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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.

Just Launched – WebRTCStandards.info

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In February this year I teamed up with Dan Burnett to provide periodic updates on the advancement of WebRTC related standards.
We started providing these updates here on TheNewDialTone but promised we will build a dedicated website for that.
Please welcome WebRTCStandards.info
We decided to offer a third option and provide updates that will give product managers and developers heads up not only

Unlocking RCS Revenue Potential – I Beg to Differ

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The claim in this post is that until now operators were struggling with a business model for RCS, a lot of investment and hard to make money. The breakthrough as described in the post comes in the shape and form of an RCS API Gateway. This magic box “offers an industry breakthrough … and connect to existing IP services.” I don’t buy this. Here is why.

5 Mobile Form Factors to Consider When Building Your App

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When planning the development of a mobile app there is more than the OS to be considered. The times when you could just blow-up your app screen X2 are long gone, it was actually a bad implementation even in the early days of mobile apps. Today there are actually 5 form factors you need to consider per each major OS (Android and iOS). Add to this the different form factors

Push Notifications Services You Can Use Today for WebRTC

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In many WebRTC use cases I hear about from customers, the need to alert the user is a mandatory requirement. They are looking for WebRTC Push Notifications services. With the current work being done in the standards along with the actual implementations already available, it looks like this requirement is going to be satisfied. This work is not specific to WebRTC

WebRTC Needs Browser Push Notification

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WebRTC on mobile is more complicated in almost every area you look at, when it comes to push notification life is easier on mobile. The trivial use case is waking up the application for incoming calls. On mobile this is done through push notification messages supported in the OS level. On the web this capability is not possible yet and requirements are a bit more complicated.

NETVC: A New WebRTC Video Codec Coming to Life

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If you thought that the WebRTC MTI video codec battle is about to be settled, think again because the seeds for a new battle have been planted at the last IETF meeting. The idea is to follow the footsteps of Opus and the 2 main benefits it offers:High quality codec; Patent and royalty free… no real essential patent claims. With video, current status is problematic.

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