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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.

SwitchRTC Joins PROPS by YouNow

January 23, 2018 / in Markets & People / 3 Comments

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

Why SD-WAN is Important for WebRTC

November 20, 2017 / in SD-WAN, VoIP / Add Comment

Why SD-WAN is Important for WebRTC

Delivery of WebRTC based communications services to the enterprise can be (and is today) done over best effort open internet but for higher adoption rates among enterprises it is required to enable the delivery of such services over managed networks.
The growing adoption of SD-WAN allows for agile and dynamic delivery of WebRTC services to enterprises

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

VMware Just Got a Networking Boost

November 3, 2017 / in SD-WAN / Add Comment

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.

Tagged With: NFV, SDN, VeloCloud, VMware

Cisco Adds Another Piece to its Enterprise IT Puzzle

October 24, 2017 / in Markets & People, SD-WAN / Add Comment

Cisco Adds Another Piece to its Enterprise IT Puzzle

Although Cisco has a very strong position in the UC market, its strengths are mainly in UC of the past (on-premises deployments and telephony focused).
The acquisition of Broadsoft will help Cisco to better compete in the next generation cloud UC and team collaboration.
Overall a strong move of Cisco to help it compete with its rivals such as Microsoft and Slack.

Tagged With: Broadsoft, Cisco, SD-WAN, Slack, Team Collaboration, UC, Viptela

3 Strategies for SD-WAN

September 26, 2017 / in SD-WAN / Add Comment

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

Tagged With: MPLS, SD-WAN, SD-WAN Summit

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