Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Your resource for everything SD-WAN

SD-WAN empowers users at the branch by providing high-performance access to cloud-delivered services. But with vendors constantly evolving solutions with new features and integrations, the market can be difficult to navigate. Follow this page to stay current with everything SD-WAN.

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Next Steps After Deploying SD-WAN

As SD-WAN adoption becomes more prevalent, you might be wondering how to get even more from your investment. Here are some ways you can use SD-WAN to further connectivity and security across your organization.

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• Mar 31, 2023

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

WWT Experts: Warren Jackson on SD-WAN

Join us! We're excited for another quick dose of deep expertise with the WWT Expert series. In each episode, our host poses topical questions to a WWT Expert. Learn about the business solutions these experts have created, the technologies they've mastered and the trends they're seeing in the marketplace. All in 30 minutes or less. In this episode, our expert on the experts, Matt Coble, will be joined by a Networking legend, Warren Jackson. Warren will share his expertise about SD-WAN architectures, technologies and industry trends. While many organizations have implemented SD-WAN, others still need to start, and many are evolving how SD-WAN aligns with remote work, SASE and the evolutions of cloud computing. Warren will wrap his remarks by sharing what he sees coming in the future with SD-WAN technologies.

Webinar

Jan 26, 2022 • 10am

Networking

Networking Priorities for 2023

A roadmap for delivering organization-wide connectivity.

WWT Research

• Dec 13, 2022

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Driving Business Outcomes With SD-WAN

Today, wide area networks require a solution that is agile for faster time to market, with centralized management for ease of administration and provides secure deployment options. The solution should easily integrate with emerging technologies, optimize user experience and, at the same time, deliver those requirements at scale.

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• 16:09

May 26, 2022

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

ATC Lab Services Helps Mega-Scale Retailer Test SD-WAN Vendor Solutions

The Advanced Technology Center (ATC) Lab Services Team helped design, build and execute a proof of concept (POC) with a Mega-Scale Retailer that was interested in a global technology refresh of their retail stores and distribution outlets. The ATC Lab Services Team and Retailer evaluated SD-WAN solutions from four vendors against a standard test plan created in conjunction with the Retailer's priority use cases.

Case Study

• Sep 5, 2019

Accelerate your SD-WAN journey

From learning the basics to gaining hands-on experience with different solutions to discovering the right path for your organization, accelerate your SD-WAN journey.

What is SD-WAN? Top Benefits and Picking a Trusted Vendor

SD-WAN is the next generation of WAN edge networking. Learn what it is, how it works, how it's different from traditional branch routing, and how to select a trusted vendor.

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Labs

SD-WAN Technology Briefing

Software-defined WAN offers organizations flexible connectivity, facilitates cloud strategies and improves application performance, all in a secure environment. It also can improve operational efficiencies and help control or reduce WAN costs. Approaches to SD-WAN implementation and supported capabilities vary from one OEM to another. This briefing will explore four of the top SD-WAN vendors and highlight the innovative features that set each of their solutions apart, including a live demonstration of our on-demand SD-WAN lab environments and explanation of how to access them.

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Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) Sandbox (20.9)

This sandbox lab features a preconfigured network topology designed to demonstrate the various capabilities of the Cisco SD-WAN solution and to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the latest features. The included SD-WAN Controllers, Viptela OS vEdges (vEdge Cloud), and IOS-XE WAN cEdges (Catalyst 8000V) are all running on 20.9.1/17.9.1a code.

Sandbox Lab

• 310 launches

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) Foundations Lab

The Cisco SD-WAN Foundations Lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the fundamental features of Cisco's SD-WAN solution. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.

Foundations Lab

6239 launches

SASE

SASE Architecture: Cisco Viptela SD-WAN With Palo Alto Prisma (SSE) Lab

First coined in 2019, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is the convergence of network and security frameworks. SASE aims to reduce the operational complexity that comes with a cloud-first delivery model. Application assurance and service optimization are achieved via global Point-of-Presence (POPs) and peering with carriers providing high-performance backbones. The combination of all these factors gives the user a consistent and secure experience no matter where they are located.

Advanced Configuration Lab

253 launches

MPLS and Segment Routing

Segment Routing: The Future of MPLS

Segment Routing accomplishes the same thing as MPLS, but is less complex, extremely robust and can be scaled without any limitations.

Article

• May 7, 2023

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) Foundations Lab (20.x)

Foundations Lab

1376 launches

What's new

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco Catalyst (Viptela) SD-WAN

This Learning Series is designed to Discover and Experience Cisco Catalyst (Viptela) SD-WAN. Cisco Catalyst (Viptela) SD-WAN is a solution that provides secure and scalable connectivity for enterprises by optimizing and simplifying the management of their wide area networks.

Learning Series

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Partner POV | What do music and SD-WAN have in common?

Let's explore the guitar, an instrument which will symbolize SD-WAN, an important foundation for building a modern enterprise WAN network that supports secure connectivity and high performance for business applications.

Partner Contribution

• Nov 17, 2023

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco Catalyst (Viptela) SD-WAN With SD-Routing

Released in ver 20.12/17.12 of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, SD-Routing is a new capability designed to simplify the way we manage legacy devices or devices that are not actively participating in the SD-WAN fabric. Onboarding devices using SD-Routing allows you to manage, monitor, and troubleshoot non-fabric devices from the Catalyst Manager.

