Optus are launching their Fusion SD-WAN service using Riverbed's SteelConnect technology. Optus Fusion SD-WAN operates as an "over-the-top" SD-WAN service allow its use on any other network providers platform. They…
SDxCentral: SD-WAN Vendors Market Share 2Q2017
The post SDxCentral: Top SD-WAN Vendors Based on Revenue in Q1 2017 has been getting a lot of views recently. So here's an update. SDxCentral yesterday posted their analysis of the Q2…
MEF focuses on SD-WAN with LSO and OpenCS
The old Metro Ethernet Forum (now simply MEF) issued a press release to cover a focus on SD-WAN. This covers three areas: Service Implementations using the MEF frameworks Market Education…
ZDNet: BT unveils bandwidth on demand under Dynamic Network Services
ZDNet is reporting that BT has unveiled their Dynamic Network Services. This has three prongs, one using SDN to manage bandwidth into the core, one supporting Network Function Virtualisation and…
Viptela plans for acquisition by Cisco
Viptela's Blog contains the following Thank you Viptela Customers, Partners and Employees post. This is CEO Praveen Akkiraju's post to announce that Viptela has signed a definitive agreement to sell…
Riverbed to acquire Xirrus targets SD-Branch?
Riverbed will acquire WiFi vendor Xirrus, expanding their SD-WAN and WiFi offerings. Both private companies will conclude the deal later this year. This acquisition will broaden Riverbed's SD-WAN portfolio, providing…
Cisco buys AppDynamics
AppDynamics provide an application performance monitoring platform, using tools to monitor application transactions and store this data in the cloud for analysis. By utilising the AppDynamics API within the program,…
Three Bottlenecks of WAN – Bandwidth, Latency and Cost
There are three bottlenecks to Wide Area Networks (WANs) that don't exist in other environments, and these are Bandwidth, Latency and Cost. (And in true three pronged problem fashion, you…