--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viptela:
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WHO: |
Ramesh Prabagaran is VP of Product Management and Partnerships at Viptela, a provider of Software-Defined WAN technology. He is a veteran of the networking industry and played direct roles in the architecture of large enterprise and Global Tier-1 service provider networks. Previously, at Juniper Networks he delivered several groundbreaking enterprise routing products to market. Ramesh holds a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from University of Kansas, and a Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. | |||
| Other Panelists | ||||
| Carl Flaherty, Team Lead Workplace Services & Connectivity, DLL | ||||
| Alastair Johnson, Head of Product Management, Nuage Networks | ||||
| Scott Cressman, Director of Product Management, ThousandEyes | ||||
| Steve Woo, VP Products & Co Founder, VeloCloud | ||||
| Moderator: Ciaran Roche, CTO, Coevolve | ||||
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WHAT: |
Cloud applications, mobile computing, video, VoIP are all changing the way data is transported over Wide Area Networks. Over a decade old, the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) WAN is waning, giving rise to the hybrid WAN, a mix of Internet access and business broadband. This expert panel of carriers, vendors and end-users will discuss how and why they transitioned traffic from MPLS to the Internet, the challenges they faced, lessons learned and best practices they developed. They will also cover: | |||
| -- The types of applications and traffic that are well suited for transmission via the Internet and those that are not | ||||
| -- Cost savings achieved by moving to a hybrid WAN and the impact on traffic prioritization and SLAs | ||||
| -- The impact of Software Defined Networking or SD-WAN including savings, throughput improvements and reliability increases | ||||
| -- The implications for network security in hybrid WANs | ||||
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WHERE: |
"After MPLS—Experiences and Lessons from Moving Traffic to the Internet" | |||
| WAN Summit New York 2016 | ||||
| Current at Chelsea Piers, Pier 59, 23rd Street and West Side Highway, New York | ||||
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WHEN: |
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 9:35am | |||
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HOW: |
To schedule a conversation with Ramesh Prabagaran, contact Marc Gendron at marc@mgpr.net or 781-237-0341. |
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About Viptela
Viptela provides Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology that virtualizes WAN infrastructure. The platform allows global companies to build carrier agnostic, policy-controlled and cost-effective WANs. Viptela has been deployed at thousands of sites by more than 25 Fortune-500 enterprises; and major carriers including Verizon and Singtel are using Viptela to deliver managed SD-WAN services. The company has been named a Gartner Cool Vendor and a Next Billion Dollar Startup by Forbes. Viptela is backed by Sequoia Capital and headquartered in San Jose, CA. For more information, visit: viptela.com or follow us on Twitter @viptela.
