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Explore the global business of connectivity with TeleGeography’s Greg Bryan.
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Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
When TeleGeography started tracking the SD-WAN market in 2017, we found dozens of vendors with a service they were calling "SD-WAN."
But are all of these services created equal? What does it take for your solution to qualify as SD-WAN?
Today we pull back and discuss SD-WAN definitions and certification. Greg aims to better understand the exact definition of SD-WAN and how related certification can benefit both end-users and managed service providers. And for that, we're so glad to welcome a true expert on this topic: Marc Cohn, Principal Technology Strategist at Spirent.
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Are you like the (approximately) half of our survey respondents who have not yet adopted SD-WAN? Or perhaps you're in the midst of deployment and want to know what to look out for. Or maybe you're working out whether or not to keep MPLS?
Today we'll share some perspective on these questions with another case study, this time with Mark Williams, Sr. Manager of Global Networks at BorgWarner.
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Today we're living on the edge!
Whether we're talking security and SASE, NaaS, or cloud computing—or many other topics, honestly—edge networks and edge computing are likely to make it into the conversation.
Greg welcomes two experts from Catchpoint to help us dig in: CEO Medhi Daoudi and VP of Operations Tony Ferrelli. Medhi's recent blog post Monitoring at the Edge of the Third Act of the Internet sets the tone for a great conversation, spanning enterprise apps, network monitoring, and the geography of the internet.
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
It's another case study episode of the pod. Today, we welcome Ian Calderbank, Enterprise Network Architect at PageGroup, to the hot seat.
In his conversation with Greg, Ian details the network transformation process for a multinational staffing agency. An environment packed with knowledge workers and downtown office space sounds like an enviable position to be in as a WAN manager, right? But there's no shortage of lessons learned as the pair gets into pre-SD-WAN solutions, organizing major network transitions, overlay/underlay troubleshooting, and security strategy.
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
In this episode, we dig into sourcing. Our listeners know that we often discuss the migration of large enterprises away from one or two global suppliers for a mostly MPLS network to a novel mix of transport types and suppliers. This is especially true due to changing trends in cloud migration, SD-WAN, and security.
May it be local internet breakouts from a variety of ISPs alongside MPLS or sourcing a backbone between data center nodes, many enterprises have taken on a “telco-like” role in buying connectivity directly.
For more on the state of sourcing, Greg welcomes Steve Rome, Chief Revenue Officer and co-founder of Advantage. The pair wastes no time cutting through the complexity of sourcing the modern WAN.
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Our data shows that a majority of enterprises have more than one IaaS provider. For SaaS, that number can be dozens, hundreds, even more. And most have moved the majority of their data centers off corporate premises to some kind of shared facility.
This means most companies are dealing with multi-cloud connectivity in some shape or form; WAN managers of course have to handle that from a performance and cost perspective.
Today we hear from a data center insider, diving into network-as-a-service models, multi-cloud connectivity, data center interconnectivity, and the intersection of these topics.
We're joined by Christian Koch, Senior Director of Interconnection at DataBank.
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research
Monday May 17, 2021
Monday May 17, 2021
We often say we'll " deep-dive" into an issue at the beginning of our pods. Today, we almost mean that literally, as Greg welcomes TeleGeography Research Director Alan Mauldin to discuss submarine cables.
Whether you're joining us from the vendor or enterprise side, you might want to know why submarine cables—usually considered a wholesale telecom issue—are relevant to the corporate WAN.
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research
Monday May 10, 2021
Monday May 10, 2021
We're going back to the middle. The middle mile, that is.
Like many telecom terms, this is one that you might have to follow up with “what exactly do you mean by that?”
Greg dives into how one approaches the mysterious middle mile with Ciaran Roche, founder & CTO of Coevolve. What are vendors doing? How does Coevolve advise clients on all things middle mile? How is the middle mile space developing? Listen and learn.
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
The average enterprise network had MPLS running at 82% of sites in 2018. That fell to just 58% in 2020. About one-third have active backups—and a quarter have passive backups—for their MPLS service.
Okay, we have to ask: what is the role of MPLS in the WAN moving forward? Industry expert and independent consultant Keith Langridge joins Greg to discuss the many different ways you can try to answer this question.
Is MPLS dead? Dying? Here to stay? Too complicated to say?
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Monday Apr 19, 2021
Greg is joined by Analyst Elizabeth Thorne to dig into TeleGeography's latest WAN Manager Survey data.
From SD-WAN adoption stats to network configuration preferences and MPLS trends, the pair covers a lot of ground. If you want to learn more about the survey, those who take it, how we run it, and what the top-level findings are from our latest batch of data, punch that play button.
The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.
- Podcast HQ: https://www2.telegeography.com/telegeography-explains-the-internet-podcast
- TeleGeography Blog: https://blog.telegeography.com/
- Our Research: https://www2.telegeography.com/en/our-research