Pete Welcher has been seeing a lot of competing SD-WAN solutions, including a lot from presentations at past Networking Field Day events. He runs down how to determine if these solutions are ideal for your operations. First, if you’re heavily investing in a lot of Cisco routers, just use IWAN. But for organizations with equipment coming to end of life or need ease of deployment without much more needed than routing and QoS, SD-WAN is worth a look. Make sure to read Pete’s piece for all the details.
Viptela: SD-WAN for Enterprise
Peter Welcher wrote a piece on what he saw from Viptela from November’s Networking Field Day. Unlike other SD-WAN vendors specifically targeting service providers, Viptela is squarely focused on the enterprise. Peter seemed really impressed not just by Viptela’s robust routing capabilities, but also their security. Their solution easily allows for rekeying, and includes tamper proofing. If someone gets a hold of an edge device, they won’t be able to use it to backdoor into your network. Seems like a lot of really well thought out solutions!
SD-WAN from VeloCloud
Peter Welcher reviews what he saw from VeloCloud at Networking Field Day in November. He came away impressed with the company. In a space that’s increasingly crowded by players with a legacy in WAN optimization, VeloCloud distinguishes itself. Peter was particularly impressed by their support for service chaining and partnerships with virtualized firewall vendors. Overall, Peter sees what VeloCloud is doing as proof that SD-WAN has carved out a definite use case in the enterprise.
NFD13: SolarWinds Presents Its New NetPath Tool
I don’t want to put words into Peter Welcher’s mouth. But in his post about SolarWinds’ NetPath tool, he straight up says, “[i]t turns out, I was very impressed with the new NetPath tool!” Not a lot of room for ambiguity there! SolarWinds presented at Networking Field Day this past November, and spent the entire session going over NetPath. Peter really enjoyed the presentation, not just for what NetPath could do, but also learning the journey SolarWinds took to refine and develop the tool.
NFD13: Forward Networks Comes Out of Stealth to Impress
Peter Welcher reviews what he saw from Forward Networks once they came out of stealth. Peter seemed impressed with how Forward is able to put together a database model of network configurations that can be searched and indexed independent of actually operating on the network. This can then be used for fast troubleshooting, as well as testing configurations to make sure they’re operating within a desired state. Overall, Peter sees this as a way to not spread you senior enterprise talent too thin. While there isn’t any automated remediation backed in, the powerful forecasting tools they present make it possible to better utilize talent in your organization.
Networking Field Day 13: Previewing the Sponsors Part 2
Networking Field Day 13: Previewing the Sponsors Part 2
Networking Field Day 13: Previewing the Sponsors
Networking Field Day 13: Previewing the Sponsors
Hybrid WAN or SD-WAN
Hybrid WAN or SD-WAN
What’s happening Friday at Network Field Day 9?
What’s happening Friday at Network Field Day 9?
What’s happening at Network Field Day 9?
What’s happening at Network Field Day 9?
What’s happening Wednesday at Network Field Day 9
What’s happening Wednesday at Network Field Day 9
What’s Network Field Day 9 (NFD9) About?
What’s Network Field Day 9 (NFD9) About?
The Recent Cisco UCS Announcements
The Recent Cisco UCS Announcements
Open Networking User Group, New York, May 5-6, 2014
Open Networking User Group, New York, May 5-6, 2014
ONUG: Open Networking User Group, Fall 2014
ONUG: Open Networking User Group, Fall 2014
The Cisco / Insieme ACI Launch, Part 1
The Cisco / Insieme ACI Launch, Part 1
The Cisco ACI Launch, Part 2
The Cisco ACI Launch, Part 2
Network Field Day 5: Ruckus Wireless Revisited
Network Field Day 5: Ruckus Wireless Revisited
Brocade’s April 2013 Announcements
Brocade’s April 2013 Announcements
SolarWinds at Network Field Day 5
SolarWinds at Network Field Day 5