Some network vendors have been positioning SD WAN vs. MPLS as the ultimate solution to any network issue. They’re selling SD WAN, or software-defined wide area network, as a revolutionary box that ...

MPLS – or Multiprotocol Label Switching – has been one of the big tech success stories of the past decade. And yet, it’s become rather difficult to find an explanation written in layman’s terms for ...

Businesses that rip up legacy MPLS and replace it with SD-WAN will cut down on infrastructure costs and obtain superior security, an Opaq executive said. Derek Gabbard, senior vice president of ...

Enterprises seeking private WAN services have more choices today than ever, including MPLS, SD-WAN and secure access service edge (SASE). The range of choices and the blurring of which features belong ...

When baseline SD-WAN security is not enough, enterprises are adopting extra measures such as intrusion prevention, anti-virus, unified threat management and more SD-WAN technology is becoming ...

A multiple-site MPLS VPN shouldn't be too hard to get working once you understand the options. A typical MPLS VPN will be acting as though it is one big router in the middle of your network. The ...

Netherlands-based drug manufacturer Centrient Pharmaceuticals is seeing improved network uptime, increased capacity to support its heavy cloud usage, and was able to provision a recent office move in ...

The largest automotive retailer in the U.S. had a problem. The IT network it was operating for its roughly 350 locations across 18 states was outdated and inflexible. “We had routers at every store,” ...

Of course, the main driver behind software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) is the increasing use of cloud-based services by organisations. We are not just talking about public cloud – it also includes using ...