By Vick Tagawa | 1 Min Read | 40 Min Video | Technical Level: Beginner

In this video, Sunset Learning’s Chief Technology Officer, Vick Tagawa, provides an overview of the SD-WAN technology and the challenges it was developed to solve. This session covers common use cases, deployment considerations, and examines a few popular vendor-centric implementation approaches.

By the end, participants should be able to:

• List the key characteristics
• Explain the drivers for SD-WAN
• Discuss some considerations of deploying SD-WAN
• Describe some of the different vendor approaches 

Key Topics:

• About Sunset Learning – 0:19
• SD-WAN Technology Overview – 4:05
• SD-WAN Principles – 8:36
• SD-WAN Characteristics – 16:25
• SD-WAN Approaches – 20:58
• Vendor Perspectives – 25:20
• SD-WAN Considerations – 32:00
• Summary & Discussion – 38:53

For more videos like this, check out Sunset Learning’s NEXT On-Demand and our YouTube Channel!

For more in-depth training, check out these courses that discuss SD-WAN:

• Cisco SD-WAN Operation and Deployment (ENSDW)
• Implementing Cisco SD-WAN Solutions (SDWAN300)
• SD-WAN Advanced Operations & Troubleshooting Bootcamp (SDWOTS)
• Viptela Training – Cisco SD-WAN

Instructor Bio:

Vick has over 30 years of training and IT industry experience. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering and has earned technology vendor certifications on Unix, Novell Netware, Microsoft, and Cisco. He certified as a Certified Cisco Systems Instructor in 1997 and has maintained his CCIE certification since 2001.