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SD-WAN: Hardening external connectivity
Traditionally, SD-WAN was used to connect internal resources. Nowadays challenges arise as to how we connect external identities such as remote partners and mobile workers from multiple locations.
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins: Get ready for the network's next act
At Cisco Live, CEO Chuck Robbins outlines Cisco’s vision for the future of networking -- and it’s never been brighter.
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To accelerate cloud application performance, start by mapping your apps
How to get more from your SD-WAN deployment with a cloud-ready WAN.
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10 competitors Cisco just can't kill off
With such a broad array of products and backed by vast financial resources, Cisco faces challenges on all fronts, making it possible for other behemoths and even some small competitors to persist.
3 generations of secure SD-WAN services
Secure SD-WAN services are becoming increasingly popular, but not all services are the same.
Why carriers aren't ready for SD-WAN services
An insider's guide to SD-WAN services.
WAN Summit recap: challenges facing SD-WAN services
The WAN Summit show just finished up in New York. Here’s a look at one of the major trends—the growth of secure, SD-WAN services.
Understanding Virtual Private Networks [and why VPNs are important to SD-WAN]
VPNs can create secure remote-access and site-to-site connections inexpensively, are a stepping stone to software-defined WANs, and are proving useful in IoT.
It’s time for SD-WAN to grow up
Some often-missed considerations drawn from hard lessons learned by SD-WAN early adopters.
Riverbed’s 'firework' CEO, Jerry Kennelly, retires
After leading Riverbed for 16 years, co-founder and CEO Jerry Kennelly turns the reigns over to Paul Mountford.
Carrier SD-WAN: SD-WAN should be more than just an MPLS complement
Simply put, enterprises should be able to abandon MPLS when they have a better approach.
Managing and securing the corporate WAN is the top challenge for network professionals
As the network becomes infinitely more expansive and complex, it’s clear that network professionals are dealing with exorbitantly more challenges in both managing and securing their network.
MPLS explained
Multi-protocol label switching is a way to insure reliable connections for real-time applications, but it's expensive, leading enterprises to consider SD-WAN as a way to limit its use.
Cisco’s intent-based networks now available for the WAN
Cisco continues to innovate in the area of intent-based networks and now brings the advanced network model to the biggest area of pain for most companies -- the WAN.
SD-WAN helps radiology firm cut costs, scale bandwidth
Zwanger Pesiri, a U.S. medical-imaging giant, expects to give users better cloud-app experience and eliminate reliance on MPLS.
Why WAN metrics are not enough in SD-WAN policy enforcement
SD-WAN captures metrics that go far beyond the typical WAN measurements including application response time, network transfer time, and server response time.
Wide-area networks: What WANs are and where they’re headed
WANs connect smaller networks across long distances, and their architecture, protocols and technologies have evolved to their latest incarnation, SD-WAN.
Will China start blocking SD-WAN traffic…today?
The mystery should start clearing up very soon, so you should sit tight for now before racing off for a technology decision that might constrain you going forward.
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