SD-WAN – Software-Defined Wide-Area Network – is a technology implementation designed to bring better reliability and performance to IP connections over distance. Whether across town, to remote offices, or to remote transmitter sites, SD-WAN technologies are gaining interest among broadcast engineers and IT staff. It turns out there are a lot of features – optional but useful features – that can be deployed alongside basic WAN management and monitoring. Dan Merwin and Reggie Jeffery work in broadcast and other industries to offer appropriate technologies and capabilities, improving our critical IP connections.
Show notes:
- What is SD-WAN? – a primer from Cisco
- SD-WAN article from Wikipedia
- In our SBE meeting earlier today, Reggie mentioned CATO Networks as a source of tech and information. Here’s their primer on SD-WANs.
Guests
Dan Merwin – Broadcast Engineer & Telecom/IT Agent at Broadcast Telecom
Reggie Jeffery – Solutions Engineer at ScanSource
Megan Amoss, CBNT, CRO – Assistant Chief Engineer at Baltimore Public Media
Host
Kirk Harnack –
Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, Akamai Broadcasting, & South Seas Broadcasting
Follow TWiRT on X and on Facebook
Follow Kirk on X – @kharnack
Follow TWiRT on X – @TWiRTshow and Facebook
Sponsored by
Broadcasters General Store, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at BGS.cc.
Broadcast Bionics – making radio smarter with Bionic Studio, visual radio, and social media tools at Bionic.radio.
Aiir, providing PlayoutONE radio automation, and other advanced solutions for audience engagement.
Angry Audio and the new Rave analog audio mixing console.
The new MaxxKonnect Broadcast U.192 MPX USB Soundcard – The first purpose-built broadcast-quality USB sound card with native MPX output.
