{"id":10180,"date":"2021-11-29T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T12:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=10180"},"modified":"2021-12-09T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:06:25","slug":"macquarie-telecom-doubles-down-on-sd-wan-as-it-reaches-6000-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2021\/11\/29\/macquarie-telecom-doubles-down-on-sd-wan-as-it-reaches-6000-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Macquarie Telecom doubles down on SD-WAN as it reaches 6,000 sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Macquarie Telecom has deployed its SD-WAN services to 6,000 sites across Australia after pioneering the technology in the country less than four years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company will invest and hire additional staff in Australia across areas including engineering, customer service and marketing, aiming to double the number of sites in half the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2021\/03\/Luke-Clifton_Macquarie-Telecom_1-web-1-e1638187000211.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4452\" width=\"240\" height=\"237\"\/><figcaption><strong>Luke Clifton, Group Executive, Macquarie Telecom<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Macquarie Group Executive Luke Clifton believes the company\u2019s early recognition of the significance of the technology and willingness to go all in has been crucial to its success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCloud computing has asserted its dominance over enterprise applications \u2013 why would networks be any different?,\u201d said Clifton. \u201cWe\u2019ve calculated our team has poured 7,900 hours into researching, engineering and iterating our solution and the results speak for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SD-WAN decouples network management from its underlying physical infrastructure. This allows enterprises to securely connect users to applications, enables better visibility and control over apps\u2019 impact on bandwidth and can provide automatic and instant switching between, for example, an nbn line and a 4G backup to ensure users don\u2019t experience downtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macquarie flew past the 6,000-site milestone with a number of key SD-WAN deals signed with businesses including pharmaceutical financial services specialist Guild Group, not-for-profit Civic Disability Services, and business and industrial imaging company Konica Minolta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macquarie Telecom has deployed its SD-WAN services to 6,000 sites across Australia after pioneering the technology in the country less than four years ago. The company will invest and hire additional staff in Australia across areas including engineering, customer service and marketing, aiming to double the number of sites in half the time. 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