Articles
Cutting the Cord on WANs
5 min read
Traditional network design dictated that each branch was connected to headquarters or the datacenter where mission critical applications were hosted with dedicated and redundant connections. These Wide Area Network (WAN) connections were typically MPLS circuits that came with service level agreements that guaranteed quality. Typically, there were two circuits to provide fail-over capabilities – the […]
WAN Management – Not on Your Watch
3 min read
Network Operations Centers can be somber places. I’ve seen quite a few during my last two decades in technology. To monitor and manage a vast network is equal parts nerve racking and mind numbing boredom as you stare at wall-to-wall screens, waiting for an alarm to go off. Over the years, networks have grown to […]
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