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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.

3 Options For WiFi Calling

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WiFi calling is an operator feature where calls are diverted from the cellular network to a local WiFi network. It is important to recognize the fact that WiFi calling is not OTT application calling and these 2 are not interchangeable. Users want to have both. The introduction of Project Fi by Google is a significant threat to MVNOs and Operators.

IBM WebSphere and WebRTC – An Interview with Brian Pulito from IBM

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In previous roles I held several years ago, I was involved in work with IBM related to WebSphere and their work around SIP. Things have advanced significantly since then, among other things, IBM added support for WebRTC to WebSphere. I wanted to delve more into IBM’s work on WebRTC. For this I contacted Brian Pulito who is Senior Technical Staff Member and a WebSphere Real-Time Communications Architect.

Is WebRTC in Safari Closer Than We Thought?

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Support for WebRTC in Apple products is a major missing piece in making WebRTC ubiquitous. It is missing in Safari on Mac but there, users can use Chrome or Firefox. The bigger problem is on mobile. Mobile safari does not support webrtc. App store rules also force developers to use Apple’s provided WebView, which does not support WebRTC today, to render any webpage. But this is about to change.

Your Application is Calling

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Anyone who regularly uses VoIP mobile applications has experienced the mobile application priority issue before. This happened to me again last week, I was on Skype (Desktop), other person Skype on mobile, he got a cellular call coming in. Then the magic happened, I was put on hold without any warning and reconnected only once he disconnected the cellular call.

Crossing The Browser Update Chasm

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Modern browsers have the capability to auto update themselves. In Chrome (as an example) you don’t find yourself manually updating the browser version, it just happens magically. While you can go ahead and disable this feature, most common users will not do this. Continuing with the Chrome example, this means your stable browser version changes every 6 weeks or so. As an application developer this is a nightmare.

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