by Khalid Raza | May 31, 2023 | Blog
ONUG has always held a special place in my heart. That’s where Viptela, my first startup, launched and introduced SD-WAN to the world. It was great to be back at ONUG Spring 2023, reconnect with old peers in person, and even be honored to speak in a group panel with...
by Venu Hemige | Apr 4, 2023 | Blog
Graphiant is my sixth startup. Fortunately, four of my previous ventures proved successful: Nile, Viptela, Timetra, and Fore Systems. The first three were leadership roles, where I helped early-stage companies transform into thriving ones. Sacrifice, hard work, and...
by Matt Krieg | Feb 28, 2023 | Blog
We had it pretty good when MPLS came to market. It was fast, secure, and reliable. But it could have been better, and it was expensive. So, we developed SDWAN to allow us to use inexpensive public transport. Nice and affordable. Unfortunately, we lost the fast,...
by Woody Sessoms | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog
When I retired three years ago, I didn’t really know what would come next. But I did know it wouldn’t be a C-level role in another tech start-up. After a long career of helping companies like Cisco change the world, I had “been there, done that.” It would take wild...
by Matt Krieg | Jan 17, 2023 | Blog
Whether you use a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), secure access service edge (SASE), or even good old multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), the requirement to buy “feature” tiers and bandwidth or throughput tiers and hardware within these license types is...
by Ali Shaikh | Jan 10, 2023 | Blog
A decade ago, enterprise branch offices had a primary connection (usually MPLS) to the data center and other internal sites. Some large or high-value locations utilized multiple connections or backup links during outages. Then Viptela introduced the software-defined...