What is SD-WAN? It's a question that can easily garner more than a dozen answers depending on who you ask, but MEF wants to change that. Today, MEF unveiled the first standardized definition for ...

The noise in the Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking (SD-WAN) marketplace has reached pandemonium levels, as a wide range of vendors seek to disrupt the hegemony of Cisco Systems in the networking ...

Industry association MEF today released the draft of its SD-WAN service definition standard, which describes the requirements for an application-aware over-the-top WAN connectivity service. This ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. State governments are looking to minimize overhead costs, enhance ...

Industry association MEF has completed what it claims to be the first global standard defining a software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN), along with its service attributes. Specifically, the ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. Software-defined wide-area networks ...

Over the last two years, SD-WANs have been the hottest topic in networking. In that timeframe, SD-WAN solutions have evolved dramatically with many vendors recently implementing new, highly robust ...

When weighing the choice between DIY and a managed service for SD-WAN, consider current WAN conditions, IT skill levels, geographic scope of the WAN, and how much control you’re willing to relinquish.