SD-WAN

information related to SD-WAN, Softwared Define WAN, SASE, Security related to SD-WAN, software Defined WAN

Overlay vs Underlay in SD-WAN & DC- Easy Guide

The “Overlay vs underlay” discussion is important as overlays are everywhere in networks- in the Datacenters (DCs) and in SD-WAN. And there are many tutorials out there explaining overlays and in particular difference between overlay and underlay. However, they are difficult to understand, and more importantly, they do not address the most important point – […]

SASE is security plus SD-WAN

What is SASE? The beginner’s tutorial!

What is SASE or Secure Access Service Edge ? Is it SD-WAN? Is it something related to security? Everyone talks about SASE, very few are clear on the concept and its positioning versus SD-WAN and Security. The jargon out there in the literature is enough to confuse many. I will try to make it easy […]

Autonomous SD-WAN by CloudGenix- My Analysis

I attended TechField day event( February 12 to 14th, 2020) in Silicon Valley US as one of the analysts, where we attended some very informative presentations from the participating networking vendors Among those presentations, the one about CloudGenix’s SD-WAN, particularly, caught my attention, so I thought to write about it. (Please see full disclaimer at […]

MEF-70 guide

MEF-70 for SD-WAN- A cheat sheet!

This guest blog on MEF-70 is written by Anuradha Udunuwara – My friend and a Subject Matter Expert for Carrier Ethernet, SDN, NFV, and SD-WAN. …………………………………………………….. You have probably heard a lot about Software-Defined WAN or SD-WAN. So, you may know that It falls within the larger scope of SDx and Software-Defined anything ( if […]

SD-WAN UCPE VCPE

SD-WAN vs uCPE vs vCPE- The Simple Guide

The terms SD-WAN ( Software-Defined WAN), uCPE ( Universal Customer Premises Equipment) and vCPE ( Virtual CPE) are used a lot these days, yet there is very little information on what are the differences and similarities between them i.e what is SD-WAN vs uCPE vs vCPE So it is not uncommon that a vendor may […]

Learning “better SD-WAN” from a Non SD-WAN vendor!

SD-WAN is designed for the worst medium. We depend on the internet and broadband for out WAN . And you know that quality on the internet is not guaranteed. However, SD-WAN vendors have found some solution: