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Many of the misrepresentations of truth (OK, myths) that get bandied about regarding SD-WAN come from MPLS providers or network engineers who are happy with their current architecture and/or dread the thought of change. There’s no question, MPLS has been a great transport technology over the past fifteen (15) years
In late 2017, tech giant VMware purchased VeloCloud, which further strengthened and enhanced its market-leading position transitioning enterprises to a more software-defined future. The acquisition greatly built on the success of its leading VMware NSX virtualization platform, and expanded its portfolio to address branch transformation, security, end-to-end automation and application
You can’t get more than a few words into any article, blog or brochure about SD-WAN without reading how the control and data planes are separated. For many, this might fall under the As long as it works, I don’t really care about it heading. And that’s evident based on
In April of 2017, Cisco put both feet into the SD-WAN waters with their purchase of San Jose, Ca.-based Viptela, a privately held SD-WAN company. One of the biggest reasons for the acquisition was its ability to easily integrate Viptela software into Cisco’s platforms. Prior to the acquisition, Cisco’s SD-WAN
By Richard Arneson SD-WAN (software-defined WAN) has been all the rage for a few years now, coming to the rescue of enterprises that had spent considerable chunks of their IT budgets on MPLS to connect offices scattered through the world. But it’s not to be confused with SDN (software-defined networking),
By Richard Arneson We’ve all heard of it; we know our company should be striving to achieve it; but what exactly is…digital transformation? Many people, at least those outside of the IT and telecommunications industries, may have been first introduced to the digital world through clocks or CD’s, leaving them
Sure, there are many, many benefits of utilizing SD-WAN that go well beyond cost savings, but the dollar signs tend to get the most press (big surprise). But savings aren’t limited to costs reflected solely within IT budget line items―they stretch far and wide, and include, as a byproduct, many
By Richard Arneson Remember the days when a new software application meant downloads, licenses, and minimum RAM and processing power requirements? Or when applications resided in a corporate data center and were accessed over expensive, leased lines from service providers, only then to be handed off to the Internet? Expensive,
Aside from the list of positives you’ve likely heard about SD-WAN (and there are many), there’s one thing it isn’t―WAN Optimization. Many incorrectly use SD-WAN and WAN Optimization interchangeably. That isn’t to say SD-WAN doesn’t greatly optimize networks, just that it’s not technically WAN Optimization, which was introduced roughly fifteen
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