The Very Definition of SD-WAN

When TeleGeography started tracking the SD-WAN market in 2017, we found dozens of vendors with a service they were calling "SD-WAN." But are all of these services created equal? What does it take for your solution to qualify as SD-WAN?

Today we pull back and discuss SD-WAN definitions and certification.

Greg aims to better understand the exact definition of SD-WAN and how related certifications can benefit both end-users and managed service providers. And for that, we're so glad to welcome a true expert on this topic, Marc Cohn, Principal Technology Strategist at Spirent.

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From This Episode

Insights into MEF’s SD-WAN Standard blog series:

• Part One: Overview
• Part Two: Technical Approach
• Part Three: Application Security Project
• Part Four: MEF SD-WAN Certification Program
• Part Five: MEF SD-WAN Certification Turns 1—Lessons Learned from the Industry’s First SD-WAN Standard
• Part Six: MEF Jumps on the SASE Bandwagon
• Part Seven: SD-WAN Deployment Challenges and How to Overcome Them

Other links:

• Four New SD-WAN Findings for 2021
• Search SD-WAN Vendor Profiles in Our Free Downloadable Guide
• WAN Manager Podcast 102: The SD-WAN Marketplace of Ideas
• More SD-WAN Adoption, More Data on a Changing Marketplace
• A Primer For Anyone Who Has Ever Googled “What is SD-WAN?"
• WAN Pricing Mythbusters
• Wargaming Your WAN
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• About the SD-WAN Research Service
• About the WAN Manager Survey