The revenue growth outlook for SD-WAN services this year overall is good, though not as great as it was in 2019 and not as good as it will be for the next several years, according to an SD-WAN revenue forecast…
SD-WAN
Windstream Kinetic Business Scopes Out SD-WAN Opportunity for Smaller SMBs
Windstream’s Kinetic Business SD-WAN aims to bring benefits of the new architecture to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Kinetic Business SD-WAN is built on VeloCloud from VMware’s technology. SD-WANs are more flexible and less costly than previous technology. In many…
Report: AT&T, Verizon, Hughes Have Highest Carrier SD-WAN Market Share
Vertical Systems Group’s SD-WAN Leaderboard remained mostly stable through the end of last year. AT&T, Hughes, Verizon, CenturyLink, Windstream, Aryaka and Comcast each have at least a 2% SD-WAN market share, counting installed and billable carrier-managed customer sites in the…
Comcast, Charter/Spectrum Receive MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certification
Comcast and Charter/Spectrum are two of four service providers that have received MEF 3.0 SD-WAN certification from global standards body MEF. The MEF 3.0 SD-WAN standard, also known as MEF 70, defines key attributes of SD-WAN services. Service providers’ compliance…
CenturyLink Launches Automated Threat Detection and Response Feature
MONROE, La., Feb. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — As new technologies emerge and data continues to grow, CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) is taking a bold approach to protecting network traffic and blocking security threats with the launch of CenturyLink Rapid Threat Defense. To learn…
Consolidated Communications Adds Gateways and Security Enhancements to SD-WAN Offering
MATTOON, Ill. – Jan. 21, 2020 – Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ: CNSL) a leading broadband and business communications provider, today announced its enhancement of SD-WAN, a software based technology solution that optimizes network performance using the Company’s private network and gateways. Consolidated added several…
U.S. Dept. of the Interior Awards CenturyLink $1.6 Billion EIS Network Services Win
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) announced that it won a task order, worth up to $1.6 billion, to provide secure network services and IT modernization solutions to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) via the General Services Administration’s Enterprise…
MEF Announces First Certified MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Technology Vendors
Los Angeles, 7 January 2020 – MEF is pleased to announce that Nuage Networks from Nokia, Versa Networks, and Infovista are the first technology vendors certified to support MEF 3.0 SD-WAN services. This certification enables service and technology providers to validate the conformance of their services and products…
Windstream Enterprise named SD-WAN Service Provider of the Year
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Enterprise (WE), a managed communications service provider, has been recognized as the “2019 SD-WAN Service Provider of the Year – North America” by MEF, the prestigious nonprofit international telecom industry consortium. The MEF Awards program is the largest…
MEF19: We See the Future and Its Got SD-WAN Written All Over It
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) is holding its annual conference this week in Los Angeles and the focus is abundantly clear. SD-WAN, the emerging enterprise connectivity application standard, is all the rage here and MEF leadership outlined the organization’s intention…
AT&T Office@Hand Uses Ring Central
DALLAS and BELMONT, Calif., November 04, 2019 — AT&T (NYSE:T) is expanding its relationship with RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE:RNG) making AT&T Office@Hand a lead offer for UCaaS solutions as part of its broad Voice and Collaboration portfolio. Based on the RingCentral® platform, AT&T Office@Hand…
Frontier Launches Managed SD-WAN, Includes AWS Integration
Frontier today launched Frontier Managed SD-WAN, highlighting end-customer control as an advantage. The move comes at a time when companies such as Frontier that historically were incumbent local carriers are putting more attention towards the business services market as their…
