Installing Circuits – A Practical Touch
Selecting your SD-WAN technology is just one step of your WAN transformation. Getting your DIA and broadband circuits installed requires good planning, communications, and time. You might have received quotations from carriers stating installation time frames of 90 to 120 days, but that is not always the case. The clock often starts to tick later than […]
Internet Variability and SD-WAN- ONUG 2018
The annual NY meeting of the Open Network User Group (ONUG) has just ended, with over 1000 attendees from major enterprises in attendance. I had the honor of presenting research results about the internet CORE, which discussed my empirical research of the variance of internet latency between different paths around the world. You can view my […]
SD-CORE – How To Build a Global, Enterprise-Class SD-WAN without MPLS
SD-WANs reduce costs, increase network agility, and improve reliability in large part by leveraging affordable, Internet services. But along with their benefits, Internet backbones also introduce consistency issues absent in global WANs structured around MPLS. New software-defined core (SD-CORE) architectures offer a solution, providing enterprises with high-quality, affordable backbone alternatives to traditional MPLS services. The Internet […]
SD-WAN News Update: SD-Core, Versa, Fortinet and Amdocs Partner
Versa Networks, Fortinet and Amdocs will partner on a solution that offers SD-WAN, SDN and NFV orchestration. The platform integrates Amdocs’ NFV orchestration, Fortinet Security Fabric, and Versa’s SD-WAN to enable quick spin ups and spin downs of virtual network functions (VNFs) across customers’ premises, data centers, and the cloud. The platform can integrate with any OSS/BSS, according […]
SD-WAN News: Cisco and NSS Battle, Security Woes and More…
Summer no longer is the respite it was a decade ago. Despite that, Labor Day does mean that vendors and industry watchers begin to look towards the end of the year, and that leads to an uptick in news, announcements, and analysis. This year is no different. Here are some highlights. Cisco, NSS Labs in […]
Iperf for Bandwidth Testing
Troubleshooting network related issues can be challenging at times. One great tool for on-the-spot testing of network bandwidth is Iperf. It’s a simple, yet powerful tool that can provide visibility on network performance metrics such as bandwidth, latency (delay), jitter, and packet loss. If you are not comfortable with the command prompt, the program is […]
News Update from the SD-WAN World
The dog days of summer have hit, but that isn’t stopping news from happening in the SD-WAN world. Here are highlights from the week of July 30: Vulnerability Found in VMware NSX SD-WAN In late July, Critical Start’s Section 8 Penetration Testing Team found an unauthorized command injection vulnerability in Velocloud’s VMware NSX SD-WAN environments. The vulnerability potentially could […]
SD-WAN and the 4 Types of Security Architectures
SD-WAN Security continues to be a hot topic and one that I receive many questions about. Vendors claims around security might sound alike but their offerings can be split into four types. SD-WAN appliances with basic firewalling SD-WAN appliance with advanced firewalls Firewall appliances with SD-WAN capabilities Secure SD-WAN as a Service Let’s take a look […]
News Update from the SD-WAN World
Here is what’s news in the SD-WAN World for the week of July 22 Cato Networks Unveils Identity-Aware Routing Cato Networks announced several enhancements to Cato Cloud, it’s SD-WAN as a service this week, most notably identity-aware routing. The idea is to abstract network policies from the physical details of the underlying network and application architecture. This enables routing […]
News Update from the SD-WAN World
July 4th weekend might be behind us, but now’s still a good time to catch up on your reading. Here’s a roundup of some of the important introductions and commentary from the SD-WAN world. Silver Peak Announces Client, Funding Silver Peak made two significant announcements in late June. The company announced a new customer — Mazars, a top ten accountancy […]
