Five Common Pitfalls of SD-WAN Adoption
Any complex IT implementation comes with its difficulties. The same is true with SD-WAN, but you can be prepared. Before you start, stop to consider if you’re making any of these common mistakes.
What You Need to Know About SD-WAN
Up until recently, networks supporting corporate functions were clearly separated from the internet.
As more and more applications move to the cloud, traffic can take an indirect route, resulting in poor performance. Fortunately, networking technology has evolved to tackle these challenges. Enterprise IT leaders can use the simple best practices shared in this guide to reap the benefits of software-defined networking and make the unpredictable internet look and feel like your own network.
Testing SD-WAN Service Is the Easy Part
Enterprises today have many options for the testing and early deployment of SD-WAN services, including free trial programs offered by vendors or through service providers. Testing SD-WAN with a few sites is the easy part of attaining some initial knowledge about SD-WAN service. Deploying and monitoring SD-WAN service in a large-scale production environment is where many enterprises realize the value a managed SD-WAN service brings.
The SD-WAN Process: Foundation to Deployment
You’ve probably heard it countless times: Many enterprise network managers are planning to adopt SD-WAN. But you might not know what the SD-WAN adoption and implementation process actually looks like.
Evolving Corporate Networks and the Business Case for SD-WAN
SD-WAN analyst predictions around market growth have been smashed as trials have transformed into deployments. As businesses across sectors and geographies continue to digitize, SD-WAN offers enterprises a straight-forward evolution of the WAN.
The Hosted VoIP Buyer’s Guide
Your business needs a new phone system.
But what kind of system is the best fit for the way your company works? It’s an important question because that system impacts so many aspects of your business, like your budget, employee productivity, and customer care. Most companies are in the market for a modern phone system that’s affordable, mobile, scalable, feature-rich, and reliable. That modern phone system you’re looking for? It’s Hosted VoIP.
The SD-WAN Process: Foundation to Deployment
You’ve probably heard it countless times: Many enterprise network managers are planning to adopt SD-WAN. But you might not know what the SD-WAN adoption and implementation process actually looks like.
The Hosted VoIP Buyer’s Guide
Your business needs a new phone system.
But what kind of system is the best fit for the way your company works? It’s an important question because that system impacts so many aspects of your business, like your budget, employee productivity, and customer care. Most companies are in the market for a modern phone system that’s affordable, mobile, scalable, feature-rich, and reliable. That modern phone system you’re looking for? It’s Hosted VoIP.
Testing SD-WAN Service Is the Easy Part
Enterprises today have many options for the testing and early deployment of SD-WAN services, including free trial programs offered by vendors or through service providers. Testing SD-WAN with a few sites is the easy part of attaining some initial knowledge about SD-WAN service. Deploying and monitoring SD-WAN service in a large-scale production environment is where many enterprises realize the value a managed SD-WAN service brings.
What You Need to Know About SD-WAN
Up until recently, networks supporting corporate functions were clearly separated from the internet.
As more and more applications move to the cloud, traffic can take an indirect route, resulting in poor performance. Fortunately, networking technology has evolved to tackle these challenges. Enterprise IT leaders can use the simple best practices shared in this guide to reap the benefits of software-defined networking and make the unpredictable internet look and feel like your own network.
Five Common Pitfalls of SD-WAN Adoption
Any complex IT implementation comes with its difficulties. The same is true with SD-WAN, but you can be prepared. Before you start, stop to consider if you’re making any of these common mistakes.
Translating Big Telco Back into English
Big Telco’s jargon and marketing fluff is out of control. As innovative networking approaches like SD-WAN are becoming more widely adopted, people running today’s larger WANs are looking for clear and actionable information. Unfortunately, that information is coming from Big Telco.
In this guide, we decided to examine some of the more common Big Telco messages on SD-WAN. We found real (yes, real) quotes from Big Telco, and we’ve translated and explained them for those of you that don’t naturally speak this language (which is practically everyone). Enjoy.
Evolving Corporate Networks and the Business Case for SD-WAN
SD-WAN analyst predictions around market growth have been smashed as trials have transformed into deployments. As businesses across sectors and geographies continue to digitize, SD-WAN offers enterprises a straight-forward evolution of the WAN.
Driving Mobile Adoption for a Multichannel Healthcare and Insurance World
As the consumerization of IT accelerates, healthcare and insurance organizations are being challenged to adopt hybrid mobile solutions that let users, patients, providers and partners access – and enter – business critical information from an ever-increasing range of mobile devices. Who is driving mobile adoption, and how can your organization ensure it will be competitive?
This TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM will look at three industries that are leading the mobility parade: Finance and banking, retail and hospitality, and healthcare and insurance. Each TechBytes segment will focus on one of these key industries, and industry experts will address key questions including:
- What market trends are shaping how mobility is being employed?
- Are new user interface models required for an increasingly millennial user base?
- Can BYOD work in highly regulated industries like healthcare?
- How can organizations accelerate their mobile adoption?
- What are the most important considerations for embracing mobility
- Can mobile solutions truly be secure?
About the presenter
Chris Nerney is a technology writer who covers both enterprise and consumer technologies for a number of websites and organizations. Chris has written extensively about cloud computing, unified communications, enterprise collaboration, voice over IP, mobile technology, big data and analytics, healthcare IT and interoperability, healthcare finance, value-based care, data centers, converged systems, and space technology. His writing has appeared in Computerworld, CIO.com, Data-Informed, Revenue Cycle Insights, Network World, ITWorld, and many other technology publications. Chris also is an experienced writer of enterprise technology white papers.
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Driving Mobile Adoption for a Multichannel Banking World
As the consumerization of IT accelerates, banks and other financial institutions are being challenged to adopt hybrid mobile solutions that let users, customers, and partners access – and enter – business critical information from an ever-increasing range of mobile devices. Who is driving this mobile adoption, and how can your organization ensure it will be competitive?
This TechBytes series, presented by Slashdot Media and sponsored by IBM will look at three industries that are leading the mobility parade: Finance and banking, retail and hospitality, and healthcare and insurance. Each TechBytes segment will focus on one of these key industries, and industry experts will address key questions including:
- What market trends are shaping how mobility is being employed?
- Are new user interface models required for an increasingly millennial user base?
- Can BYOD work in highly regulated industries like finance?
- How can organizations accelerate their mobile adoption?
- What are the most important considerations for embracing mobility
- Can mobile solutions truly be secure?
About the presenter
Chris Nerney is a technology writer who covers both enterprise and consumer technologies for a number of websites and organizations. Chris has written extensively about cloud computing, unified communications, enterprise collaboration, voice over IP, mobile technology, big data and analytics, healthcare IT and interoperability, healthcare finance, value-based care, data centers, converged systems, and space technology. His writing has appeared in Computerworld, CIO.com, Data-Informed, Revenue Cycle Insights, Network World, ITWorld, and many other technology publications. Chris also is an experienced writer of enterprise technology white papers.
View IBM's privacy policy here