In The News Archives

Spirent 2021 Predictions: What’s Ahead for SD-WAN in the New Year

VMblog

17 November 2020

Light Reading Podcast: Analyst Erin Dunne’s Forecasts For Fiber and SD-WAN Markets

Light Reading

14 November 2020

Microsoft Joins MEF to Contribute on MEF 3.0 SD-WAN, SASE Standards

TelecomDrive

2 November 2020

AT&T’s Mo Katibeh Joins MEF Board

Converge! Network Digest

29 October 2020

Report: SASE Market to Grow at 116% CAGR Over 5 Years

FierceTelecom

29 October 2020

Microsoft Joins MEF to Support Universal SD-WAN & SASE Standards

Data Center News

28 October 2020

Microsoft, MEF to Progress Universal SD-WAN Edge

Capacity Media

28 October 2020

Microsoft Joins MEF To Bolster Azure for Operators Services

Redmond

27 October 2020

Microsoft Joins MEF

SD-WAN Resource

27 October 2020

Analyst Perspective: MEF Enlarges MEF 3.0 To Define SASE Services, Dramatically Boosting SASE Cause

Futurum Research

19 August 2020

MEF Targets Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Definitions

Converge Network Digest

14 August 2020

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF: Why Your SD-WAN Should Be Upgraded to SASE

Network Computing

13 August 2020

MEF Wraps Its Arms Around Defining Frameworks and Policies for SASE

Fierce Telecom

13 August 2020

Will MEF’s Definition Give SASE Its Groove Back?

Light Reading

13 August 2020

MEF Weighs SASE Standard

SDxCentral

13 August 2020

CenturyLink’s Pugaczewski Herds MEF 82 Standard to Finish Line

Fierce Telecom

3 August 2020

Analyst Perspective: AT&T Uses Cisco Secure SD-WAN Technology To Fulfill Growing Digital Workforce Demands But Now Must Get SASE

Futurum Research

14 July 2020

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF – ITW 2020: Taking Action on Automation

Capacity Media

19 June 2020

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF: Managed SD-WAN Isn’t for Everyone: Special Report

Fierce Telecom

11 June 2020

Industry-wide Momentum Builds for Implementation of LSO Sonata APIs

TyN Magazine

8 June 2020

MEF Touts 8 Service Providers being ‘Production Ready’ for LSO Sonata Deployments of Carrier Ethernet

Fierce Telecom

4 June 2020

MEF Announces 8 Service Providers Production Ready for LSO Sonata APIs

Telecom Drive

4 June 2020

MEF’s LSO Inter-Provider Automation Takes Another Step Forward

Converge Network Digest

4 June 2020

MEF Boasts 8 Carrier Ethernet Orchestration Deployments

SDxCentral

4 June 2020

MEF Celebrates 24 Certified MEF 3.0 Service Providers

Telecom Review North America

28 May 2020

MEF Names 24 Service Providers Certified for MEF 3.0

Capacity Media

21 May 2020

MEF Celebrates 24 Certified MEF 3.0 Service Providers

TyN Magazine

21 May 2020

MEF 3.0 Certification Now Encompasses 24 Service Providers

Converge Network Digest

21 May 2020

AT&T, Hughes and Verizon Top SD-WAN Leaderboard

Light Reading

29 April 2020

Dan Pitt, SVP, MEF – MEF SD-WAN Update

Converge Network Digest

23 April 2020

2019 U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN Leader Board

Vertical Systems Group

22 April 2020

AT&T, Hughes and Verizon top Vertical Systems Group’s SD-WAN Leaderboard

Fierce Telecom

22 April 2020

AT&T Tops Managed SD-WAN Ranking, CenturyLink Surges

SDxCentral

22 April 2020

AT&T Again Tops Vertical Systems Group Managed SD-WAN Leaderboard

Channel Partners Online

22 April 2020

Managed Services Drive the SD-WAN Market in the Fourth Quarter of 2019 as Revenue Surges by 75 Percent

Omdia

14 April 2020

Omdia SD-WAN Report: Fuel to VMware, Cisco Fire?

