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Masergy | November 17, 2020

Masergy has rounded up various vendor partners, its network and its SD-WAN expertise to beef up its SASE capabilities. While some vendors, such as Cato Networks and Palo Alto Networks, are building their own secure access service edge (SASE) platforms themselves, others, including, Masergy, are taking a best-of-breed approach. Gartner introduced and defined SASE over a year ago, and since then the SASE has become one of the hottest tech topics in 2020. The short definition of SASE...

SDxCentral | May 22, 2018

Masergy added a new set of features to its managed SD-WAN offering, extending its service control capabilities to its customers’ networks. Masergy launched its SD-WAN Go service last year. The vendor claims it’s ideal for hybrid deployments and companies that don’t want to fully commit to an SD-WAN service but want some of the benefits. This complemented its SD-WAN Pro platform that integrates with Silver Peak technology that debuted in 2016. The pro platform is more robust tha...

SDxCentral | January 15, 2020

IoT and SD-WAN might not sound like they belong together, but ask VMware’s VeloCloud or managed service provider Apcela and you might be surprised by what they have to say. The two companies see SD-WAN as the key to making large IoT deployments manageable at a human scale. Sanjay Uppal, who co-founded VeloCloud and now serves as the head of VMware’s SD-WAN division, said the expanding scope of SD-WAN has opened the door to several applications that the technology wouldn’t norma...

SDxCentral | January 14, 2020

AT&T today announced it has reached an agreement to provide 5G services to the Nellis Air Force Base in southern Nevada. The compound is about a 20-minute drive from the hustle and bustle of the Las Vegas Strip. Personnel at the base will also gain access to FirstNet, a nationwide public safety communications network being built by AT&T with funding from the federal government. The network operator plans to equip the base with 5G infrastructure to support communications among more than 4...