We just released our 22.5 Release to Forward Enterprise and boy what a surprise to have our NQE external data sources finally ready to show the world. Very simply, this allows you to pull in data from external HTTP sources (currently we support HTTP GET) and automagically model the data in our data model explorer and our integrated development environment. To enable this you simply need to add the resource endpoints for the HTTP API of the data you are interested in. i.e.

Forward Networks is a winner in the 2022 Business Insights Excellence in Customer Service Awards. We are over the moon — because our customers are our top priority. Our platform addresses unprecedented network complexity by collecting configuration and state data for all devices in the network and indexing it in a vendor-agnostic way.

The cloud offers agility and speed for DevOps teams. Being able to spin up environments and create applications in a fraction of the time previously required helps organizations launch new capabilities for customers, employees, and vendors quickly. For most companies, this means reduced time to market and the ability to recognize revenue faster.

Today's enterprise IT teams are well acquainted with the pressures of ensuring network security, while also managing the time it takes to do so. The recent experience of one multinational technology company perfectly illustrates how Networks Query Engine (NQE) can be used to quickly and effectively bolster network security. As with most companies, this company's IT team was asked on a regular basis to locate IP addresses in the network.

Last June, Forward Networks announced several enhancements to the platform designed to help SecOps teams prove compliance, automate CVE (critical vulnerability exposure) responses, and remediate threats quickly. Today, we’re happy to share that we’ve continued to build out our security use cases by adding new functionality to our security posture security matrix (previously known as zone-to-zone security matrix) and delivering Layer 7 application connectivity analysis.

When Heraclitus wrote in the 6th Century that the only constant is change, he had no way of knowing just how apt his words would prove for contemporary enterprises. Consider, for instance, the effect that the Great Resignation has had on enterprises. In 2021 alone, almost 4 million workers quit their jobs per month – the highest yearly average record of all time for employee turnover.