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Oracle SD-WAN (Talari) vs. Riverbed SteelHead

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    Oracle SD-WAN (Talari)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AThe vendor states that Oracle SD-WAN was created to solve the ongoing IT challenges network managers face every day—from expensive, sluggish, inflexible WANs to difficulties deploying new office WAN links and accessing cloud services. With Oracle SD-WAN, enterprises can benefit from internet economics, leverage high-bandwidth and inexpensive Internet connections, and safely migrate applications to the public cloud and SaaS at their own pace. The technology is based on Oracle's 2018 acquisition…N/A

    Riverbed SteelHead

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ASan Francisco based Riverbed Technology offers Steelhead, a WAN optimization solution. The new SteelHead 90 series appliances are designed to provide performance, security, scalability, data movement efficiency, and resilient networking.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Best Alternatives
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Meraki SD-WAN
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Oracle SD-WAN (Talari)Riverbed SteelHead
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Oracle SD-WAN (Talari)Riverbed SteelHead
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oracle
    Product has been around for a long time and the stability and features are excellent. Now that Oracle owns it, its long-term viability is both improved (given Oracle isn't going anywhere anytime soon), but all the layers of bureaucracy and auditing that Oracle is famous for comes along with it.
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    Riverbed Technology
    If you are dealing with large CAD files on a daily basis "remotely", Riverbed Steelhead makes your home office feel just like the office
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    Pros
    Oracle
    • Failsafe- ability to aggregate low cost link and increase enterprise WAN bandwidth and also provide safe failor over in case of link interruption, with almost zero drops. In a lab test for voice it works perfectly for voice.
    • Config Change without system interruption (change config and apply it during Maintenance windows).
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    Riverbed Technology
    • Effectively improves data throughput over VPN WAN connections.
    • Seamless operation.
    • Optimizes a variety of applications. Including, HTTPS, Citrix, Netapp SM and SV, Exchange, etc.
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    Cons
    Oracle
    • Talari Aware management solution very complex to set up useful dashboards
    • Management interface seems overly complex (7.3), though this was supposedly improved in 9.0
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    Riverbed Technology
    • A reduction in price is always welcomed
    • Simplify and streamline advanced features and add-on pieces for more detailed traffic analysis
    • Getting granularity into traffic behavior becomes confusing and very expensive
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    Support Rating
    Oracle
    So far so good. I have no problems with support; they were able to deliver a good service to us every time we needed it.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oracle
    While I haven't looked at Silverpeak in a long time and haven't used any of the other big players, this product is a dedicated SD-WAN solution, so no need to get a combination device, unless that's important. We will likely implement SD-WAN through our next firewall platform refresh as a backup to Talari.
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    Riverbed Technology
    We tested Cisco eleven years ago in parallel with Riverbed in a PoC. The Cisco configuration was very complex and sticky based on the location. The Riverbed configuration is flexible based on the whole storage. A software client for devices like laptops or tablets is not available for Cisco WAAS, therefore we selected Riverbed based on a PoC.
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    Return on Investment
    Oracle
    • lowes oue WAN links Cost
    • Lower our Tshoot time /remote office
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    Riverbed Technology
    • Files now open a lot quicker, at near local speeds.
    • We are able to respond to customers quicker as we can get access quicker.
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