SDWAN

Extreme Enhances its “ExtremeCloud” SD-WAN Platform

Integrated Network Fabric Helps Drive Single-Pane of Glass Management and Security to the Edge Today, Extreme announced that it had integrated the company’s network fabric capabilities into its ExtremeCloud SD-WAN platform. Extreme continues integrating and innovating on its Ipanema acquisition and internal efforts to grow its addressable market in the… Read More »Extreme Enhances its “ExtremeCloud” SD-WAN Platform

Fortinet Accelerate 2022 Recap

Fortinet had its Accelerate 2022 conference today. Its executive team presented its current strategy and expectations for the future and highlighted what it thinks are its key differentiators in the marketplace. The company explained: (a) the importance of its ASIC and its software code-base called FortiOS, (b) its services bundling… Read More »Fortinet Accelerate 2022 Recap

SD-WAN Revenue to More Than Double by 2026, Exceeding $6B; According to 650 Group

SD-WAN Architectures Becoming Critical to Enterprise Multi-Cloud Deployments, Quarterly revenues for overall market now approaching $1B Incline Village, NV.  Feb. 14, 2022 —  According to a newly released report issued by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets, the SD-WAN market will grow… Read More »SD-WAN Revenue to More Than Double by 2026, Exceeding $6B; According to 650 Group

HPE Aruba’s Purchase of Silver Peak Strengthens Edge and Branch Portfolio

Alan Weckel:  This week, HPE Aruba announced its planned acquisition of Silver Peak for $925 million with an expected close date during HPE’s fiscal 2020, so we expect the deal to close in calendar 4Q20. SD-WAN is becoming a battleground for vendors as an increasing portion of enterprises want single-pane… Read More »HPE Aruba’s Purchase of Silver Peak Strengthens Edge and Branch Portfolio

Extreme Acquiring The Last Pure-Play Enterprise WLAN Company, Aerohive

Extreme Networks announced plans to acquire Aerohive, which has most of its revenues in Enterprise WLAN.  The deal was a surprise, as evidenced by the 40% price premium paid on on HIVE.  After this deal closes, Extreme’s WLAN business will be the combination of three WLAN businesses – the traditional… Read More »Extreme Acquiring The Last Pure-Play Enterprise WLAN Company, Aerohive

HPE Aruba Atmosphere Keynote Summary

There were 3,100 attendees at the Atmosphere show in Las Vegas, most of which appeared in attendance at the keynote.  Artificial Intelligence and Cloud were the main topics.  Specifically new for the show:  cloud-managed SD-WAN, NetInsight, ArubaEdge Partner program, Cape Networks acquisition.  Cloud-managed SD-WAN – June/July ’18 availability (dynamic path… Read More »HPE Aruba Atmosphere Keynote Summary

​Comcast ActiveCore – Massive step forward for SD-WAN and Potential Router Market Trouble

Yesterday, Comcast announced its ActiveCore SDN platform.  We are attending Comcast’s analyst day and learned quite a bit on day one, but wanted to focus this blog on Routing. To date, there has been an argument of SD-WAN and it ability to replace expensive telco MPLS solutions.  If a customer… Read More »​Comcast ActiveCore – Massive step forward for SD-WAN and Potential Router Market Trouble

Riverbed acquires xirrus

 SD-WAN vendor Riverbed announced plans to acquire Wireless LAN vendor Xirrus today. Riverbed emphasizes its product line and portfolio strategy in the Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) market.  Xirrus has emphasized its product portfolio as being a cloud-enabled Wireless LAN (WLAN) market vendor.  Two main themes come to mind… Read More »Riverbed acquires xirrus