2021 Showcase
SD-WAN and SASE Report (Updated for 2021)
Take a quick read and get caught up! Our popular Next-Gen SD-WAN and SASE Report has been refreshed for 2021. We provide an update on the market and discuss strategies for enterprises and service providers. Read the latest on the rapidly changing vendor ecosystem. Download includes the original report for convenience (if you didn't catch it the first time).
Sponsor Spotlight Aryaka
The Secret of Cloud-First WANs
As CIOs plan for the post-pandemic era, there’s more focus on Cloud-First architectures that can better manage change, increase business agility and lower costs. Shashi Kiran, Chief Marketing Officer at Aryaka, draws from conversations with customers and partners to share his insights on key SD-WAN and SASE architecture attributes required for next-generation infrastructure deployments.
Sponsor Spotlight Asavie, now part of Akamai
SD-WAN: Branch of One - for the Secure Office Anywhere
In the age of SASE, enterprises are looking for services that will evolve with their networking needs. Employees are transforming the way they operate by re-thinking the concept of work from being at the office to an office anywhere experience. In this video, Mick Higgins, SVP of Product at Asavie, now part of Akamai, talks about the growing demand for remote access solutions and how Asavie helps carriers and MSPs deliver a secure office-anywhere service.
Sponsor Spotlight AT&T
Macro Trends Enabled by SD-WAN
In this video, Rupesh Chokshi, Vice President of AT&T Cybersecurity, discusses four macro IT trends including multicloud adoption, zero-trust network access, automation and what SD-WAN brings forward to enable these trends.
Sponsor Spotlight AT&T Cybersecurity
SD-WAN and SASE for the New Hybrid Work Environments
There's a lot of discussion around the digital acceleration and transformation to new work environments. In this video, Rupesh Chokshi, Vice President of AT&T Cybersecurity, discusses how SASE as a framework helps customers with their transformation to the work-from-anywhere and hybrid work environments.
Sponsor Spotlight Comcast Business
Redefining the Perimeter with SD-WAN and SASE
With the hybrid work environment, the convergence of security and networking has never been more present. In this video, Jeff Lewis, Vice President, Software Defined Networking – Products, Solutions and Operations at Comcast Business, discusses the evolution in the SD-WAN space and how the edge perimeter is being redefined with SASE.
Sponsor Spotlight Enea
SD-WAN Platform Flexibility with uCPE
There is a concern that SD-WAN services cannot be customized enough to meet enterprise needs. In this video, Karl Mörner, VP Product Management at Enea, shares his experiences with partners in the area of SD-WAN and the benefits of uCPE-based solutions that allow carriers and enterprises a wider variety of choices, reducing lock-in.
Sponsor Spotlight Juniper Networks
AI-Driven WANs for Security and Networking
The bigger play associated with the SD-WAN market is the introduction of AI operations into the WAN equation. Jeff Aaron, VP of Enterprise Marketing at Juniper Networks, talks about the transition from the traditional WAN routing world, through the SD-WAN delivery model, to a new way of delivering WAN services called the AI-driven WAN.
Sponsor Spotlight Lumen Technologies
SD-WAN API Design and Development
There’s opportunities for new revenue generation by putting SD-WAN APIs on an API marketplace. Jack Pugaczewski, Distinguished Architect at Lumen Technologies and Distinguished Fellow at MEF, discusses SD-WAN API development opportunities and what Lumen has produced using the MEF 70 specification for SD-WAN services.
Sponsor Spotlight Masergy
SD-WAN and SASE need a Broadband Boost
Broadband adoption is becoming a regulation in the enterprise. In this video, Ajay Pandya, Director of Product Management at Masergy, discusses why a broadband boost is needed for SD-WAN and how Masergy Performance Edge boosts the performance of a SD-WAN connection, making it perform more like a private line or an ethernet circuit.
Sponsor Spotlight NTT
Enabling Hybrid IT with SD-WAN
Customers are looking to solutions like SD-WAN as a critical success factor in their approach to hybrid IT. Kenny Marus, GTM Digital Experience at NTT, takes a look at the current state of SD-WAN adoption and how enabling hybrid IT with SD-WAN is helping businesses.
