually increase the AWS infrastructure portfolio across the globe.

Prior to AWS, Elaine was the CEO of Wayin, a social media search and analytics startup. Before that, Elaine focused on her passion for renewable energy and was responsible for the business development, negotiations, and construction of large renewable energy plants.

Additionally, she has more than 25 years of diverse entrepreneurial experience and software engineering leadership roles at Fortune 100 companies, including Sun Microsystems, Citibank, and MCI.

Elaine has a passion for sustainability and has focused on contributing her technical background and experience to its highest and best use by actively engaging with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and TechStars to mentor innovative startups to solve the world’s biggest problems related to water, air, and climate issues. She has been recognized as a strong technical leader by achieving “Outstanding Women in Business,” “Entrepreneur of the Year,” and “CEO of the Year” finalist awards. Elaine also dedicates time to advocating the benefits of women leaders and increasing the number of women in leadership and technology-related jobs.

Alan’s bio

Alan Hannan has served as a Vice President in operations, engineering, product management, and technology at four public companies, which include Internap, Alcatel-Lucent, Global Crossing, and most recently CrowdStrike. At CrowdStrike, Alan played a pivotal role in growing the company from roughly 450 customers in its early days to more than 15,000 customers today. He also helped expand CrowdStrike’s total addressable market (TAM) from $15B to more than $50B, as well as helped the company achieve an outstanding Net Promoter Score (NPS), an industry-recognized measure of customer experience and business growth potential.

Prior to joining CrowdStrike, Alan was Director of Cloud Operations at Aruba Networks. Throughout his career, Alan’s primary focus has been on people and products, combined with the automation and optimization of processes. His early career was at MIDNet, a pre-commercial internet NSFNet regional network provider, which later became a backbone internet service provider (ISP), where he focused on optimizing internet routing, before moving on to manage large IT systems in both public and private clouds. In 2000, Alan started the company called NetVMG, which was later sold to Internap in 2004.

Having spent 18 years working in the Bay area, Alan now resides outside of Omaha, NE with his wife, three kids, and two dogs. Alan is also an avid fan of 80s and 90s punk music, home automation, and mid-century Italian movies.

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Netskope Network Visionaries

Elaine Feeney

Alan Hannan

Netskope's network advantages

Netskope's network advantages

Netskope's network advantages

Netskope's network advantages

Rethinking edge computing for security

Elaine's bio

Alan’s bio

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