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A full 100 percent say they will deploy the technology
at some point.
That’s largely because service providers believe SDN
will fundamentally change telecom network architecture and
deliver benefits in service agility, time to revenue, opera-
tional efficiency and capex savings, said Michael Howard,
senior research director, carrier networks, IHS Markit.
“And these operators want SDN in most parts of their net-
works,” he continued. Survey respondents’ top three SDN-target-
ed network domains for deployment by the end of 2017 are within
data centers, between data centers and access for businesses.
Not that carrier network executives are throwing caution
to the wind. The industry is still in the early stages of a long-
term transition to SDN and network functions virtualization
(NFV) architected networks, said Howard. Carriers are
“biting off small chunks of their networks,” or “contained do-
mains,” in which they will explore, trial, test and make initial
deployments of SDN, said Howard.
It will be many years before bigger parts of networks or
entire networks are controlled by SDN, but Howard pointed
to a few operators that are leading the way including AT&T,
Level 3, Colt, Orange Business Systems, SK Telecom and
Telefónica, among others.
Transbeam Announces
SD-WAN Solution
Managed service provider Trans-
beam has launched a VeloCloud Pow-
ered SD-WAN solution designed to
simplify how medium to large, single or
multi-location enterprises manage and
implement their WANs.
Transbeam’s partnership with Velo-
Cloud enables it to deliver a differenti-
ated set of features including optimized
application performance, virtual service
integration and zero touch deployment
that is cost effective for businesses of
any size. Transbeam’s SD-WAN provides
instant service insertion coupled with
flexible business policies enabling rapid
customized enterprise solutions for enter-
prises with networks ranging from a few
to thousands of locations. Transbeam le-
verages its own nationwide core network,
providing customized network designs to
ensure the most reliable performance and
manageability possible, in a boutique,
client-focused environment that maintains
all the attributes of larger carriers.
Additionally, Transbeam SD-WAN
comes with Transbeam Intelligent Net-
work Monitoring (INM) and Partner Portal
access, enabling transparency into the
network infrastructure and automation
of various network operation services.
The solution includes link aggregation,
dynamic multi-path optimization, appli-
cation steering, failover and integrated
firewall and security.
InfoVista Updates
App-Aware SD-WAN
InfoVista has updated its application-
aware SD-WAN solution, with the re-
lease of Ipanema 9.1.
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