SDN takes off in the WAN arena

Jun 2, 2015

The implementation of software-defined networking is starting to take off, with organisations looking to the technology to meet their wide area networking challenges. IHS conducted in-depth surveys with 150 businesses in North America businesses about their data centres and found that 45% intend to increase spending on software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) over the next two years.

FastNet aims for IoT with LoRa WAN

May 15, 2015

FastNet, a machine-to-machine (M2M) operator and part of the Telkom SA Group, has announced the utility sector launch of a nationwide LoRa WAN network designed for smart metering and energy control. The launch took place during the 15th annual African Utility Week and...

Turrito to manage Famous Brands’ WAN

Nov 27, 2014

International food services company Famous Brands has appointed Turrito Networks to manage the entire wide area network (WAN) serving its South African manufacturing plants, distribution centres and head office. The Famous Brands franchise network includes Steers,...

Neotel launches usage-based services

Nov 21, 2013

Neotel has launched the first enterprise usage-based wide area network (WAN) services in the South African market. Abid Qadiri, chief of business solutions and excellence at Neotel, says: “We are excited to be the first service provider to make available this...

Riverbed positioned in Leaders Quadrant

May 14, 2013

Riverbed Technology the application performance company, announced that the company has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2013 Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimisation Controllers, authored by Joe Skorupa, Mark Fabbi, Bjarne Munch, and published in...