Rick discusses the history of enterprise connectivity, the benefits of SD-WAN, and the security obstacles to avoid when enterprises deploy SD-WAN today. He also makes the case for a coupling of SD-WAN and SASE. 

Resources:

• “A Brief History of the Enterprise WAN: How little has changed in the last 15 years,” by By Andy Gottlieb, Network World, 6 April 2012.
• “Bandwidth Key Words: DS1, T-1, DS2, T-2, DS3, T-3, DS4, T-4, OC-1, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, ATM, Bandwidth Resources, MPLS, Satellite, Internet and Bandwidth Speeds: Explaining Bandwidth The Easy Way.” SolveForce.
• “Broadband history,” by Dani Warner, USwitch, 19 July 2018.
• “Cybersecurity Innovation Starts Here,” Lee Klarich, Palo Alto Networks, 13 November 2019.
• "MEF White Paper MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Services,” MEF, November 2019.
• “MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Services & Certifications – Frequently Asked Questions,” by MEF
• “SD-WAN drives managed network services trends for 2020,” By Tom Nolle, CIMI Corporation, TechTarget, December 2019.
• "SD-WAN Explained: The Ultimate Guide to SD-WAN Architecture,” by TectTarget
• “SD-WAN (Software-defined WAN),” TechTarger
• “SD-WAN vs. MPLS vs. Public Internet,” by Idan Hershkovich, CATO Networks, 28 February 2018.
• “SD-WAN security explained,” by ERICKA CHICKOWSKI, AT&T Business, 25 June 2020.
• “SD-WAN - What it means for enterprise networking, security, cloud computing
• "Software-defined wide area networks, a software approach managing wide-area networks, offers ease of deployment, central manageability and reduced costs, and can improve connectivity to branch offices and the cloud,” By Michael Cooney, Network World, 9 October 2019.
• “The 6 Biggest SASE Buys of 2020 (So Far)” by Tobias Mann, sdx central, 26 August 2020.
• “The Secret to SASE is the Right SD-WAN,” by Networkworld by IDG, 2020.
• “Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet,” by Andrew Blum, Published January 2012 by Ecco.
• “What is MPLS: What you need to know about multi-protocol label switchinig,” By Neal Weinberg and Johna Till Johnson, NetworkWorld, 16 March 2016.
• “What is SD-WAN and why do you need it? Quick Explainer Video,” Drew Schulke, Dell, 18 October 2019.
• “Why SD-WAN is the next breed of WAN optimization,” By Sean Michael Kerner, TechTarget.
• “X.25 – What is X.25 Networks?” By Dinesh Thakur, Computer Notes.
• “Your security stack is moving: SASE is coming,” by Rick Howard, CSO Perspectives, The CyberWire, 5 April 2020.

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