SD-WANs lost my voice
Traditionally, network architects have questioned the wisdom of using the internet for VoIP. While a private backbone provides the very best VoIP performance, the right SD-WAN with the right functionality allows the use of the...
SD-WANs: Too complicated for engineers?
When selecting a SD-WAN technology provider, make sure the partner doing the configuration and installation is experienced.
How to test SD-WANs
When determining the best SD-WAN solution, there are some basic things you should test, such as scalability, failover, application performance and usability.
What the AWS outage can teach us about WAN deployments
SDN and SD-WAN can help prevent configuration errors, like the one that took out AWS recently, with the use of standard templates and error checking.
SD-WAN facilitates security on the WAN
WAN segmentation is valuable in protecting your network from security vulnerabilities. SD-WAN makes it easy.
Is SD-WAN as stupid a term as the cloud?
Terms and technologies come and go. I thought it was time to retire hybrid WAN and give SD-WAN it’s due. Not everyone agrees.
Service insertion—Why it’s so important
Service insertion helps enterprise networks spin up new network services rather easily. For anyone considering SD-WAN, service insertion is an invaluable feature.
Death to the hybrid WAN
The continued use of hybrid WANs and SD-WANs just adds confusion to the terms. It’s time to use the term SD-WAN and stop talking about hybrid WANs.
Will networks and security converge in 2017?
We went rummaging through our fortune cookies and came up with this Yoda-like network and security prediction for 2017: security shall networking become.
Should you buy an SD-WAN service?
More than 30 vendors offer an SD-WAN option. To decide which is best for you, start by looking at the three types of SD-WAN offerings.
Supplier management: The biggest threat to SD-WANs—and what you can do about it
With SD-WANs comes the headache of managing and coordinating with many new internet providers. Virtual Network Operators (VNOs) may have just the answer.
Gartner predicts: SD-WANs to replace routers, but which SD-WAN is the question
Gartner WAN expert says enterprises had better check SD-WAN vendors' balance sheets twice before selecting provider.
Performance analysis: Bursting the myth of MPLS performance
Private MPLS services are supposed to outperform SD-WANs, but as one enterprise recently learned, the internet can outperform even private MPLS services.
