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 ...

Solution providers touting SD-WAN as simply a cheaper alternative to costly MPLS connections will be missing the boat, according to the sectors leading vendors. There's no arguing that one of SD-WAN's ...

The legacy networking protocol is still viable and there is no need to replace it in certain use cases, argues one cloud provider. The SD-WAN networking market is booming and is expected to grow to ...

Although multipath label switching (MPLS) has served the enterprise well for years, it can no longer adequately meet the demands of global enterprises. Now, over 50 percent of global WAN traffic now ...

Most of the discussion to date on the benefit of SD-WANs has focused on how an SD-WAN enables a network organization to reduce or eliminate its spend on expensive MPLS circuits.That is clearly an ...

Ninety-two percent of respondents to a survey conducted by Silver Peak and IDG still use MPLS for half to all of their branch office communication. But 81 percent of respondents anticipate that 75-100 ...

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 ...

As an SD-WAN product manager, I have the privilege of meeting with many customers from different types and sizes of businesses all over the country. Their levels of IT support and understanding of ...

A sea change in networking that happens every ten to 11 years saw the arrival of multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) in 2000, and another inflection point in the industry is set to break existing ...

Reducing MPLS costs will remain an important reason to deploy SD-WANs, but the networking industry now views SD-WAN as vital to government digital transformation. Steve Zurier is a freelance ...