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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.

Why WebRTC Screen Sharing Requires More Than User Consent

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The more permissive screen sharing is, the higher the security risks are. Users expect the browser to protect them from security threats of websites they visit and that each website will be isolated, similar to the sandbox concept. To achieve this, browsers implement the Same Origin Policy (SOP), which in essence means that HTML and Scripts of site A can’t have access to other sites’ content

RingCentral WebRTC API Opened Up for Developers. Should You Care About It?

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RingCentral is a cloud PBX and contact center provider that also offers Glimp, a team collaboration platform. Lately they decided to open up their WebRTC APIs. RingCentral already had integration APIs in their platform. Is there anything significant in the RingCentral WebRTC API announcement and what does it mean to the existing PaaS WebRTC services (e.g. TokBox).

WebRTC Helping Local Businesses – An Interview Philippe Vayssac, Chief Innovation Officer for Groupama

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Starting something new that is not directly inline with common business of a large company is like pushing a large rock up a hill. How WebRTC and other open source and cloud platforms come to the rescue of internal innovators is the theme of this interview with Philippe Vayssac, Chief Innovation Officer for Groupama who started a social network for local businesses in rural France.

WebRTC Q&A Highlights – Session #2

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Yesterday we had our second live WebRTC Q&A session. On the session we had Dan Burnett, Alex Gouaillard and myself.
Below are the highlights of the session. For more details see the session recording and presentation.
You can also see some of the feedback received from people who participated in the session: “Great Webinar” “Thanks Alex, Dan and Amir. Good session”

The Lower You Go The Harder To Differentiate

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If you are a small API platform company that has a hard time competing with the larger elephants, go up the food chain, offer a more specific and complete service and focus on a specific segment.
The tricky part is what to offer and which segment to cater to that will allow you to be the best company in that segment.
There are several things to consider some of which are specific

WebRTC In The Eyes of The IT Professional

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For us, those that deal with WebRTC daily, it sometimes seems as if everyone knows all about WebRTC and its promise. It is when you get to read opinions of people that deal with existing telephony systems that you understand this it is not the case.
This post is about one such case.
At the end of 2015 The SIP School released their yearly SIP Survey. 1098 responders,

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