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MPLS usage drops by 24% in two years as SD-WAN adoption ramps up
TeleGeography has revealed that 43% of enterprises surveyed had installed SD-WAN in 2020, compared to just 18% in 2018. Read more…
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SD-WAN, Singapore’s choice for securing public cloud deployments
Survey of global IT decision-makers in Singapore and across the globe captures their attitudes and opinions about SD- WAN adoption. Read more…
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How to enhance SD-WAN efficiency with DNS-based application routing
SD-WAN automatically selects the route to take to reach an IP destination but SD-WAN alone is not enough to ensure app delivery continuity. Read more…
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Interest in Zero Trust Security remains high among WAN managers
Zero Trust Security is an IT security model where, by default, no user or device is trusted inside or outside of the network. Read more…
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MEF releases final draft SD-WAN Service Standard
MEF has announced the public availability of the final draft standard that, for the first time in the industry, defines an SD-WAN service and its attributes. Read more…
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A DIY approach to SD-WAN is not for everyone
The big decision for CIOs is not whether to adopt SD-WAN, but the best approach to deploy it, whether as a do-it-yourself (DIY) or managed approach. Read more…
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Globe’s SD-WAN service now supports LTE connections
Globe Telecom has added LTE as a connectivity option to its SD-WAN service, which will enable Philippine companies to connect even remote branches that have no access to fixed broadband. Speaking at the 25th National Read more…
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PCCW Global launches SD-WAN service to boosts IP-MPLS
PCCW Global has launched a new global SD-WAN service across 80 countries to complement its existing fiber-based IP-MPLS services. The new service promises PCCW’s enterprise customers a secure, application aware network that continually optimizes for Read more…
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Colt launches SD-WAN in Asia + On Demand in Singapore
Colt Technology Services has announced the launch of its On Demand offering in Singapore, as well as the expansion of its SD-WAN service across the Asia Pacific region. The two new solutions expand on Colt’s Read more…
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SD-WAN infrastructure market worth $4.5b by 2022: IDC
The rapidly evolving software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) infrastructure market will grow at a 40.4% compound annual growth rate from 2017 to 2022 to reach $4.5 billion, according to IDC’s latest SD-WAN Infrastructure Forecast. The Read more…
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MEF launches project to enable SD-WAN vendor interoperability
SD-WAN vendors are collaborating with MEF to use its new, standardized LSO Presto Network Resource Provisioning (NRP) API to address the rapidly growing problem of orchestrating services over multi-vendor SD-WAN deployments. MEF member companies including Read more…
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Rabobank connects to Telstra’s SD-WAN in transformation deal
Telstra and Rabobank Australia & New Zealand Group have announced a multi-million dollar digital transformation deal that will see over 90 Rabobank branches and two data centers across Australia and New Zealand upgraded to Telstra’s Read more…
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HPE denies involvement in Huawei’s open SD-WAN architecture
Huawei announced that it has launched a “three-layered” open SD-WAN architecture in conjunction with partners including Riverbed Technology, F5 and HPE – except that HPE says there is no partnership. Huawei says its new open Read more…
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Cisco unveils new tools to enable intent-based SD-WAN visibility
Cisco has announced new analytics and assurance solutions it says are designed to bring visibility and “intent-based” networking to IT’s biggest blind spot: the WAN. The new solutions include SD-WAN vAnalytics, which provide IT with Read more…
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How SD-WAN could accelerate enterprise multi-cloud migration
A managed SD-WAN service could help enterprises accelerate the transition to a multi-cloud environment by providing multi-cloud connect strategy. Enterprises are continuing to accelerate their migration of workloads to public cloud service providers (AWS, Azure Read more…
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KDDI to launch SD-WAN service to 37 countries in December
KDDI has announced that it will start offering KDDI SD-Network Platform, a network solution using SDN technology, to corporate customers in 37 countries and regions starting December 5th. Today, enterprises are expected to seamlessly optimize Read more…
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Telstra launches VeloCloud SD-WAN and virtual branch service
Telstra says it has released a major platform update expanding the capability of its Telstra Programmable Network, and has partnered with VeloCloud to deliver an SD-WAN as a virtual solution to extend office branches for customers Read more…
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China Telecom Global partners with Versa for SD-WAN service
China Telecom Global has announced the launch of its SD-WAN service portfolio – in partnership with Versa Networks – that aims to provide greater connectivity, flexibility and cost savings for businesses globally. CTG says its Read more…
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Broadband Forum standardizes virtual business gateway for SD-WAN
The Broadband Forum says it has published its first standard for distributed virtualized Customer Premises Equipment (vCPE) as it continues to accelerate its work on Open Broadband, Cloud Central Office (CO) and SD-WAN. The new Read more…
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Optus Business partners with Riverbed for network-agnostic SD-WAN
Optus Business has announced a new addition to its software-defined networking offering with the launch of Optus Fusion SD-WAN. The new technology, supported by Riverbed’s SteelConnect platform, equips organizations with improved network management capabilities so Read more…