Intelligent WAN

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Beyond the Controller: Architecting Decentralized Intelligence in SD-WAN

In my previous exploration of making SD-WAN smarter with MCP, we examined how edge compute optimizes network performance by processing data closer to where it is generated. But when you have a modern enterprise network—especially one with hundreds or even thousands of sites—you’ve probably hit the same wall everyone else has: there’s just too much happening, too fast, for centralized, […]

February 26, 2026 6 min read
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Verizon Becomes the First Service Provider To Offer Cisco IWAN

Verizon Becomes the First Service Provider to Offer Cisco IWAN Today, Verizon announced a new software-defined WAN service, becoming the first global carrier to incorporate Software Defined-WAN as a key component of their managed network service offers. We are excited that Verizon has chosen Cisco Intelligent WAN (IWAN) as the foundation for this new service, […]

September 8, 2015 1 min read
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Cisco Intelligent WAN Delivers on SD-WAN Business Requirements

I was excited to attend the Open Networking User Group Conference last week at Columbia University in New York. The Open Networking User Group is a community of IT business leaders who exchange ideas and best practices for implementing Open Networking and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) designs. One of the ONUG working groups is the SD-WAN […]

May 18, 2015 1 min read
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Video & Software Updates Don’t Need To Overwhelm Your Enterprise Network

Guest post from Lorenz Jakober Video growth is overwhelming the enterprise network We have all been there. At work trying to watch the live company all-hands video, or the latest training, or perhaps even the latest YouTube video. But all we end up with are pixelated videos that take forever to start and constantly re-buffer. […]

December 16, 2014 3 min read
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Looking for cost savings? Start with the branch.

Our 2013 IT Impact Survey highlighted the importance of collaboration between business leaders and IT as trends like BYOD, data center consolidation and Cloud applications put more pressure on the network. Why collaborate? The survey highlighted that 34% of application roll outs over the prior 12 months were delayed because of not enough budget. You […]

December 10, 2014 2 min read