Our latest WAN Summit Singapore blended big ideas with real-world solutions as we heard from WAN experts across the globe.
In particular, there were some fantastic ideas shared for WAN managers in the midst of a hybrid WAN adoption. We cherry-picked some of our top tips/quotes/ideas from those who have done it all before (and lived to tell the tale). Watch 'em below.
Hybrid Transformations – Experiences with Adopting SD-WAN and Integrating Internet into the WAN
Overheard during this panel: "The justification that we always try to find is that financial one. Is it literally going to reduce my cost per megabit? I think there's a lot of technology enablement out there...we can eliminate idle capacity in the network and move it onto the best performing link and do that with redundancy. That gives us better effective use of capacity."
- Alastair Johnson, Principal Solution Architect | Nuage Networks
Cloudify the WAN – How to Adapt Your WAN to Accommodate Cloud-Based Applications
Overheard during this panel: "Traffic patterns are changing drastically for enterprises. And this is where WAN transformation comes in. Instead of traffic going from the branches to the datacenters, a lot of it is going to clouds for SaaS and IaaS applications."
- Idris Vasi, Managing Director, Viptela APAC | Cisco
WAN Monitoring and Security – Utilizing WAN Acceleration/Optimization, Cloud Security, and Performance Data in the New Hybrid WAN
Overheard during this panel: "I think it's important to realize that SD-WAN is a system to make your life easier. It still doesn't get around the speed of light. It still doesn't get around congestion. We're fixing that in different ways."
- Brent Angus, General Manager, Networking | Dimension Data
Paul Brodsky
Paul Brodsky is a Senior Research Manager at TeleGeography. He is part of the network, internet, cloud, and voice research team. His regional expertise includes Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Rob Schult
Robert Schult is a Research Director at TeleGeography and manages the company’s wholesale pricing and enterprise network research groups. His areas of expertise include telecom service pricing, corporate WAN technologies, and Cloud service integration.