{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6112c6ffaae63d001577f9d8/6112c70cdd5fed00129fbbd9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"MetTel's Ed Fox on extending enterprise IT to home networks","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6112c6ffaae63d001577f9d8/6112c70cdd5fed00129fbbd9.jpg?height=200","description":"Ed Fox, CTO of MetTel, joins the Light Reading podcast to discuss challenges in extending SD-WAN services to home networks, whether SASE makes sense to enterprise customers and how MetTel is helping its customers navigate the onslaught of video conferencing and messaging applications.\n\n\"Extending SD-WAN to the home – we've done it sparingly and not as much as you would have thought,\" says Fox. As employees return to the office, Fox predicts that enterprises will take a hard look at the VPN, SD-WAN and SASE services available as they develop strategies around their move to the cloud and also balance IT support for remote and on-premises employees.\n\n\"There was a lot of trepidation [from enterprise customers] about extending the network to home,\" says Fox. \"Also, the IT departments didn't want to do it because now I have to deal with 'Joe's' cable modem and all of a sudden I'm in his home network? Those are some of the things we saw that really surprised us.\"","author_name":"Light Reading"}