SD-Branch

May 6, 2019

NETWORKING

Optimizing Multi-Cloud Connectivity with Cisco SD-WAN Cloud onRamp for CoLocation

Enterprises are busy implementing SD-WAN to provide cost-effective, secure, and application-aware connectivity to multiple cloud platforms for branches and remote offices. The results are clear: a distributed workforce obtains superior Quality of Experience (QoE) for multi-cloud and SaaS application…

February 20, 2019

NETWORKING

New Perspectives on Software-Defined WAN

The integration of Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) with cloud management functionality into the Cisco family of routers in 2018 excited many of our customers. Instantly over a million installed Cisco ISR and ASR routers could be upgraded to become SD-WAN capable, improving application…

September 25, 2018

NETWORKING

What to consider for your Software-Defined Branch?

As we have discussed in our Software-Defined Branch (SD-Branch) blog series, Part 1 examined SD-Branch hardware and software, while Part 2 explored orchestration and management options. To sum it up-the Cisco SD-Branch solution provides a simplified, software-based approach to branch office network…

August 23, 2018

NETWORKING

Cisco Tools for SD-Branch Orchestration and Management

As we have discussed in this series, enterprise and service providers are consolidating network services from dedicated hardware appliances into virtualized on-demand applications running on branch office software with centralized orchestration and management. Eliminating the hardware need for each…

July 16, 2018

NETWORKING

Why Cisco SD-Branch is better than a ‘white box’

A typical branch office IT installation consists of multiple point products, each having a specific function, engineered into a rigid topology. Changing something in that chain, be it adding a new function or connection, increasing bandwidth, or introducing encryption, affects multiple separate prod…