software-defined wan — Blog — Naj Qazi - Entrepreneur | Engineer

Best SD-WAN Solution 2020 | Cisco vs. Silver Peak vs. VMware VeloCloud

Who's the BEST SD-WAN vendor? What's the best way to CHOOSE? 🤔

Finding ANSWERS to these QUESTIONS could take you DAYS or WEEKS researching, trying to put all the pieces together and connect the dots. Even then, you may come up SHORT unless you have had a ton of prior EXPERIENCE with WAN technology 👨‍🏫

In this video, I CONDENSED all that research, SAVING you TIME. Having been in the WAN space for 15 years, I do a DEEP DIVE into the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN and pick the TOP 3 players: Cisco Viptela, Silver Peak & VMware VeloCloud. I provide a high-level ANALYSIS of each - completely unbiased. Finally, wrapping it all up with PRO TIPS that can not only help you PICK the BEST SD-WAN vendor for your BUSINESS, but also TAKE your GAME to the NEXT LEVEL 🚀

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Introduction to Software-Defined WAN

Everyone keeps telling you that you need to switch your traditional WAN over to SD-WAN, and you wonder WHY? 🤔

In this video, I cover EVERYTHING you need to know about SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) at a high-level. I ASSUME nothing. I walk you through the BASICS of SD-WAN, and HOW it operates under the HOOD. By the time you are done watching this video, you will be CONFIDENT in your ability to understand & articulate SD-WAN concepts 🤓

If you want to learn more about SDN or Software-Defined Networking to better understand the Control Plane vs. Data Plane Separation and other SDN centric topics, check out this video: https://youtu.be/VtzfsRisLb8

Having been a Network Engineer for over 18 years and an IT Instructor for over a decade, I take a lot of pride in SIMPLIFYING highly technical concepts because I strongly believe learning should be EASY and FUN 👊