413: A Brief History of Networking as a Service

This week's guest on TeleGeography Explains the Internet has a deep history in networking.

Khalid Raza was involved in some of the earliest large-scale MPLS deployments. Then, after seeing the limitations of MPLS, he co-founded Viptela–diving head-first into the SD-WAN revolution.

Khalid is now the Founder and CEO of Graphiant, a Silicon Valley-based startup. In this interview, he describes how enterprise networks have changed and why we need an approach beyond MPLS and SD-WAN.

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We also discuss the origin of Graphiant, its approach to solving modern network problems, and how it differentiates itself from other NaaS and WAN services in the current market.

Of course, you can’t talk about networking without talking about security, so that comes up as well. We also look at how Khalid sees enterprise networks developing in the years to come.

From This Episode:

• The WAN in 2022
• Episode 406 | Unraveling the Fabric Providers of Reality
• Episode 402 | Data Centers and the Opportunity at the Edge
• Episode 315 | How Enterprises Are Implementing NaaS (And Leaving MPLS)
• Episode 313 | The Need for NaaS
• Learn more about the WAN Manager Survey
• Explore the WAN Forum