IWAN
Midsize Auctioneer’s Network is Fast and Fortified as Hundreds of Clients Bid Billions
Forget the best of both worlds. Ritchie Bros Auctioneers have found the best of three worlds with their network. This midsize company enables fast, secure bidding for customers, provides hassle-free mobile access for employees, and detailed network reports with no effort for IT. Ritchie Bros. Auctio…
Networking: Moving From Open to Closed (Part 2 of 2)
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner In the first half of this blog, I explained how MSDCs are like mainframes and super computers. In this half I develop on my thesis that the networks connecting compute and storage resources within the MSDC are becoming pro…
IWAN Wed: Three reasons why you should consider Cisco WAAS
There are a billion reasons (okay, I may be exaggerating but you get my point) why you should choose Cisco WAAS as THE WAN optimization solution for your company. But today, I want to emphasize the following three: #1. Not your ordinary WAN optimization With Cisco WAAS, you’re not just getting WAN…
IWAN Wed: What’s the use for IWAN?
Cisco Intelligent WAN or IWAN is a solution from Cisco to optimize and better utilize your branch WAN connectivity. It addresses several aspects of WAN concerns like cost, security and application experience. There are many challenges that IT is facing today in the enterprise world and I would like…
#CiscoChampion Radio S1|Ep 21 IWAN, You WAN, we all WANt Intelligent WAN
#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’re talking about IWAN deployments with Cisco Communications Architect David Prall. Lauren Friedman (@Lauren) moderates and Sven Kutzer and Rikard Strid are this week’s Cisco Champion guest hosts. Liste…
#IWANWed: Harness the Power of Web Within the Enterprise Branch
In the ever-changing world of enterprise branch environments, a high number of businesses are planning to migrate their WAN to the Internet. To be exact, Nemertes Research (Benchmark 2012–13 Emerging WAN Trends) estimates that number to be close to 50%. That’s 50% of businesses migrating to I…
IWAN Wed: LiveAction 4.0 True Scalability at Any Scale
LiveAction 4.0, shipped in late June 2014, brings increased scalability to enable users the ability to see thousands of devices across their entire network on a single pane of glass. It provides centralized visibility and management enhancements while leveraging the intuitive user interface and robu…
IWAN Wed: Say “Yes” and “Now” with Akamai Connect
Has this happened to you? The line of business comes to you one day and says they have this great new idea to train the sales teams. “Let’s use YouTube videos”, they say. Or the CMO comes to you and says, “digital signage will increase our revenue if we can promote this next new line of prod…
IWAN Wed: What’s more important? Uptime or Cost?
“Location, Location, Location” is what you need to keep in mind for real estate in the physical world. But in today’s enterprise environment where everything is virtual and many critical apps are in the data center or cloud, the most important thing is connectivity. So welcome to the era of connec…