SD-WAN and secure access service edge vendors often deride MPLS, but if those critiques are accurate, why is MPLS still a force in the WAN market?

Among the features of Akamai's new API Security offering is an edge connector and the Akamai Shadow Hunt service.

"It's about being experts who understand what our business customers face," Alicia Dietsch, SVP of business marketing for AT&T, said.

The SD-WAN market is made up of many different hardware and software elements including vendors, managed service providers and end users.

Gartner's new Hype Cycle categorized 19 zero-trust networking technologies, including secure access service edge, into five maturity stages.

The carrier is looking at different spectrum models to power a “nonstandard-based solution” or multi-dwelling unit strategies.

"Zero trust and platform are intertwined. If you want to have an enterprise zero trust, you need to go to a platform-centric approach,” Anand Oswal argues.

Secure access service edge certification courses are available and some popular cybersecurity certifications have incorporated SASE elements.

The 5G SA core market continues at a near standstill despite significant revenue-generating opportunities the technology can support.

While still a bit of an outlier, graph-oriented databases continue to find a role in the modern data stack -- thanks largely to AI.

This is an area that remains the most immature, but one that Amazon Web Services' Ishwar Parulkar is “most excited about.”

The offering combines Intel Xeon processors and HPE ProLiant DL110 servers with liquid-cooling technology to support harsh telco edge deployments.

The private 5G network space continues to show growth potential; however, economic and industry challenges are dragging on that opportunity.

There’s been a shift from do-it-yourself SD-WAN implementations to leveraging a partner, according to Forrester Research.

When no one responds to job postings or is qualified for secure access service edge and SD-WAN positions, figure out how to grow your own.

AT&T recently expanded its enterprise work with Cisco, which includes increased security for SD-WAN services

The vendor will remain committed to OpenStack until “I turn off the last LTE [virtualized network function] that’s running on it," exec Ian Hood said.

It remains to be seen whether Zscaler's "Switzerland" approach will continue to be successful in the long term, Dell’Oro's Mauricio Sanchez said.

The carrier reported that its 5G network now covered more than 70% of the U.S. population, or more than 240 million people.

“We are now at a phase where we are building custom services for telcos,” Amazon Web Services' Ishwar Parulkar said.

Advice for how to move from a legacy VPN architecture to a more modern zero-trust network access model.

Cato has a 5 Gb/s answer for secure access service edge.

The 5G-as-a-service offering provides a managed onramp for enterprises that want to add advanced 5G technical capabilities to their private network.

Apple's Vision Pro could be an inflection point in the virtual reality, augmented reality and extended reality space.