As data demands continue to grow, organizations are using cloud and WAN optimization technologies to help create new business strategies and improve user experience Read More. Cloud Computing Connectivity Featured Infrastructure Networking Virtualization cloud WAN wanop MORE

Network performance technology supplier says acquisition will strengthen its software-defined network offering MORE

Over the past few years most organizations have significantly increased their reliance on the Internet, primarily due to the outsourcing of utility applications like email, unified communications, ERP, CRM, etc. to SaaS providers. Cloud-based applications provide IT organizations with an agile and cost effective means for expanding the range of services they provide and delivering new productivity tools requested by teams, departments or lines of business. MORE

Improves replication performance with =data compression and disk and tape protocol acceleration Read More. Networking MORE

As the SD-WAN market has matured, one thing has become very clear: SD-WAN will not exist on its own. Predominantly, we’re seeing security and SD-WANs merge. Just consider some of the activity: Velocloud recently announced its SD-WAN Security Technology Partner Program to integrate with other security vendor’s products. Masergy bundles SD-WAN (Silver Peak and its own technology) with third-party security services in the cloud. MORE

We explore the options and the implementation process for an LPWAN to support internet of things projects in the enterprise MORE

Software Defined Networking vendor Versa this week added support for IPv6 to its SD- WAN and security packages. According to Kumar Mehta , founder and CDO of Versa Networks by supporting IPv4 and IPv6 for SD-WAN and SD-Security, customers will have the flexibility to design their WAN under IPv4 today and protect it from obsolescence as they switch over to IPv6 in the future. MORE

Featured Networking WAN wan optimizationCloud and wireless traffic are breaking new ground. Is your business keeping up? Read More. MORE

Telecoms providers are optimising their services through network function virtualisation, How does this affect your network strategy MORE

Startup seeks to fix misalignment between cloud application deployment and WAN provisioning Read More. Cloud Computing Connectivity MORE

Featured Cisco Cloud Computing edge networking edge services fog computing streaming WAN There''s a new buzz word in distributed computing - Fog Computing. MORE

An optical backbone, operated at the OC-3c rate of 155 Mbps, connects ATM switches from Fore Systems Inc. bought by Ericsson), at each location. Sun workstations (bought out by Oracle) connect to the ATM switches using a 100Mbps TAXI interface MORE

The firm selected frame relay as the technology basis for the broadband inter-network and the selected a national communications company as the frame relay IXC provider. LECs in each city provided the connection between the offices and the core network MORE

Mirroring the evolution of technology within the global capital markets, many of today’s digital enterprises are migrating to next-generation architectures that integrate network and cloud hubs into enterprise data centers and the WAN. MORE

Startup beefs up war chest in competition with Cisco, Juniper, Cyan, and others. Read More. Networking cloudgenix sdn MORE

Exinda''s Network Orchestrator is a WAN Orchestration solution for network managers and administrators Read More. Networking exinda MORE

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In the latest TechTalk, I talk about my enlightenment and therefore expansion of the concept of Software-Defined WANs. A couple of years ago I put out a definition of SD WAN and after listening to a recent Packetpushers I change my In the latest TechTalk, I talk about my enlightenment and therefore expansion of the concept of Software-Defined WANs. A couple of years ago I put out a definition of SD WAN and after listening to a recent Packetpushers I change my tune. MORE

It’s a great time to be in the SD-WAN business. IDC estimates that worldwide SD-WAN revenues will exceed $6 billion in 2020, with a compound annual growth rate of more than 90% over the 2015-to-2020 forecast period. By 2018, 82% are expected to be using SD-WAN. This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices. Click here to subscribe. MORE

A LoRa Alliance draft standard will allow wider collaboration and cross-border use cases for long range WAN IoT network operators by enabling roaming MORE

Fortinet has rolled out a new version of its FortiOS operating system that gives customers the ability to manage security capabilities across their cloud assets and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) environments. the company’s Fortinet Security Fabric gives a view of customers’ public and private clouds – including Amazon Web Services and Azure – as well as assets on and their software-defined WANs, says John Maddison, Fortinet’s senior vice president of products. MORE

