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SD-WAN in Context of WebRTC

SD-WAN in Context of WebRTC

The promise of SD-WAN (Software Defined WAN) is reliable high quality enterprise WAN using low cost access (e.g. broadband) instead of expensive MPLS. SD-WAN is a collection of several technologies with centralized management on top.Given quality of WebRTC sessions and usage of error resilient codecs, does SD-WAN bring any value to WebRTC?

The Alphabet Soup of MPLS vs. DIA vs. SD-WAN

The Alphabet Soup of MPLS vs. DIA vs. SD-WAN

MPLS and DIA are built for the past and don’t support cost and technical requirements of the modern enterprise. SD-WAN will be like the Firewall is today for enterprises. It will become common among enterprises. It doesn’t mean MPLS will go away, but with the capability of Hybrid WAN as part of SD-WAN, MPLS will become less critical, less traffic will go over it,

OTTs Combining WebRTC with SD-WAN – a New Headache for Operators

OTTs Combining WebRTC with SD-WAN – a New Headache for Operators

SD-WAN strengthens the position of OTT hosted UC providers vs. the incumbent operators as it makes the operators’ advantage of owning the network less valuable. SD-WAN reduced the operational cost associated with providing hosted UC in high quality as it removes the need for MPLS. Combined with WebRTC, adding real-time communications as a feature to existing SaaS applications has never been easier.

3 Strategies for SD-WAN

3 Strategies for SD-WAN

MPLS is still pretty commonly used by enterprises, some use it for specific applications while others take it to the extreme and route all traffic of their branches to s central location. Service providers hit a jackpot with MPLS but this is now changing. 2 major forces are making MPLS less lucrative and eventually will kill it: MPLS price is going down; Enterprise requirements have changed

VMware Just Got a Networking Boost

VMware Just Got a Networking Boost

Having an SD-WAN solution integrated into VMware’s solution portfolio that takes VMware’s network virtualization from within the cloud to connecting enterprises with public and private clouds is important for VMware’s digital transformation and cloud strategy.
VeloCloud seems like a perfect solution for filling this gap. A field proven solution with 100% focus on SD-WAN.

You Got To Be On It To Win It: List Your Company on SDnetIndex

April 11, 2018 / in SD-WAN / Add Comment

You Got To Be On It To Win It: List Your Company on SDnetIndex

Having 40+ vendors in this space and a large list of service providers offering SD-WAN services, enterprises have a hard time selecting the vendor or service provider of choice. Learn how to list your company for free.

Tagged With: SDnetIndex

Security and SD-WAN Integration

April 4, 2018 / in SD-WAN / Add Comment

Security and SD-WAN Integration

What should be the level of security integration into SD-WAN products and services? That will be my question for the panel I moderate on the SD-WAN track at the MPLS+SDN+NFV World Congress. Here are some vendor views on this topic.

Tagged With: MPLS, Network Security, NFV, Palo Alto Networks, SDN, Security, Upperside, VeloCloud, Versa Networks, VMware

Coming Fresh to an SD-WAN Company: An Interview with Talari Networks’ New CEO, Patrick Sweeney

March 28, 2018 / in SD-WAN / Add Comment

Coming Fresh to an SD-WAN Company: An Interview with Talari Networks’ New CEO, Patrick Sweeney

Patrick Sweeney joined Talari Networks in late 2017 so I thought it is a great opportunity to get a fresh view on the SD-WAN vendor and market. The fact Patrick came from a cybersecurity company made it even more interesting. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to have a long video chat with him. This interview is the summary of this chat.

Tagged With: Interview, Patrick Sweeney, SD-WAN, Talari

Survey Says: Security is Key in SD-WAN Deployment Decision Process

March 21, 2018 / in SD-WAN / Add Comment

Survey Says: Security is Key in SD-WAN Deployment Decision Process

A review of enterprise survey about SD-WAN deployment considerations and enterprise network security as a challenge for enterprise WAN. MPLS cost being one of the SD-WAN deployment drivers raises the question, is MPLS really so expensive compared to business broadband?

Tagged With: MPLS, Security, Versa Networks

SwitchRTC Joins PROPS by YouNow

January 23, 2018 / in Markets & People / 1 Comment

SwitchRTC Joins PROPS by YouNow

Over the course of the past year, SwitchRTC has worked closely with YouNow, a live streaming social media company with over 40 million registered users, on a large scale many-to-many video platform for the PROPS Project. Further to this, it was a natural next step for SwitchRTC to join the PROPS by YouNow team.

Tagged With: PROPS, RIZE, SwitchRTC, WebRTC, YouNow

Watch Out for SD-WAN Magic When it Comes to VoIP & WebRTC

December 11, 2017 / in SD-WAN, VoIP / 3 Comments

Watch Out for SD-WAN Magic When it Comes to VoIP & WebRTC

There is only so much SD-WAN vendors can do when it comes to VoIP and specifically WebRTC optimization. When a vendor claims for specific VoIP optimization that is based on quality of experience or similar considerations, I suggest to check the details of how this optimization is implemented and which applications it covers.

Tagged With: MOS, SD-WAN, VoIP, WebRTC

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