SDxCentral

14 April 2020

MEF Launches Technical Report on SD-WAN MEF 3.0 Services

TyN Magazine

11 April 2020

Dan Pitt, SVP, MEF – SD-WAN Update: COVID-19 Crisis

Video - Next Gen Infra

1 April 2020

Telia Carrier View – A Holistic Approach to SD-WAN Adoption

MEF Member Blog - Telia Carrier

27 March 2020

First Certified MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Service Providers Announced

Telecom Review North America

24 March 2020

Spirent View – Driving Standards Adoption: The MEF SD-WAN Certification Program

MEF Member Blog - Spirent, AvidThink

23 March 2020

SD-WAN Service Providers Earn First MEF Certifications

Virtualization Review

20 March 2020

MEF Awards First Round of SD-WAN Service Provider Certifications

SDxCentral

19 March 2020

Comcast Business View – Are All SD-WANs Created Equal? The Benefits of a MEF-Certified SD-WAN

MEF Member Blog - Comcast Business

19 March 2020

MEF Names First MEF 3.0 Certified SD-WAN Service Providers

Capacity Media

18 March 2020

Four Service Providers Earn their MEF Certification Stripes for SD-WAN

Fierce Telecom

18 March 2020

Comcast, Charter/Spectrum Receive MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certification

Telecompetitor

18 March 2020

Comcast, Telia Among MEF’s SD-WAN Certified Service Providers

Light Reading

18 March 2020

MEF Names First MEF 3.0 Certified SD-WAN Service Providers

Capacity Media

18 March 2020

Calero-MDSL MEF’s Newest Member

SD-WAN Resource

4 March 2020

Telefónica, Global Operators Form (Another) Edge Alliance

SDxCentral

4 March 2020

Podcast: Nokia Nuage Networks and Infovista on SD-WAN Certification will Give Operators Greater Security in their Deployments

Telesemana - Podcast

7 February 2020

Taking the Operators’ Pulse on SD-WANs: Visibility, Security & Simplicity

Light Reading

7 February 2020

MEF Board of Directors Appoints New Member

IT Brief Australia

22 January 2020

MEF Welcomes Verizon’s Senior VP onto Board of Directors

Telecom Review

20 January 2020

Aamir Hussain Rejoins MEF Amid Appointment at Verizon Business

Capacity Media

17 January 2020

Former CenturyLink CTO Hussain Resurfaces at Verizon Business; Back on MEF’s Board

Fierce Telecom

16 January 2020

Nan Chen, President, MEF – Q&A: Telecom Carriers Eye Automation to Deliver Robust Networking Solutions

Economic Times

16 January 2020

World-class Board is Driving Industry Transformation to Dynamic MEF 3.0 Services Across Automated Networks

TyN Magazine

16 January 2020

First Certified MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Technology Vendors Announced

Virtualization Review

8 January 2020

Nuage, Versa and Infovista Named MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Vendors

Capacity Media

8 January 2020

Nuage, Versa & InfoVista Win MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certification

Light Reading

7 January 2020

Nuage, Versa and Infovista Make the Grade for MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certification

Fierce Telecom

7 January 2020

Nuage, Versa, Infovista Nab MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certifications

SDxCentral

7 January 2020

Editor’s Corner—MEF Makes a Play at OTT Cloud Providers En Route to World Federation of Carriers

Fierce Telecom

11 December 2019

Nan Chen, President, MEF – Q&A: MEF Leads SD-WAN Service Standardization & Certification

IEEE

6 December 2019

Operators Dish on Edge Computing Strategies at MEF 2019

SDxCentral

23 November 2019

MEF19: MEF’s Kevin Vachon on What’s New With MEF 3.0

Light Reading

22 November 2019

MEF19: MEF’s Nan Chen on Creating an SD-WAN Service Definition

Light Reading

22 November 2019

Should SD-WAN Providers Let Enterprises Drive?

