Over the past 14 years SD-WAN has evolved from wrangling WAN links to including security, quality of service, and artificial intelligence.

Since his inauguration, President Biden’s tapped several cybersecurity veterans to fill posts that been eliminated under the Trump administration and earmarked about $10 billion dollars for various cybersecurity initiatives.

Versa saw home deployments of its SD-WAN and SASE platforms increase more than 100 fold since the start of the pandemic, CMO Mike Wood said.

Security perimeters have exploded as more than 100 million Americans set up shop in their home offices to ride out the pandemic.

In 2019 SD-WAN solutions will converge toward a universal archetype.

Achieving standard, commodity uCPEs will be a longer journey than anticipated.

Express lanes to clouds and internet exchange points will drive the next stage of SD-WAN competition.

WiFi, fixed access, and satellites are promising technologies that operators should consider as viable alternatives to fiber or microwave for 5G backhaul.

The combination of edge computing, 5G RAN, and low latency will deliver a faster 5G experience.

A key driver for SD-WAN is that it can be used to intelligently optimize and secure connections to the cloud.

Network virtualization is making microsegmentation possible and allowing networks to isolate security breaches.

OpenStack is becoming the de facto standard for infrastructure orchestration for NFV deployment by leading Communications Service Providers (CSPs).

Next-generation applications will demand a new level of service assurance that can be delivered by third-party SDN technologies, married with monitoring and automation.

VMware says it is looking at East-West encryption inside the data center, adding another layer of security to the SDDC.

The telco NFV cloud has different characteristics from the enterprise cloud – with a higher emphasis on reliability, connectivity, and specific applications.

The data center is driving toward a more software-centric security model and security performance in NFV will be key.

IT experts are increasingly looking at securing the cloud using SDN technologies, which add policy awareness and features such as microsegmentation.

While 5G standards or definitions don’t yet exist, it’s becoming clear that the technology has the chance to become a big driver of the network virtualization and software-defined networking

New networking approaches such as SDN and NFV will require a balance between hardware and software.

EMA research has found the majority of early adopters have management challenges with NV and SDN.

High hopes about for network automation, but what's realistic?

Fortune 500 companies and global governments are often subject to security breaches. For protection, organizations must make changes to security technologies.

These are the toughest operational challenges an IT managers should watch out for in the shift to network virtualization.

They may be your fault.