WAN technologies and services

Wide area network connections allow companies to access and share corporate resources among distributed sites. Discover more about available WAN technologies and services and how organizations can use them to aptly meet business requirements. Learn about factors such as the number of company sites, location, security and bandwidth needs when assessing WAN requirements.

April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21
Aruba product integrations advance its SASE strategy

Aruba's latest SASE-related integrations involve the Silver Peak-based SD-WAN, Threat Defense and the ClearPass Policy Manager. More product integrations are likely.
March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21
News briefs: Koch Industries picks Alkira, Palo Alto

Koch industries combines Alkira networking and Palo Alto security for remote office connectivity; Cisco promotes three women on International Women's Day; AT&T, Fortinet partner.
February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21
Juniper adds Mist AIOps to its 128 Technology-based SD-WAN

Juniper has brought Mist's cloud-based analytics to the 128 Technology SD-WAN that the company acquired late last year. Juniper also launched Mist integration with the SRX gateway.
February 19, 2021 19 Feb'21
News briefs: Cisco investigates embezzlement scheme in China

Cisco has started an investigation of employees in China who allegedly made payments to workers at state-owned enterprises. Cisco disclosed the probe in an SEC filing.

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Understand top SD-WAN advantages and disadvantages

Cost, complexity, security, training, troubleshooting and software bugs are some top SD-WAN challenges. Discover more on the advantages that SD-WAN can usher into an enterprise. Continue Reading
SD-WAN (software-defined WAN)

Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is technology that uses software-defined networking (SDN) concepts to distribute network traffic across a wide area network (WAN). Continue Reading
WAN (wide area network)

A wide area network (WAN) is a geographically distributed telecommunications network that interconnects multiple local area networks (LANs). Continue Reading

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SASE options for the branch of one -- work from anywhere

More than ever, enterprises need to support individual employees that make up a branch of one. These setups require reliable connectivity, application performance and security. Continue Reading
VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud optimizes edge device connectivity

VMware's SD-WAN product provides optimized edge device connectivity to deliver workloads and data to end users, but a few issues dampen its benefits. Continue Reading
Top 9 SD-WAN benefits for businesses

Make the case for an SD-WAN implementation, and explore the benefits and main use cases for SD-WAN in enterprises, beyond traditional hybrid WANs. Continue Reading

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Pandemic pushes enterprise connectivity to take a new path

COVID-19 delivered a connectivity shock to businesses. But savvy network execs were primed -- and are now showing the way forward in 2021 with SD-WAN, 5G and Wi-Fi 6. Continue Reading
IT groups abandon DIY SD-WAN; prefer managed, hybrid model

Enterprises don't want DIY SD-WAN. Instead, they prefer managed SD-WAN, but they also don't want to outsource all SD-WAN operations to a service provider. Continue Reading
Refreshing look at Wi-Fi 6 benefits, preparations

Wi-Fi 6's benefits are real, and most organizations will eventually upgrade to the latest and greatest standard. When and how they'll do so is more complicated. Continue Reading

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SASE challenges include network security roles, product choice

Secure Access Service Edge blends network and security functions. While this integration has its benefits, enterprises still need to address some SASE challenges. Continue Reading
Dental group slashes downtime by 99% with Meraki SD-WAN

In this SD-WAN case study, a dental group with chronic network outages deployed Cisco Meraki to eliminate downtime. Learn more about the software-defined win. Continue Reading
5 common SD-WAN challenges and how to prepare for them

SD-WAN technology has its fair share of risk factors, some of which include security, deployment and quality of service. Find out how your IT team can prepare for these challenges. Continue Reading