Sponsor Spotlight Nuage Networks from Nokia
3 Key Trends for SD-WAN
2020 has changed how we work, collaborate, and conduct our daily lives. Networking’s role as an essential utility has never been more underscored and tested. With SD-WAN sitting at the heart of businesses, it’s critical that it can function uninterrupted. In this video, Sunil Khandekar, General Manager/Founder of Nuage Networks from Nokia, shares three key trends for SD-WAN that they are actively participating in.
Sponsor Spotlight Nuage Networks from Nokia
3 Key SD-WAN Trends for Enterprise Networking
SD-WAN is about delivering a real, unified, automation simplification to the enterprises for all their networking needs. In this video, Sunil Khandekar, General Manager/Founder of Nuage Networks from Nokia, shares three SD-WAN trends for enterprise networking that they are actively participating in.
Sponsor Spotlight Opengear
SD-WAN Network Resilience
Corporations are building data centers, distribution centers, and offices closer to their customers and the edge. Todd Rychecky, VP of Sales, Americas, at Opengear, talks about how SD-WAN network resilience allows companies to stay securely connected no matter where their employees and assets are. Rychecky points out that network resilience is important for SD-WAN because it doesn’t always include smart out-of-band or remote access.
Sponsor Spotlight PCCW Global
Security for Applications at the Edge
SASE is an approach to ensure you have a secure-end environment for an application, device, or infrastructure component. However, we need to figure out how to roll out SASE in a manner complementary to our current cloud or network offerings. Marc Halbfinger, CEO of PCCW Global, discusses the importance of security for applications closer to the edge.
Sponsor Spotlight Spectrum Enterprise
Spectrum Enterprise builds a Managed Network Edge service
Spectrum Enterprise, a part of Charter Communications, recently introduced a Managed Network Edge (MNE) service based on the Cisco Meraki cloud-based platform. Bob Schroeder, VP Product Management & Marketing, Spectrum Enterprise, talks about the new MNE base solution, which includes Managed Routing, Security, proactive monitoring, 24/7/365 support, service level agreements (SLAs) and professional installation.
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What the 2021 SD-WAN and SASE report finds
Across these interviews, the pandemic-driven shift to hybrid and work-from-anywhere is collapsing the boundary between networking and security. SD-WAN is maturing into a platform for cloud-first architectures, SASE frameworks, AI-driven operations, and managed edge services delivered by carriers and MSPs.
Cloud-first architecture takes over
Aryaka frames cloud-first WANs as the way CIOs manage change, boost agility, and cut costs post-pandemic. NTT positions SD-WAN as a critical success factor for enabling hybrid IT.
Security and networking converge on SASE
AT&T Cybersecurity casts SASE as the framework for work-from-anywhere transformation, while Comcast Business and PCCW Global describe redefining the edge perimeter to secure applications and devices.
The office becomes anywhere
Asavie, now part of Akamai, sees demand for secure office-anywhere and remote access services that carriers and MSPs can deliver as employee work patterns shift.
AI and APIs move the WAN forward
Juniper Networks describes the shift toward an AI-driven WAN, and Lumen Technologies opens new revenue by publishing SD-WAN APIs built on the MEF 70 specification.
Flexibility, resilience, and broadband
Enea's uCPE reduces lock-in, Opengear stresses out-of-band resilience, and Masergy's Performance Edge boosts broadband to behave more like a private line.
Managed edge services from providers
Spectrum Enterprise launched a Managed Network Edge service on the Cisco Meraki platform, bundling managed routing, security, monitoring, SLAs, and 24/7 support.
Highlights from industry thought leaders
Video interviews
The Secret of Cloud-First WANs
- Aryaka's Shashi Kiran ties post-pandemic cloud-first architectures to better change management, agility, and lower costs.
- He outlines the SD-WAN and SASE attributes needed for next-generation infrastructure, drawn from customer and partner conversations.
