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What do YOU want from SD-WAN?

What do YOU want from SD-WAN?

There have been a lot of discussions lately about the maturation of the SD-WAN market. Much of what I’ve read and heard is that SD-WAN has met its initial promise: * Improve performance over the WAN * Make better use of bandwidth across disparate circuits * Give us a central controller for

Making the Business Case for SD-WAN

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 for organizations as it improves performance, adds greater redundancy and many times can reduce cost. I was fortunate to work with the Packet

Connecting the Cloud: SDN, SD-WAN and Multicloud

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 [https://www.networkworld.com/article/3273426/data-center/survey-mainstream-adoption-of-sdn-sd-wan-finally-arrives.html] , we have been pondering on why SD-WAN and cloud based network solutions have struck such a chord. 2017 was an incredible

How Software Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) Provides Reliable Voice and Video Services Over the Internet

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 requirements in order to make said services operate effectively. The first requirement for these sensitive applications was a dedicated, business class network line

Should your telecom provider manage your SD-WAN strategy?

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. I would caution those exploring their options with SD-WAN as a potential technology solution for their business to think carefully about going this