What to expect from SD-WANs in 2019

13-02-2019

SD-WAN matures, moving out of the early-adopter phase and into the mainstream. That means big changes ahead for the market. In network circles, there may be no hotter topic right now than software-defined WAN (SD-WAN). Given WAN technology stood still for the better part of three decades, this makes sense, as most companies have a WAN that’s long overdue for a refresh and architectural update — and SD-WANs make this a reality. SD-WANs are definitely moving out of the early-adopter ...

Why Cisco needs SD-WAN vendor Viptela

02-11-2018

Cisco already has two SD-WAN solutions—Intelligent WAN and Meraki SD-WAN—so why does it need another? One word: options. Cisco, the acquisition machine, is at it again. It’s been about three months since the company plunked down $3.7 billion for AppDynamics, so I’m sure all that cash was burning a hole in Chuck Robbins pockets and making another acquisition seem long overdue. Well, speculation about who Cisco might buy next ended yesterday when the company announced its intent to acquire SD-W...

Cisco buys SD-WAN player Viptela for $610M

04-05-2017

Cisco has padded its SD-WAN portfolio with fellow player Viptela for $610 million. The deal will be a homecoming for Viptela’s top execs as current CEO Praveen Akkiraju is a former Cisco and Dell EMC. Co-founders of Viptela Amir Khan and Khalid Raza were engineers at Cisco. “Cisco has been providing SD-WAN technology and services to customers for several years; the Cisco IWAN solution delivers an on-premises SD-WAN solution for customers needing advanced routing features and other advanced n...