Light Reading

22 November 2019

Big Ambitions for #MEF19 Proof-of-Concepts

Converge! Network Digest

21 November 2019

Carriers Fly the Flag for SD-WAN Service Specs

Light Reading

21 November 2019

CenturyLink’s Dugan Puts an Edge on Cloud Strategy and MEF’s LSO Sonata

Fierce Telecom

21 November 2019

Dan Pitt, SVP, MEF: “It’s Not Just the Engineering, It’s the People”

Telecom Review North America

21 November 2019

How Is Telco Transformation Like Soylent Green?

Light Reading

21 November 2019

MEF 2019: Vertical Systems Group’s Erin Dunne on Standards & Managed Approach to SD-WAN

Light Reading

21 November 2019

The 5 Biggest SD-WAN, 5G, And Telecom Announcements Revealed At MEF19

CRN Magazine

21 November 2019

What’s New at #MEF19?

Converge! Network Digest

21 November 2019

MEF19: MEF’s Rami Yaron on Getting SD-WAN Certified

Light Reading

20 November 2019

MEF19: Tech 2000’s Kevin Marz on SD-WAN Certification

Light Reading

20 November 2019

SD-WAN Gets Platform Status at MEF

Futuriom

20 November 2019

MEF Presses Managed Security in SD-WAN

SDxCentral

20 November 2019

MEF19 Day 1: Standards, Innovation & Skim Milk

Light Reading

20 November 2019

MEF19: Carrier Ethernet Group’s Craig Easley on SD-WAN Training

Light Reading

20 November 2019

MEF19: CenturyLink’s Andrew Dugan on the Importance of LSO APIs

Light Reading

20 November 2019

MEF19: Frost & Sullivan’s Roopa Honnachari on Hybrid Cloud & Security Trends for SD-WAN

Light Reading

20 November 2019

MEF Trumpets Progress on SD-WAN, Eyes Edge on 5G

SDxCentral

19 November 2019

Comcast Business Exec: What Customers Like and Don’t Like about SD-WAN

Fierce Telecom

19 November 2019

MEF’s 3 Major Technical Themes for 2020

Converge! Network Digest

19 November 2019

MEF19 Day 2: Are Cloudy Times on the Horizon?

Light Reading

19 November 2019

MEF19 Kicks Off with New SD-WAN Certification Programs for Professionals and Service Providers

Fierce Telecom

19 November 2019

Podcast: Nuage CEO on the Market Impact of MEF’s SD-WAN Standards

Light Reading

18 November 2019

Spirent Perspective: SD-WAN: Protecting the Protection in the Virtualized Environment

Spirent

18 November 2019

Ericsson Perspective: MEF 2019: Get Engaged With the World of Enterprise

Ericsson

15 November 2019

SD-WAN | Empowering Telecoms for Next Era of Connectivity

TelecomDrive

12 November 2019

Industry Voices—Raynovich: Key Trends for SD-WAN Managed Services

Fierce Telecom

11 November 2019

SD-WAN | Enabling Efficient Network Transformation Opportunities for Telecoms

TelecomDrive

7 November 2019

Nan Chen, President, MEF – Q&A: MEF Advances SD-WAN Standardization, Raises Bar with Certification

Capacity Media

25 October 2019

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF – Q&A: Automating Inter-Provider Service Delivery with MEF LSO

Capacity Media

25 October 2019

MEF on 5G Deployment Considerations and Automating Lifecycle Service Orchestration

RCR Wireless

14 October 2019

Industry Voices—Chua: The Multi-Everything SD-WAN and Thoughts from SD-WAN Summit 2019

Fierce Telecom

11 October 2019

MEF and ONUG Collaborate to Drive Standards for Hybrid Cloud SD-WAN Services

Fierce Telecom

8 October 2019

MEF will Unveil Proofs of Concept (PoC) at MEF19

Telecom Review

8 October 2019

MEF, ONUG Join Hands on Enterprise SD-WAN

Light Reading

8 October 2019

MEF and ONUG Develop Advanced SD-WAN Managed Services

Capacity Media

8 October 2019

ONUG, MEF Want to Clarify SD-WAN Decisions

SDxCentral

8 October 2019

Stan Hubbard, MEF – Q&A: MEF19 Preview: Accelerate Your Digital Transformation

SDxCentral

23 September 2019

SDxCentral’s Top 10 Articles — August 2019

SDxCentral

10 September 2019

Stan Hubbard, MEF – Q&A: MEF19 Provides All You Need For Your 2020 Digital Transformation Strategy