WAN Virtualization can be deployed to prevent disasters from affecting business continuity and speed recovery, writes. MORE

NOTE: In order to make this work, you will need a network share at each OU, otherwise the install will take place across the WAN. As many of you might know, deploying huge packages through SCCM can be a challenge. The first question you might ask is, define enormous. IMO, anything over the default 5GB client cache size is enormous. Working in the architecture/engineering industry, I encounter this issue quite often with Bentley, Autodesk, and Adobe applications. MORE

Wrapping up an SD-WAN workshop session with a client last week, I reflected on how rapidly the branch office WAN connectivity and management model is changing. Most people agree that SD-WAN can facilitate service chaining, and a selective backhaul model is interesting to many enterprises that want to concentrate next-generation firewall services in larger locations. MORE

I find SD-WANs to be facing a similar battle. It’s inconceivable to many that an SD-WAN could replace MPLS. At one recent client, a chemical company, the team was looking to transition from MPLS to SD-WAN. The security group, though, could not accept the fact that SD-WANs met the requirements stipulated by CFATS (Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards) guiding the chemical industry. Any innovative technology faces a battle of doubt. MORE

Bill Kleyman looks at four major issues that must be addressed by many data center and IT managers: Cloud Computing Virtualization cloud considerations private cloud Public cloud SAN sizing WAN MORE

I am however intrigued by SD WAN. I am however intrigued by SD WAN. One of the use cases I've mentioned for SD-WAN is saving on circuit costs ([link] while improving network service levels. I struggled to find the killer application for Software-Defined Networking. The PacketPushers who are the geekiest of networking geeks don’t feel Cisco ACI or VMware NSX are mature enough for the average enterprise. MORE

However, as speeds of Ethernet and broadband technologies gathered steam, MANs were really just small WANs and the differentiation in the technologies and protocols were all but phased out MORE

There certainly was a ton of hype in Software Defined-WAN arena in 2016 but to be fair there was a lot of actual deployment of technology and services as well. In December Gartner wrote that spending on SD-WAN products will rise from $129 million in 2016 to $1.24 billion in 2020. MORE

Looking to continue tapping a market IDC says will be worth $6 billion by 2020, Software-Defined WAN company Viptela today said it raised $75M in a Series C round of financing. More on Network World: What network technology is going to shake up your WAN ?+ The new round of funding brings Viptela’s total funding to about $110M. The company said it would use the proceeds to grow sales, marketing, technical support and research and development. MORE

The deal gives customers moving data between home and branch offices a third option, even though the truth may be there’s just one. Read More. Business Cisco Deals Networks MORE

Limited WAN Bandwidth. In a 2014 Next-Generation WAN Survey , 68 percent of respondents said demand for WAN bandwidth will increase over the next year. As the number of connected devices grows—from smartphones to tablets, and more—this strain on WAN bandwidth is inevitable. However, only 15 percent of those surveyed said they were planning to expand WAN capacity. MORE

We are entering an era of branch office and cloud connectivity where a single static WAN resource will not be able to provide service levels that organizations demand from their networks, writes Dr. Cahit Akin of Mushroom Networks. WAN orchestration is a powerful concept that will help facilitate. MORE

With RSA San Francisco—one of, if not the biggest security show of the year—behind us, it’s a good time to revisit security and SD-WANs. In that blog post, we spoke about vendor approaches to securing the new Internet connections created by SD-WAN. There’s another dimension, though, to SD-WAN security that we didn’t discuss and that’s about the WAN. The WAN: Risk and reward for today’s attackers. MORE

Huisman, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of heavy construction equipment, has chosen Masergy to supply a hybrid WAN and SDN platform to connect multiple global locations MORE

Here's how WAN can help your organization's cloud, IT, and data center strategies. Cloud Computing Connectivity Featured Networking WAN wan optimizationIn today's digital market, organizations are trying to find ways to create more competitive advantages. Read More. MORE