Season 1, Episode 6: "How did they adopt SD-WAN so fast?" with Anshuman Awasthi, Director of Infrastructure, Engineering @ Leading Retailer

Today, I talk to Anshuman Awasthi, Director of Infrastructure and Engineering at a publicly traded, leading retailer based in CA whose legal team won’t let me say their name... but they do furniture really well. Anshu’s company was an early adopter of SD-WAN before its value was as defined, so we talk about how and why they did that. We'll also discuss:- Why his team chose to adopt SD-WAN before its relative popularity- How he leveraged vendor partnerships to tailor emerging solutions - How Anshu’s company determined requirements for the emerging technology - What securing traffic in this new world looked like for Anshu’s team Read his Forbes column here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/people/anshumanawasthi/#53b78c831ec4P.S. Know who I should speak to next? Drop me a line at [email protected]. Short on time? I send episode summaries to my email subscribers. Add yourself to the list if you’d like.