Abstract
As CIOs plan for the post-pandemic era, there’s more focus on Cloud-First architectures that can better manage change, increase business agility and lower costs. Shashi Kiran, Chief Marketing Officer at Aryaka, draws from conversations with customers and partners to share his insights on key SD-WAN and SASE architecture attributes required for next-generation infrastructure deployments.
SD-WAN: Branch of One - for the Secure Office Anywhere
- Asavie, now part of Akamai, sees rising demand for remote access as the office becomes an office-anywhere experience.
- Mick Higgins explains how Asavie helps carriers and MSPs deliver a secure office-anywhere service.
Abstract
In the age of SASE, enterprises are looking for services that will evolve with their networking needs. Employees are transforming the way they operate by re-thinking the concept of work from being at the office to an office anywhere experience. In this video, Mick Higgins, SVP of Product at Asavie, now part of Akamai, talks about the growing demand for remote access solutions and how Asavie helps carriers and MSPs deliver a secure office-anywhere service.
Macro Trends Enabled by SD-WAN
- AT&T's Rupesh Chokshi names four macro IT trends: multicloud adoption, zero-trust network access, and automation.
- He explains what SD-WAN brings forward to enable these trends.
Abstract
In this video, Rupesh Chokshi, Vice President of AT&T Cybersecurity, discusses four macro IT trends including multicloud adoption, zero-trust network access, automation and what SD-WAN brings forward to enable these trends.
SD-WAN and SASE for the New Hybrid Work Environments
- AT&T Cybersecurity's Rupesh Chokshi frames SASE as a framework aiding transformation to work-from-anywhere and hybrid work.
Abstract
There's a lot of discussion around the digital acceleration and transformation to new work environments. In this video, Rupesh Chokshi, Vice President of AT&T Cybersecurity, discusses how SASE as a framework helps customers with their transformation to the work-from-anywhere and hybrid work environments.
Redefining the Perimeter with SD-WAN and SASE
- Comcast Business's Jeff Lewis says hybrid work makes the convergence of security and networking more present than ever.
- He describes how SASE redefines the edge perimeter as the SD-WAN space evolves.
Abstract
With the hybrid work environment, the convergence of security and networking has never been more present. In this video, Jeff Lewis, Vice President, Software Defined Networking – Products, Solutions and Operations at Comcast Business, discusses the evolution in the SD-WAN space and how the edge perimeter is being redefined with SASE.
SD-WAN Platform Flexibility with uCPE
- Enea's Karl Mörner addresses the concern that SD-WAN services can't be customized enough for enterprise needs.
- uCPE-based solutions give carriers and enterprises more choice and reduce vendor lock-in.
Abstract
There is a concern that SD-WAN services cannot be customized enough to meet enterprise needs. In this video, Karl Mörner, VP Product Management at Enea, shares his experiences with partners in the area of SD-WAN and the benefits of uCPE-based solutions that allow carriers and enterprises a wider variety of choices, reducing lock-in.
AI-Driven WANs for Security and Networking
- Juniper Networks' Jeff Aaron describes the transition from traditional WAN routing through SD-WAN to the AI-driven WAN.
- Introducing AI operations into the WAN equation is the bigger play in the SD-WAN market.
Abstract
The bigger play associated with the SD-WAN market is the introduction of AI operations into the WAN equation. Jeff Aaron, VP of Enterprise Marketing at Juniper Networks, talks about the transition from the traditional WAN routing world, through the SD-WAN delivery model, to a new way of delivering WAN services called the AI-driven WAN.
SD-WAN API Design and Development
- Lumen Technologies' Jack Pugaczewski sees new revenue in putting SD-WAN APIs on an API marketplace.
- Lumen built its SD-WAN APIs using the MEF 70 specification for SD-WAN services.
Abstract
There’s opportunities for new revenue generation by putting SD-WAN APIs on an API marketplace. Jack Pugaczewski, Distinguished Architect at Lumen Technologies and Distinguished Fellow at MEF, discusses SD-WAN API development opportunities and what Lumen has produced using the MEF 70 specification for SD-WAN services.
