Oracle had to get its feet into the SD-WAN market and they are not the last cloud company to do so. Question is, did they make the right choice with respect to the acquisition target. Financially Talari was probably a good deal. Technically, I’m not sure.
I have a feeling this is not the last move Oracle will be required to do in order to reach a strong position in this market.
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.
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?