Myths vs. facts: the article by our partner Jens Thaele in Funkschau takes on the complex topic of SD-WAN, examining the still relatively new network technology against six main requirements in the corporate environment

  • Cost-optimised network architecture
  • Network performance / support for real-time applications
  • Maximum possible security
  • Maximum possible availability / reliability
  • Operations / service management
  • Flexibility / integration of cloud services

in closer detail.

There is no clear winner. But a number of blanket promises made by the sometimes highly praised SDN technology turn out to be pure marketing noise.

You can read the full text here: SD-WAN: saviour or seducer with side effects?