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 ...

When introduced, software-defined WAN, or SD-WAN, promised to raise the standard of the then-current MPLS by delivering a high-quality network that eliminated infrastructure redundancies, and ...

A person who manages a wide area communications network (WAN). Such individuals are responsible for the configuration, implementation and monitoring of all networking hardware such as modems, DSU/CSUs ...

Software that speeds up transmission in a wide area network. Various techniques are used including compression and the application of quality of service (QoS) parameters to packets. If an application ...

Establishing broadband contracts with service providers and the need to include the cloud in branch office networking have cropped up as issues that have stymied adoption of the nascent technology. SD ...

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 ...