SD-WAN and SASE need a Broadband Boost
- Masergy's Ajay Pandya says broadband adoption is becoming a regulation-level expectation in the enterprise.
- Masergy Performance Edge boosts an SD-WAN connection to perform more like a private line or ethernet circuit.
Abstract
Broadband adoption is becoming a regulation in the enterprise. In this video, Ajay Pandya, Director of Product Management at Masergy, discusses why a broadband boost is needed for SD-WAN and how Masergy Performance Edge boosts the performance of a SD-WAN connection, making it perform more like a private line or an ethernet circuit.
Enabling Hybrid IT with SD-WAN
- NTT's Kenny Marus positions SD-WAN as a critical success factor for enterprises' hybrid IT approach.
- He reviews the current state of SD-WAN adoption and how it helps businesses.
Abstract
Customers are looking to solutions like SD-WAN as a critical success factor in their approach to hybrid IT. Kenny Marus, GTM Digital Experience at NTT, takes a look at the current state of SD-WAN adoption and how enabling hybrid IT with SD-WAN is helping businesses.
3 Key Trends for SD-WAN
- Nuage Networks from Nokia's Sunil Khandekar shares three SD-WAN trends the company is actively participating in.
- He underscores networking's role as an essential utility tested by 2020's changes to how we work.
Abstract
2020 has changed how we work, collaborate, and conduct our daily lives. Networking’s role as an essential utility has never been more underscored and tested. With SD-WAN sitting at the heart of businesses, it’s critical that it can function uninterrupted. In this video, Sunil Khandekar, General Manager/Founder of Nuage Networks from Nokia, shares three key trends for SD-WAN that they are actively participating in.
3 Key SD-WAN Trends for Enterprise Networking
- Nuage Networks' Sunil Khandekar frames SD-WAN as delivering unified automation and simplification for enterprise networking.
- He shares three enterprise SD-WAN trends the company is actively pursuing.
Abstract
SD-WAN is about delivering a real, unified, automation simplification to the enterprises for all their networking needs. In this video, Sunil Khandekar, General Manager/Founder of Nuage Networks from Nokia, shares three SD-WAN trends for enterprise networking that they are actively participating in.
SD-WAN Network Resilience
- Opengear's Todd Rychecky notes companies building data centers and offices closer to customers and the edge.
- Network resilience matters because SD-WAN doesn't always include smart out-of-band or remote access.
Abstract
Corporations are building data centers, distribution centers, and offices closer to their customers and the edge. Todd Rychecky, VP of Sales, Americas, at Opengear, talks about how SD-WAN network resilience allows companies to stay securely connected no matter where their employees and assets are. Rychecky points out that network resilience is important for SD-WAN because it doesn’t always include smart out-of-band or remote access.
Security for Applications at the Edge
- PCCW Global's Marc Halbfinger frames SASE as securing environments for applications, devices, or infrastructure.
- SASE should be rolled out to complement current cloud or network offerings.
Abstract
SASE is an approach to ensure you have a secure-end environment for an application, device, or infrastructure component. However, we need to figure out how to roll out SASE in a manner complementary to our current cloud or network offerings. Marc Halbfinger, CEO of PCCW Global, discusses the importance of security for applications closer to the edge.
Spectrum Enterprise builds a Managed Network Edge service
- Spectrum Enterprise launched a Managed Network Edge service built on the Cisco Meraki cloud platform.
- The base solution bundles managed routing, security, proactive monitoring, 24/7 support, SLAs, and professional installation.
Abstract
Spectrum Enterprise, a part of Charter Communications, recently introduced a Managed Network Edge (MNE) service based on the Cisco Meraki cloud-based platform. Bob Schroeder, VP Product Management & Marketing, Spectrum Enterprise, talks about the new MNE base solution, which includes Managed Routing, Security, proactive monitoring, 24/7/365 support, service level agreements (SLAs) and professional installation.
"SD-WAN and SASE continue to see traction in the market. Despite or perhaps because of the uncertainty in the market with the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, enterprises continue to invest in technologies for secure remote connections" - 2021 SD-WAN and SASE Report Update
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