Is the Hybrid WAN really the next big thing long term? Some industry pundits believe it is – calling it “Hybrid is the new WAN“. An entire ecosystem of startups has sprung up around the movement of the Hybrid WAN.
Convergence within the CDN industry began to take shape in the early part of 2015. This year, convergence will accelerate, reshaping incumbent business models and inspiring new ones in the process. The convergence is likely to echo the disruption that
Aryaka Networks, the pioneer in WAN as-a-service, has made it their goal to be the #1 SD-WAN provider in the world in the next 12 months. That’s a bold and aggressive move because the SD-WAN startup market is full of
Aryaka Networks, is the Akamai of the WAN as-a-service Industry. It’s years ahead of the competition in its segment. Ajit Gupta (CEO) and Sonal Puri (VP Marketing), have created something very special, and extremely disruptive. There is only one company
Glue Networks, a cloud-based Software-defined WAN (SDWAN) based in Sacramento CA, has raised $29M in funding. The company was founded in 2007, making them one of the first cloud-based WAN Service Providers, also known as WAN as-a-service. The executive team
Pertino, a cloud-based WAN platform based in Los Gatos CA, started in 2011 and has raised $29M in funding. The founding team are from Packeteer, a network appliance company acquired by Blue Coat Systems. Pertino identifies itself as a cloud
It’s going to be interesting to see what happens to Riverbed, whether it remains a public company, or it is acquired in a leveraged buy-out by a private equity firm. Regardless, Riverbed remains on the path to innovation, and it’s
Lately, there has been much in the press regarding MPLS and its future. Is it dead or is it a dying breed in the WAN ecosystem? Instead of generalizing about MPLS in the enterprise, it would be more useful to
Riverbed has 2500 employees, generated $261M of revenue last quarter, is on a run-rate to surpass $1B in revenue in 2013, and yet only has a market cap of $2.79B (as of today). What gives? On top of that, Riverbed’s
Watching the public fight between Aryaka and Riverbed brings back good old memories. It feels like the days of Oracle vs. Microsoft, Oracle vs. SAP and Oracle vs. Peoplesoft. Sometimes it got nasty but it was a boatload of fun
