{"id":13533,"date":"2019-07-11T20:11:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T20:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/?p=13533"},"modified":"2022-10-14T18:28:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T22:28:37","slug":"8x8-gets-serious-about-sd-wan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/sd-wan\/8x8-gets-serious-about-sd-wan.html","title":{"rendered":"8×8 Gets Serious About SD-WAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Managed Technical Services<\/a> (MTS) is a combination of SD-WAN and 8×8 Premium Customer Support that can be added to your 8×8 core offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whereas the SD-WAN centralizes the configuration and management of your network along with providing real-time monitoring, Premium customer support provides fully managed service and support to optimize their existing networks through SD-WAN for applications critical to their business. 8×8 acts as a single point of contact for both communications and networking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of this move for 8×8 is to become a serious player in Digital Transformation. Aryaka is all in on DX and for 8×8, SD-WAN is a natural extension. They have no doubt seen how Vonage has differentiated in the space. They were perhaps the first or at least very early as a UCaaS provider to add SD-WAN to their offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All networks are not created equal and network inefficiencies can cause real-time traffic like voice and video to be choppy and unintelligible. With 8×8 Managed Technical Services, businesses get an optimized network – as well as insights into issues on their network – to transport their cloud-delivered 8×8 voice, video, chat and contact center services,” said Dejan Deklich, Chief Product Officer at 8×8. “In today’s accelerated, 24\/7 pace of business, no company can afford to be hampered by their network, especially when it comes to applications critical to their daily operations. 8×8 Managed Technical Services provides IT with an easy, reliable solution and one less headache.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In many ways, we see this offering as similar to Aryaka (see exclusive CEO\/CMO interview<\/a>) but Adaptiv Networks (see exclusive CEO interview<\/a>) is another player which has something similar in their toolbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a very exciting time for SD-WAN vendors with a great deal of innovation taking place. The move to cloud-based applications has put major emphasis on network performance and SD-WAN is the best way to ensure there is control over the UE of workers and customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more at the worlds ONLY SD-WAN Expo<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as UCaaS,\u00a0Channel<\/a>,\u00a0IT, IOT,\u00a0Edge<\/a>, Cybersecurity, AI\u00a0and the\u00a0Future of Work<\/a>… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All part of the\u00a0ITEXPO<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0#TechSuperShow,\u00a0Feb 12-14, 2020 Fort Lauderdale, FL. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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