Imagine an emergency scenario where a first responder can treat or monitor an injured person in a remote location with guidance from a doctor via real-time video. The first responder is equipped with a backpack that not only contains essential medical supplies, but also a […]
Hybrid WAN
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In my most recent blog post, I talked about the difficulty SD-WAN vendors have in finding their voice and clearly differentiating their value. My point was if Wendy’s, Burger King and McDonald’s could figure out how to differentiate their burgers and fries, we should be […]
This is the first installment of a multi-part blog series that will provide an overview of how technology is dramatically reshaping the healthcare industry and how the wide area network (WAN) can significantly affect innovation acceleration and customer satisfaction in this sector. Like many other […]
For geographically distributed companies, the decision to move to an SD-WAN is a no-brainer. Cost savings is certainly a factor as is greater network and business agility. However, one of the perceived “key features” of SD-WAN, active-active configurations, needs to be well understood and implemented […]
The adoption and deployment of software defined WANs (SD-WANs) continues to skyrocket. ZK Research predicts the technology will grow at almost 70 percent CAGR between now and 2022. For most businesses, the WAN is long overdue for an upgrade as conventional router-centric WAN architectures have […]
Unified communications (UC) has been a market in the making for nearly two decades now. While no offence to the vendor community is intended, it’s fair to say that the adoption of UC has never lived up to the hype around its potential. This has […]
Borrowing from the iconic David Letterman Top Ten List segment from his former Late Show, this new blog series will countdown the Top Ten Reasons to Think Outside the Router. The #10 reason it’s time to retire traditional routers at the branch: It’s getting cloudy! […]
Henderson Engineers – a national building systems design firm – is headquartered in Kansas City with offices nationwide. Henderson employs more than 700 people, has two data centers, and 11 branch offices in the U.S. Henderson requires a reliable, high performance WAN to connect its […]
As a sports fan, there are many events that I look forward to every year. There’s the Super Bowl, NCAA College Football Championship game as well as the playoffs for MLB, NHL and NBA. However, these all have one thing in common – they’re generally […]
I’d like to wish everyone a hearty Happy New Year! This is the time of year that we make promises to ourselves like saying we will get to the gym more often, lose weight, not text and drive and other things that should improve our […]