events
(OH)NUG Fall Event 2019
What a fun event this past Ohio Networking User Group meeting was in Cleveland! I joined 120 other Ohio networkers at the Brew Garden in Strongsville for what
27 Sep 2019 · 1 min read
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best practices
Maintenance Windows: Keep it short or use it all?
So I heard about an interesting encounter which started a debate with our team. An engineer on our team was working through a maintenance window and was prepared
15 Sep 2019 · 1 min read
packetpushers
Making the Business Case for SD-WAN
There are many things to consider for businesses to adopt a new technology into their environment. SD-WAN has emerged as a better way to build the WAN
30 Aug 2019 · 1 min read
arista
EOS Upgrade With Ansible
Originally written by Kevin Giusti for the WAN Dynamics site. Hosting to keep the knowledge alive! Even though managing Arista switches is pretty great, sometimes performing things like
10 Jun 2019 · 4 min read
arista
Why Arista + Ansible Is A Perfect Marriage For Network Automation
WAN Dynamics has been spending a lot more time with Ansible when deploying and managing customer network environments. Arista is one of our closest partners so we use
16 Aug 2018 · 2 min read
public cloud
Connecting the Cloud: SDN, SD-WAN and Multicloud
On the tail of a new report that details how SDN & SD-WAN are becoming a mainstream consideration within many organizations, we have been pondering on why
20 May 2018 · 3 min read
arista
Dual Datacenter DMZ With VXLAN, VARP, VRF & OSPF with Arista Networks
Based on business needs, dual datacenter networks will evolve from an “active/standby” disaster recovery configuration that has an active primary datacenter carrying workloads and a site sitting
18 Apr 2018 · 4 min read
sd-wan
SD-WAN Failover Demonstration: Yep, it's that easy!
Want to see SD-WAN in action? WAN Dynamics CTO Jason Gintert presents an impromptu video showing just how incredibly seamless access failover is using VeloCloud SD-WAN.
2 Mar 2018 · 1 min read
qos
How Software Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) Provides Reliable Voice and Video Services Over the Internet
For as long as organizations have tried to make real-time services like voice or video work over Internet Protocol (IP) network pipes, there have been very basic
1 Mar 2018 · 4 min read
arista
8 Lessons Learned - Arista Datacenter Interconnect (DCI) with VXLAN and vARP
Originally written by Kevin Giusti for the WAN Dynamics site. Hosting to keep the knowledge alive! Though our name would imply we only work with wide area networks,
28 Sep 2017 · 5 min read
sdwan
Five Use Cases for SD-WAN
A lot of folks I speak with about Software Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) are trying hard to understand how this rapidly emerging technology works and the
9 Oct 2016 · 3 min read
sd-wan
Should your telecom provider manage your SD-WAN strategy?
As interest in software defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) grows, many traditional telecommunications providers are jumping on the bandwagon to bundle their data and voice service offerings.
21 Jun 2016 · 2 min read