What’s Holding Back SD-WAN Adoption?
The emergence of a fundamentally new technology or an approach to implementing technology is typically followed by a spate of articles that describe the use cases for that technology or approach. We...
View ArticleIs Hybrid WAN an Unnecessary Step to a Broadband WAN?
A few weeks ago I presented on the state of Software-Defined Networks (SDN) at this years Open Networking User Group (ONUG) conference. During the section on SD-WAN I made a comment that I thought that...
View ArticleJoin the Year-End #SDWANchat Twitter Discussion!
No one can deny that 2015 has seen significant growth around the technology some are calling the “killer app for enterprise SDN.” With so many changes within the software-defined networking (SD-WAN)...
View ArticleSilver Peak Recognized in Gartner Market Guide for SD-WAN
In Gartner’s newly published Market Guide for Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN), the leading analyst firm predicts that by the end of 2019, 30% of enterprises will use SD-WAN products in all their...
View ArticleIs Your Network Paying the Price for Internet Backhaul?
In the traditional approach to branch office networking, organizations backhauled their Internet traffic to one or more of their data centers. The advantage of backhauling is that it gives network...
View ArticleMore Thoughts on 2016’s Crystal Ball Networking Predictions
The year 2015 is almost in the books. That means it’s time to say, “I can’t believe the year is almost over,” and time for many of us in the industry to make some bold predictions as to what we think...
View ArticleWhat are the Benefits & Drivers of SD-WAN Adoption?
There is a tendency in our industry to associate emerging technologies such as Software Defined WANs (SD-WANs) with a very broad, and often unrealistic set of benefits. This tendency tends to add to...
View ArticleWhat’s Inhibiting SD-WAN Adoption?
Everybody in IT is aware of the hype cycle that surrounds the introduction of new technologies and architectures such as a Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN). There are two key factors that drive that hype...
View ArticleOne, Two, Five — no, Three! — SD-WAN Demos for #NFD11
On January 21st, the entourage of delegates for Networking Field Day 11 descended on Silver Peak headquarters in Santa Clara, CA. Eleven delegates, representing a cross section of the networking tech...
View ArticlePrepping for Software Defined WANs
Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) continues to pick up momentum as organizations look to evolve their networks to meet the demands of digital transformation, Internet of Things (IoT), and other trends. But...
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