SD-WAN EXPO

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The 8th Edition will take place next 12 and 13 December 2023 as an in-person event in Paris at the Hotel Pullman Paris Centre. What do we see as the growth rate of SD-WAN, SASE & SSE in the near future? What role can the telco or hyperscaler edge play in the deployments? How is 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) impacting the market? Is there a need to interoperate across multiple SD-WAN dataplanes? What about control planes and federation? How does SASE and SSE architectures impact this need? What's the latest around SD-WAN/SASE services from a customer journey standpoint? Are we in a self-service world, with self-service troubleshooting? Analysts, SPs and industrial experts will respond these questions and highlight the current trends in the SD‑WAN, SASE & SSE areas. Main sessions will cover manageability aspects, 5G FWA and AI/ML impacts, customer experiences, multi-cloud components, open source and standard updates.