Jim participated in a recent Network World online chat on the topic of application performance management and WAN acceleration. The way these chats work is that for an hour Network World readers type ...

When introduced, software-defined WAN, or SD-WAN, promised to raise the standard of the then-current MPLS by delivering a high-quality network that eliminated infrastructure redundancies, and ...

Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking (SD-WANs) is arguably the hottest topic in the software-centric enterprise networking transformation, but recent research shows the industry is still struggling ...

Enterprises need a single networking model that can support SD-WAN and virtual networking in order to get the most out of their cloud resources. I’ve predicted that virtual networks will be hot in ...

Industry association MEF has completed what it claims to be the first global standard defining a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN), along with its service attributes. Specifically, the ...

Cisco on Tuesday rolled out updates to its software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) portfolio, including the launch of new edge platforms that the company said represent the first enterprise ...

Cisco launched its Cloud Native SD-WAN (CN-WAN) project in a move to more tightly integrate an organization’s network operations and DevOps team to bolster the deployment of Kubernetes-managed ...

The traditional network model of a central, physical data center hub with spokes running out to fixed locations has gone the way of the mainframe and electric typewriter – once mainstays of business.

An approach to designing and operating large-scale networks that is based on programming the forwarding decisions in routers and switches via software from a central server. Software-defined ...