SD-WAN technology

Network monitoring in SD-WAN

by Carlos Gomez | Sep 11, 2018 | SDN / SD-WAN

SD-WAN technology provides customers the capability to manage their own network without requiring managed services from the traditional service providers. However, so that the client can manage its own platform, a powerful tool has to be used, which manages and solves incidents. One of the key advantages of SD-WAN is the generation of a secured overlay on top of the transport networks. This...

SD-WAN technology for SME’s. Can it be applied?

by Francisco Guerrero | Mar 20, 2018 | SDN / SD-WAN

The SME (Small and Medium Business) sector is in the midst of a digital transformation and, therefore, immersed in constantly changing applications and a continuous evolution of private communications networks through the Internet., Hence the introduction of SD-WAN technology for the SME market could be precisely what is required to keep up with theseis fast-paced and complex developments. Yet...

How SD-WAN can be traced back to the Clean Slate project

by Marcel Gil | Mar 14, 2018 | SDN / SD-WAN

What kind of Internet would we design today if we were to start from scratch using what we now know? In 2007, attempts to answer this question at Stanford University [1] led to a project by networking gurus and experts to analyze the present and future of IP networks. At the time, the mass mobile internet era was beginning; in fact, that very same year and barely twenty minutes from the...

And what about Intent-Base Networking?

by Javier García | Feb 20, 2018 | SDN / SD-WAN

In my opening blog post this year I wrote about the many issues the market seemed to indicate would be important in 2018. Obviously, I mentioned SD-WAN technology, 5G and Big Data, and I also talked about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a few others. However, there is one area that I did not mention, which is intent-based networking (IBN). Perhaps it may be early to call 2018 the year of...

What does 2018 have to offer?

by Javier García | Jan 8, 2018 | SDN / SD-WAN

Once again Christmas comes to an end and the New Year of 2018 starts to set in. And for those of us within the telecommunications sector it is important to know that this new year 2018 is forecasted to bring us more change, development and larger growth. This for example can clearly be applied to the SD-WAN market. Reviewing other SDN / SD-WAN posts that we wrote in the past, I remember that we...

End-to-End Automation for IT Systems

by Carlos Gomez | Oct 24, 2017 | IT, SDN / SD-WAN

Virtualization technologies, Cloud (private or public), “Software-defined whatever” not only bring simplicity and flexibility to systems and communications management, but also require the full automation of company IT systems. This means enterprises will not just need to change their network technology and systems, but also require the inclusion of specific tools, in addition to traditional...