Displaying items by tag: SDWAN

GUEST OPINION* by Andrew Huntley regional director ANZ and Pacific Islands Barracuda: In the face of growing concerns over the spread of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), increasing numbers of Australian schools are closing and companies are encouraging employees to work from home.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION: As Australian businesses adapt to the changing dynamics of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the unprecedented shift toward remote working is creating a mass exodus of employees out of branch offices into their homes. Employees are quickly having to adapt to communicating and collaborating in new ways to maintain business productivity.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION* by Adam Fuoss, vice president technical sales Silver Peak: As Australian businesses adapt to the changing dynamics of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the unprecedented shift toward remote working is creating a mass exodus of employees out of branch offices into their homes. Employees are quickly having to adapt to communicating and collaborating in new ways to maintain business productivity.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION by Adam Fuoss*, vice president technical sales Silver Peak: Implementing SD-WAN is hard. Among the promise and hype of automation, dynamic path selection, zero-touch provisioning and a cloud-ready WAN, lies a trail of failed SD-WAN projects. Others are struggling on life support.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION* by Adam Fuoss, vice president technical sales Silver Peak: Implementing SD-WAN is hard. Among the promise and hype of automation, dynamic path selection, zero-touch provisioning and a cloud-ready WAN, lies a trail of failed SD-WAN projects. Others are struggling on life support.

Macquarie Telecom has signed an agreement with Microsoft to deliver VMware SD-WAN by VeloCloud services through the Microsoft Azure marketplace.

Juniper Networks has partnered with French managed services provider PYXYA to provide its Contrail SD-WAN solution to meet what it says is growing enterprise demand for secure branch connectivity.

Multinational software provider Citrix Systems is collaborating with global cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks in a deal aimed at expanding its network protection.

Organisations need strategic partnerships for success, and "one of the most critical" is with NBN Co, said Telstra Purple ICT and security executive Paul Nicholls at the Telstra Vantage technology showcase in Melbourne today.

ASX-listed telecommunications, cloud and IT solutions provider Over the Wire has lifted total revenue by 49% to $79.6 million for the 2019 full year.

Network solutions provider Aruba has deployed its SD-WAN solution across 15 branch offices of Victorian local government body, the City of Whittlesea.

Indian telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel and global technology provider Cisco have signed an agreement to offer advanced networking and connectivity solutions for businesses of all sizes in India.

By migrating its SD-WAN services to IBM Cloud, Fusion Broadband was able to cope with 400% growth in four months.

Vocus Communications has launched a secure SD-WAN solution that it claims will give businesses more control over their network environment.

Telecommunications and data centre provider Macquarie Telecom has signed a deal with aged care provider Royal Australian Air Force Association (WA division ) to provide SD-WAN technology and help the organisation prepare for the digital aged care future and enable more residents to be cared for at home.

Telstra and Ruralco have announced a "multi-million dollar partnership which will see Ruralco’s outlets across Australia upgraded to Telstra’s SD-WAN solution".

Data and analytics company GlobalData has issued a warning to Australian telcos that "software-defined networking, intense competition and price erosion" means data and IP market revenue is forecast to "decline at a CAGR of 1.3% from 2017 to 2022".

Macquarie Telecom has signed a deal with Western Australian farming firm Spudshed to provide SD-WAN services to 24 retail and farming sites in WA.

Telecommunications carrier Vertel and Nuage Networks, Nokia's software-defined network venture, are set to launch software-defined WAN services for Vertel's government, enterprise and service provider customers in July this year.

Global ICT solutions and services company NEC has secured a 12-month contract to deliver proof-of-concept of a software-defined wide-area network as a fully managed service for the New South Wales Department of Finance, Services & Innovation.