TeleGeography Explains the Internet

When our new WAN Geography Benchmark generated some buzz earlier this year, we thought it would be cool to invite Principal Analyst Patrick Christian back to the pod to explain how this tool was developed.

It's one of those origin stories where a major customer needed to use several of our databases to run a bespoke analysis of their network. The project sparked a bright idea for how to help other enterprises with their data center decision-making.

In this episode, Greg also asks about the data behind the WAN Geography Benchmark. And Patrick delves into the latest cloud trends from his recent presentation 2021 Trends in Cloud Infrastructure and Global Networks.

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.

Greg sits down with Daniel Remarc Bognár—the Head of Network Architecture at Norsk Hydro. In this episode, you'll go behind the scenes of a network and walk through the main considerations and major challenges that went into designing it.

We'll also ask the all-important question: if you could go back and change anything about your network design, what would it be?

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.

A new class of network provider has emerged, optimizing connectivity between the office and the cloud. What do they offer? How do they do it? And what’s happening between the core backbone and local access?

Erik has spent much of the last year developing new research tools dedicated to the mysterious "middle mile" and he comes bearing insight on provider types, the role of cloud connectivity, adoption use cases, and even the origins of the "middle mile" term of art.  

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.

What do you think of when you think of integrating security into the WAN? WAN Dynamics' Jason Gintert sees a changing connectivity landscape that presents no shortage of challenges to security teams.

If you've got WAN security on your mind—or if you want to hear Greg and Jason exchange pre-quarantine concert stories—listen in on this week's episode.

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.

What is open source SD-WAN and how is it different from other "open" platforms we've already seen? This was the right question for flexiWAN CEO Amir Zmora, who wanted to get into the SD-WAN space, but only if he could do something totally different.

Greg sat down with Amir to take a closer look at his open-source model.

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.

In this special pod, Greg invites TeleGeography Analyst Elizabeth Thorne to look back at the WAN in 2020. (And what a year it was.) She comes armed with a preview of data the team collected throughout 2020 for our annual WAN Manager Survey. The dynamic duo gets to talk about the biggest COVID-19 challenges reported by WAN managers and how 2020 will impact the WAN moving forward.

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.

In this week's pod, Greg sits down with Principal Analyst Patrick Christian to talk about TeleGeography's latest cloud and WAN infrastructure research. Patrick brings intel on the physical geography and product infrastructure of cloud and multinational corporate network providers.

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.

Fiserve's Michael Wynston joins Greg for a COVID-19 update on the impact of remote work on WAN managers.

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.

Greg asks an analyst about all things benchmarking. TeleGeography Senior Analyst and Data Science Manager Mike Bisaha steps in to explain best practices in measuring your wide area network against your goals.

So who benchmarks? How does this make life easier for a WAN manager? What has benchmarking taught us about networks? And how have the goals of WAN managers shifted over the last five to ten years?

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.

Globalinternet Chief Portfolio Officer Mike Lloyd joins Greg to talk about, naturally, sourcing internet.

They zero in on the biggest challenges in internet sourcing and the most efficient solutions Mike has seen when it comes to buying internet from ISPs around the globe.

Adding internet as part of a hybrid MPLS solution? Adding a second line for SD-WAN or local breakouts for SaaS applications? Ditching MPLS altogether? The modern WAN increasingly includes internet alongside or in place of traditional telco services. And these two have seen it all.

The WAN Manager Podcast is now TeleGeography Explains the Internet. Hosted by Greg Bryan.