TelecomDrive

9 September 2019

MEF Releases MEF 70 SD-WAN Service Attributes and Services Standard

Lightwave

22 August 2019

MEF Puts its Stamp of Approval on Industry’s First SD-WAN Standard

Fierce Telecom

21 August 2019

MEF Seeks to End SD-WAN Confusion

Light Reading

21 August 2019

MEF Unveils Long-Awaited SD-WAN Standard

SDxCentral

21 August 2019

MEF Announces New Board of Directors for 2019-2020

Fierce Telecom

1 August 2019

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF – Q&A: Setting the Standard for SD-WAN

TeleGeography

19 July 2019

Will Standards Lessen SD-WAN’s Growing Pains?

Light Reading

17 July 2019

Colt CEO Carl Grivner – Industry Needs to Push Forward on MEF APIs

Fierce Telecom

2 July 2019

MEF Launches MEF 3.0 LSO Sonata Certification Pilot for Inter-Provider Service Automation

Converge! Network Digest

25 June 2019

AT&T and Colt Claim First Implementation of MEF’s LSO Sonata APIs to Automate Network Ordering

Vanilla Plus

25 June 2019

Industry first: AT&T and Colt Team Up on Deployment of MEF’s LSO Sonata

Fierce Telecom

25 June 2019

AT&T, Colt Use MEF’s LSO Sonata APIs to Automate Network Ordering

SDxCentral

25 June 2019

MEF Member PR – AT&T and Colt are First to Implement MEF’s LSO Sonata APIs to Automate Network Ordering

Colt & AT&T Press Release

24 June 2019

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF – Q&A: The Industry’s First SD-WAN Service Standard

Telecom Review Asia

17 June 2019

MEF SD-WAN Draft Standard Released

Telecompetitor

28 May 2019

MEF Pushes Out Final Draft of SD-WAN Services Standard

Fierce Telecom

28 May 2019

MEF Inches One Step Closer To SD-WAN Standard

SDxCentral

28 May 2019

What is an SD-WAN Anyway? Ask MEF

Light Reading

28 May 2019

Is It Time For Open Source SD-WAN?

SDxCentral

23 May 2019

Vertical Systems Group – Managed SD-WAN Services Reality Check

Vertical Systems Group

17 May 2019

MEF Pushes the Carrier Industry Toward Digital Transformation

SDxCentral

17 May 2019

MEF Lines up SD-WAN and LSO Sonata Standards for Q2 Release

Fierce Telecom

19 April 2019

MEF’s LSO Sonata API is Coming Soon

Fierce Telecom

19 February 2019

IHS Markit: AI and Machine Learning Hold Promise for Digital Transformations

Fierce Telecom

4 February 2019

Daniel Bar Lev, MEF – MEF Presents 19 Proof of Concepts (POCs) from Around the World

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

4 January 2019

Gunnar Peters, Spectrum Enterprise – Spectrum Enterprise Demonstrates Policy Driven Networking at the Proof of Concept (POC) Sessions at MEF18

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

4 January 2019

Ariel Efrati, Telco Systems – Telco Systems Announced 28% Growth in Its 46th Year of Operation – Nice Job!

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

4 January 2019

Exec Perspectives on Digital Transformation: AT&T, PCCW Global & Verizon (Part 1)

Light Reading

4 January 2019

Exec Perspectives on Digital Transformation: AT&T, PCCW Global & Verizon (Part 2 of 2)

Light Reading

4 January 2019

Bart Oskam, Eurofiber & Stefan Watraven, Inmanta – Interoperability Between Telco Operators, Which is Key to Worldwide Expansion, is Now Automated Based on MEF Standards!

