Confused by the alphabet soup of SD-WAN? Wondering whether it's about connecting multiple sites or just improving your local internet performance? Join your Data Center Therapy guides, Matt "Connectivity Curmudgeon" Yette and Matt "Bandwidth Barista" Cozzolino, along with special guest Jeremy "The Network Navigator" Goosen, as they untangle the complexities and demystify SD-WAN in this insightful episode.

What’s Inside:

• SD-WAN Defined: We clarify the confusion around SD-WAN by breaking down the two primary uses—site-to-site LAN connectivity (think Meraki or Palo Alto), and local internet optimization solutions (Bigleaf, Cato Networks).
• Internet Optimization Unpacked: Dive into how solutions like Bigleaf and Cato seamlessly handle multiple internet links, ensuring your traffic uses the most efficient route while maintaining the same public IP—even during failovers.
• Real-World Stories: Jeremy shares compelling experiences from the trenches, highlighting creative uses of SD-WAN technologies to solve complex connectivity challenges, including cellular and Starlink integrations for reliable remote access.
• Simplifying Complexity: Learn why companies might prefer plug-and-play SD-WAN solutions over traditional manual setups involving BGP and owned IP addresses, significantly easing deployment and management.

Reminders:

• The VCF Operations Workshop is April 10th; register for it here.
• The VCF Operations Class is May 20-23; register for it here.

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