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Explore the global business of connectivity with TeleGeography’s Greg Bryan.
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Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
When it comes to the cloud and digital transformation of the enterprise, it's always useful to come back to the fact that physical geography matters to our digital world.
Moving the data center off-premises or shifting data and workloads to the cloud doesn’t dematerialize this fact. You still need wires that connect to servers that sit in a rack at a hyperscaler or neutral data center facility.
More than ever, enterprises need to understand the market landscape and pricing structure at what were once “colocation” facilities. (Which were once only interesting to service providers and ISPs.)
To help us navigate the world of data center operators and pricing, Greg welcomes TeleGeography's resident interconnection expert Jon Hjembo.
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 Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
We've crunched the numbers from our survey of WAN managers in 2021 and our new analysis is ready and waiting.
What'd we find? To start, the extended effects of COVID-related remote work have accelerated WAN trends like migration to the cloud, SD-WAN adoption, and incorporating alternative access technologies into the underlay.
Network managers at large multinational corporations are now faced with accommodating a remote-friendly, bring-your-own-device, work-from-anywhere environment. Many will likely be rethinking their network architecture in the coming years, moving closer to internet-first networks and further away from MPLS.
Greg welcomes TeleGeography Senior Analyst Elizabeth Thorne back to the pod to break it all down.
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 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.
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 Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Network automation pops up often on the pod. 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. Greg welcomes Michael Martin, Senior Expert of Networking and Network Security at McKinsey & Co to get into it.
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.
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 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.
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 Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
If you caught last week's special episode of the pod, 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 compensate 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.
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 Dec 14, 2021
Tuesday Dec 14, 2021
In this 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.
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 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 pod, 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).
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
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.
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 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.
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