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

4 January 2019

Kevin Vachon, COO, MEF – Establishing Standards for Service Providers to Sell Revenue Generating Services to Business for 17 Years

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

4 January 2019

Mark Gibson, AMDOCS – MEF Sonata Guides Interactive Ordering Between Carriers – A Must for Today’s Response to Customer Demand and Edge

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

4 January 2019

Liam Hunt, Infonas – Infonas Looks to MEF for Standards and for Next Generation Technology Vision

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

4 January 2019

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF – Multiple Proof of Concept Demonstrations for MEF 3.0 and MEF Releases SD-WAN Specification at MEF18

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

4 January 2019

Dan Pitt, SVP, MEF – Growing the Business of Members with MEF 3.0 & LSO

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

6 December 2018

Eric Watko, SES Networks – Satellite Service Provider Offering MEF Certified Service for Video & Networking

Telecom Reseller - Podcast

4 December 2018

Andrew Dugan, CenturyLink – CenturyLink’s Andrew Dugan Lands Seat on MEF’s Board of Directors

Fierce Telecom

29 November 2018

Daniel Bar Lev, MEF – Operators Using PoCs to Drive LSO APIs to Market Faster

Light Reading - Video

28 November 2018

Roman Pacewicz, AT&T – Q&A: AT&T’s Pacewicz Says More Work Needs to be Done on Standardizing VNFs

Fierce Telecom

27 November 2018

Brian Lillie, Equinix – Architect Digital-Ready Infrastructures With SDN & NFV

Light Reading - Video

26 November 2018

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF – SD-WAN, LSO Sonata APIs & Automated Networks

Light Reading - Video

26 November 2018

Daniel Bar Lev, MEF – MEF Presents 19 Proof of Concepts (PoCs) from Around the World

Telecom Reseller

23 November 2018

Nan Chen, President, MEF – The Secret to MEF’s Staying Power & 2019 Predictions

Light Reading - Video

21 November 2018

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF – Multiple Proof of Concept Demonstrations for MEF 3.0 and MEF Releases SD-WAN Specification at MEF18

Telecom Reseller

20 November 2018

Dan Pitt, SVP, MEF – We’re Ready for 5G

Light Reading - Video

20 November 2018

Can Telecom Services Bounce Back?

Light Reading

16 November 2018

Franck Morales, Orange Business Services – Managed SD-WAN, Hybrid Networking & MEF 3.0 Initiatives

Light Reading - Video

16 November 2018

Kevin Vachon, COO, MEF – Establishing Standards for Service Providers to Sell Revenue Generating Services to Business for 17 Years

Telecom Reseller

16 November 2018

Erin Dunne, Vertical Systems Group – SD-WAN Managed Services, LSO Sonata APIs & MEF 3.0 Alignment

Light Reading - Video

16 November 2018

Roman Pacewicz, Chief Product Officer, AT&T – SD-WAN, Hybrid Networking & MEF 3.0

Light Reading - Video

15 November 2018

Jean-Claude Geha, DT – Pan-Net & Transforming to Become Cloud-Native

Light Reading - Video

14 November 2018

JP Hemingway, CEO, SES Networks – Orchestrating Services Across Terrestrial & Satellite Networks

Light Reading - Video

14 November 2018

Mirko Voltolini, Colt – Service Automation & On-Demand Services

Light Reading - Video

13 November 2018

Marc Halbfinger, CEO, PCCW Global – Blockchain Can Automate Inter-Carrier Connections

Light Reading - Video

13 November 2018

Erin Dunne, Vertical Systems Group – Migration to Dynamic Services is Progressing, But Takes Time

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

12 November 2018

Josh Goodell, VP Edge Solutions, AT&T – MEF Moving Faster on LSO API Solutions

Light Reading - Video

12 November 2018

Adam Saenger, VP Networking Solutions, CenturyLink – SD-WAN & Other Dynamic Services for Enterprise Transformation