Learning Path

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Partner POV | The Power of a Full Stack Solution: Exploring the Juniper Mist AI-Driven Enterprise

Explore Juniper's Mist AI-Driven Enterprise. From wireless access to location services, wired access, SD-WAN, cloud NAC and security service edge, Juniper's full stack solution delivers a comprehensive, secure and holistic experience.

Partner Contribution

• Nov 5, 2023

SASE

SASE Architecture: Cisco Viptela SD-WAN With Palo Alto Prisma (SSE) Lab

Advanced Configuration Lab

253 launches

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) Sandbox (20.9)

Sandbox Lab

310 launches

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela) Sandbox (20.6)

Sandbox Lab

497 launches

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Partner POV | Cisco Security and SD-WAN Efficacy and Performance Evaluation

Cisco engaged Miercom to conduct a review of their converged security and SD-WAN technologies available through Catalyst and Meraki WAN appliances.

Partner Contribution

• Oct 27, 2023

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) Sandbox (20.6.5)

This sandbox lab features a preconfigured network topology designed to demonstrate the various capabilities of the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solution. The included SD-WAN Controllers and IOS-XE WAN Edges (Catalyst 8000V) are all running on 20.6.5/17.06.05 code.

Sandbox Lab

4 launches

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) Sandbox (20.9.3)

The Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 20.9.3 Sandbox is a capability of the ATC designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the latest features in the Cisco SD-WAN solution. Within this lab version, every Edge participating in the SD-WAN fabric is a Catalyst 8000V. The environment that supports the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN 20.9.3 Sandbox is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.

Sandbox Lab

11 launches

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) Sandbox (20.12.1)

This Sandbox environment features a pre-configured network topology designed to showcase the diverse capabilities of the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN solution. The incorporated set of components within the lab topology include Controllers and IOS-XE WAN Edges (Catalyst 8000V), all running on 20.12.1/17.12.01a code.

Sandbox Lab

29 launches

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela) Foundations Lab (20.9.3)

The Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Foundations Lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the fundamental features of Cisco's SD-WAN solution. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.

Foundations Lab

64 launches

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Cisco SD-WAN with Cisco ThousandEyes Overview

See how this solution provides the visibility and analytics needed to take control of your digital experience across the internet and cloud.

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• 0:53

Sep 26, 2023

SASE

SASE Architecture: Cisco Viptela SD-WAN With Zscaler (SSE) Lab

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), coined by Gartner in 2019, is a solution that blends networking and security into cloud scale architecture that optimizes end user performance and improves security for an organization. With the Zscaler and SD-WAN integration, you can rapidly gain access to cloud-delivered security in minutes. This market leading API automation makes it very fast and agile to deploy and manage the network and security environment of hundreds or even thousands of remote sites.

Advanced Configuration Lab

249 launches

Network Security

Zscaler Internet Access: Secure Branch SSE (SASE Lab Series)

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), coined by Gartner in 2019, is a solution that blends networking and security into cloud-scale architecture that optimizes end user performance and improves security for an organization. Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) is a secure Internet and web gateway cloud-delivered SASE service that sits between the users and the internet. ZIA will inspect every byte of traffic inline across multiple security techniques providing full protection from web and internet threats. The SASE Lab Series will look to explore the capabilities of the solution to provide you with a "rubber meets road" understanding of these technologies and how SASE can be applied in your company.

Foundations Lab

502 launches

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Aruba Secure SD-WAN Test Drive

See your complete WAN from a single pane of glass with an intuitive management interface. Centrally define, assign, and enforce policies to deliver the highest quality of experience to all users across your WAN.

Video

• 9:48

Aug 15, 2023

Network Security

Delivering Flexible Connectivity for Today's Branches

This blog is part of a series where Palo Alto Networks takes a closer look at four key tenets that next-generation SD-WAN and SASE provide to deliver a branch network that is digital-first, secure and powered by the latest AI/ML innovations.

Partner Contribution

• Aug 9, 2023

Networking

Amplifying a Consumer Goods Company's Global Network to Drive Continued Growth

A consumer goods company partnered with WWT to design, test, build and deploy a refreshed core network infrastructure for its locations around the world.

Case Study

• Aug 8, 2023

Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Aruba SD-Branch

Introducing Aruba SD-Branch , IT can now deploy and manage WAN connections with unprecedented efficiency and cost-effectiveness, eliminating the delays of the past. The Branch Gateways support multiple WAN connections, including the Internet, MPLS, and cellular connections. They also feature software-defined, role-based policy enforcement, enabling easy definition of the best paths for data center, cloud, and SaaS-bound traffic. This ensures that critical data reaches its destination via the most efficient routes, enhancing overall network performance and user experience.

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Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN)

Next Generation Network Architecture Workshop

Network requirements continue to expand, with requirements like hybrid workforce, multicloud integration, mobility, automation, digital and security all impacting your network architecture. You require a network architecture that provides both optimal and secure connectivity. Leverage WWT's experience with customers from hyper-scale to hospitals, utilities, retailers and global financial to create a strategy for your next-generation network architecture.

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