Unified communications as a service (UCaaS) and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) are two solutions businesses are rapidly onboarding to take advantage of the cloud and internet-based network management. The UCaaS market is set to reach a compound annual growth rate of 25.3% through 2026,1 and the SD-WAN market will grow at a CAGR of 38.5% through the same year.2 Clearly, the secret is out about how these technologies can improve business performance. But with onboarding … [Read more...]
Why You Still Need WAN Optimization With SD-WAN
WAN optimization has always been a focus of network teams. From maximizing application performance to reducing latency, the need for optimization techniques like protocol acceleration have not changed. Many enterprises are adding software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) as a way to manage many of the challenges that cloud adoption has introduced, but it doesn’t remove the need for WAN optimization. Cloud Adoption Is Changing Network Infrastructure Requirements. The adoption of … [Read more...]