Software-Defined WAN Is a Business Necessity

What to look for in a SD-WAN solution provider.

ANALYST WEBINAR
WITH ZEUS KERRAVALA, ZK RESEARCH
ANALYST
WEBINAR

Over the past five years there have been significant advancements in increasing the level of agility and flexibility in the data center through software defined networking (SDN).

However, the benefits of SDN have yet to improve the WAN, and are also required to support the more agile datacenters. If businesses are going to ever reach the level of agility required to compete in today's digital world, now is the time for the WAN to evolve into a Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN).

Watch the recording as Zeus Kerravala discusses:

  • Challenges with the legacy Wide Area Network
  • Key characteristics of SD-WAN and their impact on business operations
  • What to look for in a SD-WAN solution provider
Zeus Kerravala
Zeus Kerravala
FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL ANALYST, ZK RESEARCH

Zeus Kerravala is the founder and principal analyst with ZK Research. Kerravala provides a mix of tactical advice to help his clients in the current business climate and long term strategic advice. Kerravala provides research and advice to the following constituents: End user IT and network managers, vendors of IT hardware, software and services and the potential investors.

Acclaim for VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud

Hear what leading enterprises are saying about VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud™.


Begin quotation After a thorough vendor evaluation process, Sprint determined that the VeloCloud solution best aligned with Sprint’s focus on network agility, flexibility and cloud services enablement. End quotation

- Mike Fitz , Vice President , Sprint Global Wireline Business Unit

Begin quotation VeloCloud’s solution transforms WAN networking by leveraging the economics of the Internet, the architecture of the cloud and the virtualization of network appliances. This is beneficial for any enterprise and absolutely the right direction for the migration of data centers. End quotation

- Alan Boehme , Chief Architect , The Coca-Cola Company

Begin quotation MetTel consistently strives to provide our customers with more flexible, secure, simplifying and cost saving solutions, and we believe that VeloCloud’s offering is highly compatible with our mission. End quotation

- Marshall Aronow , CEO , MetTel

Begin quotation Within the first week we had the VeloCloud SD-WAN set up. Previously, we engaged in an evaluation of the VeloCloud product, and were very satisfied with how the product worked, the ease at which it could be integrated into an existing network and the visibility and manageability it provided. End quotation

- Louis Schreier , Vice President , Deutsche Telekom

Begin quotation VeloCloud delivered a rich feature set and worked better than the other two solutions we tried. It’s so brilliantly designed that our proof of concept took only 30 minutes from the time we unwrapped the boxes. It didn’t take long to realize what a great solution it is. End quotation

- Aaron Gabrielson , Senior Project Manager , Redmond

Begin quotation VeloCloud enables us to deploy remote site offices rapidly, with automated use of one or more LTE services for the capacity and reliability needed. End quotation

- Shawn Partridge , Vice President of IT , Rockford Construction