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Brian Washburn
Research Director, Service Provider Enterprise & Wholesale
Brian Washburn works in the service provider—enterprise and wholesale group, supporting its enterprise networks and wholesale, workspace services, and digital enterprise services practices.
Brian has covered communications and networking services for nearly 30 years and has been with Omdia (previously Ovum) for three years. His coverage spans how enterprises buy and use network and related managed services, as well as how providers can build, market and sell, deliver, and operate their services for enterprises most effectively.
Further Reading
AWS Cloud WAN provides a consistent network architecture from edge to core
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Analyst Opinion / 19 Aug 2022 / Roy Illsley
The network aspect of cloud computing can be overlooked; AWS Cloud WAN offers a solution to simplify its deployment and use.
How Major Cloud Providers Will Win Enterprise Network Services
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Report / 15 Mar 2019 / Brian Washburn
Large cloud services providers are already major network operators with global reach. The next logical expansion for cloud providers is to turn their own network resources into automated, self-managed VPN services.
Cloud services providers aim to make further headway in enterprise wireline networks
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Report / 23 Dec 2021 / Brian Washburn
In 2021, Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services added enterprise network services, launching public previews of commercial offers in development. This report updates the evolution of cloud providers in enterprise network services.
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