Cisco Meraki, Talari Expand Reach of SD-WAN Offerings

The software-defined WAN space continues to be among the most active areas in enterprise networking with Cisco Systems’ Meraki unit, Talari Networks, Versa Networks and Colt Network Services all making moves to expand their capabilities. The efforts by the vendors comes as the SD-WAN market grows rapidly, fueled by such modern trends as the cloud, distributed computing environments, mobility and the internet of things (IoT). IDC report released early in August month predicted that the market will grow 40.4 percent a year between 2017 and 2022 when it will be worth $4.5 billion. "The emergence of SD-WAN technology has been one of the fastest industry transformations we have seen in years,” Rohit Mehra, vice president of network infrastructure at IDC, said in a statement. “Organizations of all sizes are modernizing their Wide Area Networks to provide improved user experience for a range of cloud-enabled applications. Incumbent networking vendors have quickly realigned their routing and WAN optimization portfolios to take on the growing cadre of startups in this market.”