SD-WAN

Data Centre

Riverbed moving into mainstream computing to disrupt the world: CEO Kennelly

April 6, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed moving into mainstream computing to disrupt the world: CEO Kennelly
Riverbed CEO Jerry Kennelly kicked off Riverbed’s partner event with a forceful keynote in which he stated that Riverbed’s move into SD-WAN will move the company into mainstream networking and create a massive new market opportunity for both Riverbed and its partners, who are their entire route to market.

Networking

SD-WAN vendor Viptela expands go-to-market with SevOne partnership and integration

March 28, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on SD-WAN vendor Viptela expands go-to-market with SevOne partnership and integration
Viptela, whose SD-WAN platform is differentiated by a centrally controlled overlay network that simplifies policy changes, cuts costs, and provides more flexible access to cloud connections, expands its go-to-market by being integrated in the SevOne platform. They also indicated that more such partnerships are coming.

Networking

Riverbed touts strong channel play in acquisition of German SD-WAN vendor Ocedo

January 20, 2016 Mark Cox Comments Off on Riverbed touts strong channel play in acquisition of German SD-WAN vendor Ocedo
Riverbed looks to Ocedo to make it a more significant player in the SD-WAN market, where Riverbed has been making a major push over the last year.

Networking

Silver Peak reshapes partner program around SD-WAN

September 24, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Silver Peak reshapes partner program around SD-WAN
Silver Peak is reworking its channel program to better prepare partners for the SD-WAN market opportunity, which is much larger than traditional WAN optimization, and to assist them in making deployments which will be much less technical and complex than in WAN optimization.