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Explore the global business of connectivity with TeleGeography’s Greg Bryan.
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Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
One of the earliest and most persistent use cases for SD-WAN has been the ability to utilize alternative connectivity options like internet and fixed wireless. And our WAN Manager Survey data has shown us that, since 2018, MPLS has been losing ground to other wireline alternatives like DIA and broadband.
Over that same period, wireless grew as a percentage of sites in our study—but it still represents fewer than one in ten sites, on average.
That said, we might expect to see that increase significantly over the next few years, particularly as fixed wireless 5G plans emerge.
Founder and CEO of Blue Wireless Ivan Landen joins Greg to discuss how that transition might look.
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Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Network automation pops up often on the WAN Manager Podcast.
But—you know what's under-discussed? The HR aspect of upskilling IT workers and/or acquiring the right talent to make this transformation and manage it going forward.
To get into it, Greg welcomes Michael Martin, Senior Expert of Networking and Network Security at McKinsey & Co.
The pair covers the basics of network automation, getting engineers/network architects up to speed in this area, and attracting the right new talent for these network transformations.
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Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
We're going to talk about the cloud. More specifically, cloud outages and how to avoid them and mitigate their impacts.
There's no way we can dig into this topic without touching on multicloud strategies.
Even back in 2019—when we surveyed WAN managers about their organization’s cloud infrastructure—we found that three in four enterprises had already gone multicloud, with at least two IaaS providers. We also found that the majority of enterprises were in hybrid cloud situations, with some mix of public, private, and on-premises data centers.
And to help us get deeper into all things cloud, we're thrilled to have CEO of Go Cloud Careers Mike Gibbs on deck.
From This Episode
- About Go Cloud Careers
- What Problem is the Middle Mile Trying to Solve?
- Corporate Data Center Geography, Explained
- Trends in Cloud Infrastructure and Global Networks
- SFW: Safe for WANs
- About TeleGeography's Cloud and WAN Infrastructure Research
- About the WAN Manager Survey
- Discover the WAN Cost Benchmark
- Join the WAN Forum
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
If you caught last week's special episode of the WAN Manager Podcast, you must be waiting on the edge of your seat for the second installment.
To recap, Greg Bryan and Elizabeth Thorne are keeping up their tradition of decking the halls with an end-of-year WAN review. And since 2021 was such a big year, we couldn't fit everything into just one episode.
To make up for the cliffhanger, we've packed part two with enough data and lively conversation to knock your stockings off their mantel. We're talking 5G deployment trends, the rising popularity of multi-cloud, new backbone/transport services from your friendly neighborhood CSP, and more.
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Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
In this WAN Manager Podcast holiday special, we're shaking the snow globe that is the 2021 WANscape. Greg welcomes back TeleGeography Analyst Elizabeth Thorne to present another year in review.
To keep the conversation on track, Elizabeth made a list (and checked it twice), but we couldn't fit everything into one episode.
Part 1 covers SASE adoption, SD-WAN maturation, how remote work is changing the face of corporate networking, the evolving MPLS vs. DIA matchup, and more.
We'll be back next week with Part 2, covering 5G deployment trends, the rising popularity of multi-cloud, and the new backbone/transport services that CSPs are starting to provide.
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Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
While a fifteen-year friendship with Greg is not a prerequisite for guests on the pod, it sure makes for good conversation.
To kick off Season 3 of the WAN Manager Podcast, Greg calls on longtime colleague Rob Schult—who also happens to be a Research Director here at TeleGeography—to draw a connection between the wholesale and enterprise retail markets.
What should IT infrastructure and sourcing teams pay attention to in the wholesale market?
You’ll also hear about IP transit and why the vast majority of enterprises are not buying it (even though the internet is increasingly a primary—or at least secondary—method of site connectivity in the enterprise WAN).
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Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
Wednesday Aug 04, 2021
As we dig into technical standards and definitions, MEF has come up several times on this show. It was only a matter of time before we put them in the hot seat.
In our latest conversation, Greg welcomes MEF CTO Pascal Menezes to walk us through the work the MEF is doing on standardizing the enterprise network.
Why is SD-WAN certification a good idea? How is the WAN developing? What is MEF doing in the Zero Trust Security and SASE space? Listen in to find out.
From this Episode:
- Episode 218: The Very Definition of SD-WAN
- Episode 202: SFW (Safe for WANs)
- Episode 101: A Zero Trust State of Mind
- WAN Managers Consider Zero Trust Security, Face Challenges in Implementation
- Search SD-WAN Vendor Profiles in Our Free Downloadable Guide
- More SD-WAN Adoption, More Data on a Changing Marketplace
- WAN Pricing Mythbusters
- Wargaming Your WAN
- Get the WAN Manager Newsletter
- Join the WAN Forum
- About the SD-WAN Research Service
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Listeners know that we've covered middle mile and NaaS on this show. And we've touched on the various companies that are emerging around these issues. Today we're getting extra perspective from one of those companies.
Greg welcomes Dave Ward, CEO of PacketFabric, to talk through the bigger picture of how these services are emerging in the enterprise network market.
From This Episode
- 5G Cloud Core: Slice as a Service Isn’t Just for Pizza
- Nailing Down Network-as-a-Service
- For WAN Forum Members: Megaport vs. PacketFabric: Weighing Network Transport Options
- What is Internet Middle Mile
- Trends in Cloud Infrastructure and Global Networks
- SD-WAN Adoption is on the Rise
- Visit the WAN Forum
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.
From This Episode
- Four New SD-WAN Findings for 2021
- Search SD-WAN Vendor Profiles in Our Free Downloadable Guide
- WAN Manager Podcast 102: The SD-WAN Marketplace of Ideas
- More SD-WAN Adoption, More Data on a Changing Marketplace
- WAN Pricing Mythbusters
- Wargaming Your WAN
- Get the WAN Manager Newsletter
- About the SD-WAN Research Service
- About the WAN Manager Survey
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.
From This Episode
- Trends in Cloud Infrastructure and Global Networks
- Four New SD-WAN Findings for 2021
- PageGroup Case Study
- Norsk Hydro Network Case Study
- H&M Network Case Study
- Search SD-WAN Vendor Profiles in Our Free Downloadable Guide
- Five Years of SD-WAN Migration Stories, Five Takeaways
- About the WAN Geography Benchmark
- About the WAN Cost Benchmark
- Explore the WAN Forum