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

9 November 2018

Kevin Sheehan, CTO, Ciena – Lessons Learned: More for Less, Speed & Seamless Connectivity

Light Reading - Video

9 November 2018

Roopa Honnachari, Frost & Sullivan – Standardization: The Next Step in SD-WAN’s Evolution

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

9 November 2018

Nav Chander, Silver Peak – SD-WAN: A Platform for Advanced Services

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

9 November 2018

Dan Pitt, SVP, MEF – LSO Sonata APIs Illustrate DevOps Approach to Standards Development

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

9 November 2018

Andrew Dugan, CTO, CenturyLink – On-Demand Services Critical to Telco’s Future

Light Reading - Video

9 November 2018

Satya Parimi, Spectrum Enterprise: SD-WAN Is Coming Soon, but It’s Complicated

Light Reading - Video

8 November 2018

MEF18 Day Two: uCPE Can Spur IT Service Revenue

Light Reading - Video

8 November 2018

MEF18 Preview: APIs, Blockchain & More

Light Reading - Video

8 November 2018

Ariel Efrati, Telco Systems – Carrier Ethernet Growth & NFV Innovation

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

8 November 2018

Daniele Mancuso, Sparkle – SD-WAN, LSO APIs, Network Cloudification & Intent-Based Networking

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

8 November 2018

Anssi Tauriainen, EXFO – Proactive Service Assurance, Machine Learning & Analytics

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

8 November 2018

Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF – Delivering on the MEF 3.0 Global Services Framework

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

8 November 2018

Eric Watko, SES Networks – Seamless Connectivity Across Satellite & Terrestrial Networks

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

8 November 2018

Yogen Patel, Amdocs – Service Driven Network Overview

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

8 November 2018

Adam Saenger, VP Networking Solutions, CenturyLink – SD-WAN & Other Dynamic Services for Enterprise Transformation

Converge! Network Digest - Video

6 November 2018

Special Report—The Top 25 Movers and Shakers in the Telecom Industry

Fierce Telecom

6 November 2018

Brendan Gunn, Verizon Partner Solutions – Building a Global Networking Ecosystem on Trust & LSO APIs

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

6 November 2018

Gal Hochberg, CEO, Clear Blockchain – MEF18 PoC: MEF 3.0 LSO Federated Services & Blockchain

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

6 November 2018

Josh Goodell, VP Edge Solutions, AT&T – Edge-to-Edge Vision, SD-WAN, 5G Disruption & MEF 3.0

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

5 November 2018

Andrew Dugan, SVP Technology Planning & Network Architecture, CenturyLink – Network Transformation, Dynamic Services & East-West LSO APIs

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

5 November 2018

Nan Chen, President, MEF – Industry’s First SD-WAN Service Definition & LSO Sonata APIs for Service Automation

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

2 November 2018

Mike Strople, Chairman, MEF; Managing Director, Canada-Zayo – MEF 3.0 Progress

MEF YouTube / Converge! Network Digest - Video

2 November 2018

Q&A—AT&T’s Roman Pacewicz on Bringing Order to SD-WAN

Fierce Telecom

1 November 2018

Comcast’s O’Toole: SDN Stands Up to the ‘Tyranny of the Boxes’

Light Reading

1 November 2018

RAD: uCPE Is Gateway to IT Service Revenues

Light Reading

1 November 2018

MEF CTO: We’re Living Up to Agile Promises

Light Reading

1 November 2018

MEF 3.0 Service Fulfillment and Activation Project Team to Demo Lifecycle Orchestration

Lightwave

31 October 2018

MEF Releases SD-WAN Standards

Futuriom

31 October 2018

MEF Focuses on Revenue-Generating Services, Not Just Specs

SDxCentral

31 October 2018

MEF’s Next Moves: Orchestrators for Enterprises and Work with Aggregators

Fierce Telecom

31 October 2018

Telcos Tout Automation Progress at MEF

Futuriom

31 October 2018

Q&A – Verizon’s Eric Cevis Discusses What Wholesale Customers Want

Fierce Telecom

31 October 2018