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5 Telecoms Articles You Should Read This Weekend: SD-WAN Edition

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By Jayne MillerOct 14, 2016

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Time for another round of "what is the team at TeleGeography reading?"

This time around we're all about that SD-WAN. (Perhaps we're just excited about the upcoming WAN Summit London?) Below are five pieces any network manager should bookmark for their weekend reading queue.

Top 3 SD-WAN Adoption Motivators Found in IDC Survey

Why it’s worth your time: We loved seeing Feroz Zaveri at the WAN Summit Singapore last month. And we also loved seeing his post about why people are actually adopting SD-WAN.

[Watch] Deploying Global SD-WAN to Connect, Accelerate, and Scale

Why it’s worth your time: So this isn't something to read so much as an enagaging story from Volex's IT Infrastructure Manager Lucas Goh about actually implementing SD-WAN. If you're into case studies, grab some popcorn and settle in.

And, bonus round, there are plenty more case studies where this came from.

MPLS-Providers: Here Are Four Reasons to Jump on the SD-WAN train.

Why it’s worth your time: Here's a fresh take on SD-WAN written specifically for MPLS providers. As Cameron Couch puts it:

How does an MPLS provider balance their involvement in the growth of a game-changing technological evolution with the risk to the proven, high-revenue solution they've spent years building and marketing? It's a Harvard Business Review case study in the making.

AT&T Joins Forces With VeloCloud, Announces SD-WAN Portfolio

Why it’s worth your time: This is the big SD-WAN news of the day. SD-WAN has historically been spearheaded by network vendors who knew their way around hardware-based solutions. It seems that more carriers like AT&T are entering the market to add value to their connectivity offerings.

[Watch] The Real SD-WAN: Customer Stories from the Trenches

Why it’s worth your time: To understand SD-WAN, learn from those who have implemented it. This webinar welcomes field experts who share real customer stories, highlighting the "cost and complexity challenges associated with MPLS-based WAN networks and how SD-WAN provided them with connectivity options to reduce cost and manage the network better with deep application visibility. "

 

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