Lanner and 128 Technology Deploy 5,000-Store Retail SD-WAN

In order to maintain high customer responsiveness, increase sales, and reduce wide area network costs and complexities, large-scale retailers are turning to software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) systems. SD- WANs run on virtualized servers that deliver high availability and agile branch office connectivity. Intel® Network Builders partner Lanner Inc. recently worked with SD-WAN expert 128 …

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SD-WAN Security Concerns: 7 Hardware Features You Can’t Ignore

With a growing number of companies beginning the shift towards software-defined networking and adopting SD-WAN solutions, there is an increased focus and discussion around SD-WAN security issues. Is SD-WAN secure? The answer to this question lies in proper implementation and selection of right software and hardware for the job. In this article, we’ll be looking …

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uCPE/vCPE: Death of the magical black box

vCPE, uCPE, CPE

People today are accustomed to getting their internet from a proprietary, provisioned black box at their homes, but now MSP’s are looking to expand the capabilities of these customer-side appliances with the advent of uCPE and vCPE. Managed Service providers continue to leverage virtualization and edge computing capabilities to decrease OPEX, TTS (time-to-Service) and create …

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8 Benefits of SD-WAN for Retail

  SD-WAN has quickly become one of the most popular solutions for a variety of network issues that have plagued modern industries over the past few years and, as it is adopted by more and more industries around the world, everyone from manufacturers to healthcare and financial professionals can enhance their networking operations. The retail …

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What is SD Branch and How is It Helping Drive SDN Adoption in Business?

Over the past few years, significant changes have been seen within both branch architecture and networking in business and technology has been at the forefront. Network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) are currently two hot topics within this area and with them, automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and other cutting-edge technologies …

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The Role of SD-WAN Within Maritime Networking

Our planet is absolutely covered in water. Seas and oceans span enormous distances and the ways in which we as humans use these huge expanses of water is almost limitless. From recreation and transportation to commercial and industrial endeavors, our oceans are home to a vast variety of human ventures. This in itself brings with it …

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Lanner To Showcase Award-Winning SDN/NFV Platforms at MWC 2018 Taiwan Excellence Pavilion

Lanner, the global leading manufacturer in networking hardware, is pleased to showcase its award-winning networking platforms at MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2018, in Barcelona, Spain, from 26 February to 1st March. Lanner will feature NCA-1611 and FW-8896, the two awarded networking hardware solutions which were honored 2018/2017 Taiwan Excellence Award, an annual award announced by …

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3 SD-WAN Deployment Options for Companies Looking to Invest In SDN

As we know software defined networking (SDN) is already becoming a more and more popular investment among multi-branch enterprises with help from drivers such as software-defined wide area networks (SD WAN) being deployed in various ways across nearly every industry. However, this doesn’t mean that everyone is onboard with SDN quite yet. There are various …

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Multi-vendor SDN/NFV Solutions

Accelerate your Deployment with Pre-validated SDN/NFV Solutions With the advanced network virtualization technologies like SDN and NFV, service providers and carriers benefit from the time-to-market flexibility and the service agility while reducing TCOs. However, the roll-out of new SDN/NFV services through VNF involves comprehensive validation and integration, which could impact the lead-time schedule or miss …

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5 Ways SD-WAN is Benefiting the Manufacturing Industry

SD-WAN in manufacturing

Manufacturing is one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors of the global economy. In the US alone, according to the National Association of Manufacturers, manufacturers contribute over $2 trillion a year to the economy. For some perspective, that works out as roughly $1 in every $8. Advances in cloud computing and convergence of IT and OT …

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