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The Over/Under on SD-WAN

Megaport

The concepts and design principles of creating a wide area network (WAN) to provide resilient and optimal transit between endpoints have continuously evolved over the years. But the driver behind building a better WAN has remained the same: to support applications that demand performance and resiliency.

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The Over/Under on SD-WAN

Megaport

The concepts and design principles of creating a wide area network (WAN) to provide resilient and optimal transit between endpoints have continuously evolved over the years. But the driver behind building a better WAN has remained the same: to support applications that demand performance and resiliency.

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Boosting The Network Application Performance Across The Enterprise

taos

Technical Consultant If applications like SAP, Oracle, People Soft, and Voice/ Video over IP and or email are running over the WAN (wide area network) then optimization of the bandwidth is a must. Increasing the WAN bandwidth may work for a little while, but eventually, the problem of slow application response will occur again.

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What is Gateway in Computer Network – Types, Examples, Functions

The Crazy Programmer

Gateways are capable of being used for LAN and WAN network connections. VoIP Trunk Gateway. The VoIP Trunk gateway is still used. And they can efficiently perform tasks like sending emails, using web pages, and performing many other activities on the internet. Email Security Gateway.

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Busting 4 common SD-WAN misconceptions

CIO

Legacy network shortcomings led to the rapid growth of software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). This next-generation technology enables a more agile network and provides high-performance access to cloud applications for users on-premises and off-premises. This reduces latency. They are not equally effective solutions.

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How One MSP Improved Customer Satisfaction and Reduced Support Tickets

Kaseya

Unfortunately, many small and mid-size businesses still experience daily frustrations — from dropped VoIP calls to choppy video conferences and unresponsive applications — that are caused by poor internet connectivity. That means you need something like an SD-WAN solution to manage it. Did you try other SD-WAN solutions?

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Talking Cloud and a Dose of Magic at Fortinet Accelerate 2019

Firemon

One prominent example of this was Fortinet’s announcement of an industry first SD-WAN ASIC to accelerate and secure the WAN Edge. Fortinet is claiming a 10X performance increase with the FortiGate 100F SD-WAN ASIC Appliance.

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