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Explore the global business of connectivity with TeleGeography’s Greg Bryan.
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Monday Mar 08, 2021
Monday Mar 08, 2021
It's a case study episode!
Greg is joined by Johan Ihse, product owner of global connectivity at H&M. As with previous WAN manager interviews, we'll focus on the story behind the network. This includes learning about H&M's network set-up, the transformations they've undertaken, and some goals for where Johan would like to see their network go.
The duo dips into WAN security, the benefits of having a telecom background in the WAN management space, and the makeup of a network that supports retail locations around the globe.
From This Episode
Four New SD-WAN Findings for 2021
WAN Managers Weigh Greatest Challenges of Remote Working
Five Years of SD-WAN Migration Stories, Five Takeaways
About the WAN Geography Benchmark
This episode is brought to you by the WAN Forum. Want a preview of this new content hub for WAN managers? Email us at info@wanforum.com for a first look.
Monday Mar 01, 2021
Monday Mar 01, 2021
When our new WAN Geography Benchmark got a bit of buzz earlier this year, we thought it'd be cool to invite Principal Analyst Patrick Christian back to the pod to explain how this tool was developed.
It's one of those origin stories where a major customer needed to use several of our databases to run a bespoke analysis of their network. The project sparked a bright idea for how to help other enterprises with their data center decision-making.
In this episode, Greg also asks about the data behind the WAN Geography Benchmark. And Patrick delves into the latest cloud trends from his recent presentation 2021 Trends in Cloud Infrastructure and Global Networks.
From This Episode
Data Center Matchmaking: Finding Your Dream Combo of Connectivity and Cost
How Data Centers Adapted to Disruption in 2020
2021 Global Internet Map Tracks Global Capacity, Traffic, and Cloud Infrastructure
TeleGeography's Cloud Infrastructure Map
About the WAN Geography Benchmark
About Cloud and WAN Infrastructure
About the Data Center Research Service
Join Us on March 4 for a Live Discussion on Internet Middle Mile
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Greg sits down with Daniel Remarc Bognár—the Head of Network Architecture at Norsk Hydro. In this episode, you'll go behind the scenes of a network and walk through the main considerations and major challenges that went into designing it.
We'll also ask the all-important question: if you could go back and change anything about your network design, what would it be?
From This Episode
Four New SD-WAN Findings for 2021
Search SD-WAN Vendor Profiles in Our Free Downloadable Guide
Five Years of SD-WAN Migration Stories, Five Takeaways
About the WAN Geography Benchmark
Join Our Live Conversation on Middle Mile on Thursday, March 4, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
A new class of network provider has emerged, optimizing connectivity between the office and the cloud. What do they offer? How do they do it? And what’s happening between the core backbone and local access?
TeleGeography Principal Analyst Erik Kreifeldt is in the house and Greg is asking the big questions about internet middle mile.
Erik has spent much of the last year developing new research tools dedicated to the mysterious "middle mile" and he comes bearing insight on provider types, the role of cloud connectivity, adoption use cases, and even the origins of the "middle mile" term of art.
From This Episode
Join Our Live Conversation on Middle Mile on Thursday, March 4, 2021
WAN Service and Pricing Trends for 2020
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
What do you think of when you think of integrating security into the WAN? WAN Dynamics' Jason Gintert sees a changing connectivity landscape that presents no shortage of challenges to security teams.
If you've got WAN security on your mind—or if you want to hear Greg and Jason exchange pre-quarantine concert stories—listen in on this week's episode.
From This Episode
WAN Manager Podcast 101: A Zero Trust State of Mind
WAN Managers Consider Zero Trust Security
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
What is open source SD-WAN and how is it different from other "open" platforms we've already seen? This was the right question for flexiWAN CEO Amir Zmora, who wanted to get into the SD-WAN space, but only if he could do something totally different.
Greg sat down with Amir to take a closer look at his open-source model.
From This Episode
More SD-WAN Adoption, More Data on a Changing Marketplace
SD-WAN Management Costs, Wargamed
The Dollars and Cents of SD-WAN
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
We're back with a bonus holiday episode of the WAN Manager Podcast!
In this special pod, Greg invites TeleGeography Analyst Elizabeth Thorne to look back at the WAN in 2020. (And what a year it was.) She comes armed with a preview of data the team collected throughout 2020 for our annual WAN Manager Survey. And the dynamic duo gets to talking about the biggest COVID-19 challenges reported by WAN managers and how 2020 will impact the WAN moving forward.
From This Episode
WAN Managers Reflect on COVID-19 Challenges, Strategies for Moving to Remote Work
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
In this week's pod, Greg sits down with Principal Analyst Patrick Christian to talk about TeleGeography's latest cloud and WAN infrastructure research. Patrick brings intel on the physical geography and product infrastructure of cloud and multinational corporate network providers.
From This Episode
WAN Service and Pricing Trends for 2020
TeleGeography's Cloud Infrastructure Map
TeleGeography's Interactive Submarine Cable Map
About Cloud and WAN Infrastructure
Take the WAN Manager Survey (And then take this related, even shorter COVID-19 impact survey)
Register for our webinar on SD-WAN and expense management with the team at Calero MDSL
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Greg is joined by Fiserve's Michael Wynston for a COVID-19 update on the impact of remote work on WAN managers.
From This Episode
COVID-19 and the Impact of Remote Work on WAN Managers
Take the WAN Manager Survey (And then take this related, even shorter COVID-19 impact survey)
Register for our webinar on SD-WAN and expense management with the team at Calero MDSL
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Greg asks an analyst about all things benchmarking. TeleGeography Senior Analyst and Data Science Manager Mike Bisaha steps in to explain best practices in measuring your wide area network against your goals.
So who benchmarks? How does this make life easier for a WAN manager? What has benchmarking taught us about networks? And how have the goals of WAN managers shifted over the last five to ten years?
From This Episode
- On TEMs: You Can't Benchmark Your Network if You Don't Understand What You're Buying
- Schrodinger's MPLS and Why Predicting the Future is Hard
- Five Years of SD-WAN Migration Stories, Five Takeaways
- WAN Pricing Mythbusters
- Wargaming Your WAN
- Get the WAN Manager Newsletter
- About the WAN Cost Benchmark
- About the WAN Manager Survey
- Take the WAN Manager Survey (And then take this related, even shorter COVID-19 impact survey)
- About Our Sponsor: All About Benchmarking