In 2017, many service providers introduced their initial managed SD-WAN services to meet the early market demand, with service providers narrowing down and selecting one SD-WAN platform to bring a service offering to market. Throughout the year, service providers thoroughly tested multiple SD-WAN technologies with […]
Mike Sapien
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Enterprises are confused today by the multiple messages and promotions surrounding managed SD-WAN services coming predominately from the technology vendors. Most service providers are getting lost in the marketing hype around the torrent of press releases regarding managed SD-WAN service partnerships. Clearly, SD-WAN technology vendors […]
Security capabilities with managed SD-WAN are encouraging adoption and faster deployment Beyond basic network connectivity and network-centric features such as WAN optimization, security has been one of the promised next-wave roadmap features surrounding managed SD-WAN services. In early customer deployments, network connectivity was the spotlight […]
The early days of offering a managed SD-WAN service that provides basic network connectivity are drawing to a close. There is clearly burgeoning demand from customers to manage the network providers and network types that make up the growing mix of SD-WAN bandwidth options. As […]
Many service providers today are offering managed SD-WAN services that provide basic network connectivity and network-centric features such as WAN optimization, network monitoring, and some level of application performance management. Managing a new mix of network providers and service types for each customer location has […]