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Will Kerr


Will is a technical architect for CDW's networking team. In his role, Will ensures the enterprise networking solutions we sell can be deployed with confidence by our field engineers. His responsibilities include setting standards for logical design, choice of equipment, software versions, configuration best practices, multivendor integration and more.

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Top 3 Things to Know About Cisco’s Catalyst 8000

This edge platform drives many new features and delivers SD-WAN success.

By Will Kerr
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January 12, 2021
Networking, Cloud

[sayit]This past October, Cisco released a new flexible edge platform to support use cases like SD-WAN and cloud networking. This new platform is the Catalyst 8000. Discover how CDW solutions and services can meet your SD-WAN needs. There are three major platforms within the Catalyst 8000 family: The 8500, designed to replace the ASR 1001-HX…

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Getting to Know Silver Peak: Vendor Overview Series

This solution offers robust features while remaining easy to implement.

By Will Kerr
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July 20, 2020
Networking, Services, Software

Over the past few months I’ve spent a lot of time working with and researching some of the top SD-WAN vendors in the market right now to continue developing CDW’s Professional Services. In this blog series, I’d like to share overviews of each solution, my thoughts and the strengths and areas for improvement that I…

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Getting to Know Cisco SD-WAN: Vendor Overview Series

This blog series takes an in-depth look at the software-defined WAN options in the market and their capabilities.

By Will Kerr
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April 28, 2020
Networking, Software

Over the past few months I’ve spent a lot of time working with and researching some of the top software-defined WAN vendors in the market to continue developing CDW’s Professional Services. In this blog series, I’d like to share overviews of each solution, my thoughts, strengths and areas for improvement that I think apply to…

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Review: Support Wi-Fi 6 Access Points with the Cisco Meraki MS390 Switch

Killer new security features, improved speeds and more power make this a switch worth considering.

By Will Kerr
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December 23, 2019
Networking

Cisco Meraki recently released a new switch — the MS390 — and while I normally don’t get excited about new switches, this one has some neat tricks up its sleeve. My CDW engineering colleagues and I were able to get our hands on some of these switches before their release and put them through their…

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7 Valuable SD-WAN Use Cases

By implementing software-defined WAN, organizations can simplify management and provide greater control.

By Robert Herriage  and Will Kerr
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June 21, 2019
Networking, Cloud, Software

[sayit] New technologies, such as the Internet of Things and mobile devices, are placing major demands on wide area networks. Traditional WANs are having a tough time keeping up, but software-defined WAN solutions are emerging to address these challenges.The advantages that SD-WAN solutions bring are driving increased adoption. An April 2019 study by IDC found…

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Could Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches Be Right for You?

For organizations looking for added features in their access layer switches, Cisco’s newest offering might be just what you need.

By Will Kerr
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April 2, 2019
Networking

[sayit]The access layer is an important — and often overlooked — part of the network. With Cisco's recent refresh of the Catalyst 2960-X to the Catalyst 9200, it may be time for organizations to consider a refresh too.   IMAGE SOURCE: Cisco Why Upgrade Now? The 9200 is a great fit for most organizations’ access…

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6 Game-Changing Security Features in Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco took its robust security technology on traditional IOS XE and brought it into the IOS XE SD-WAN solution.

By Will Kerr
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January 15, 2019
Security, Networking, Software

Cisco recently released a new major update to its SD-WAN solution. This release introduced advanced security features baked directly into IOS XE SD-WAN. The release notes can be found here and more information about the SD-WAN security features can be found here. With SD-WAN security, Cisco was looking to solve four common branch security use…

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Cisco Releases Software-Defined Access v.1.2

The newest version of this solution offers some great enhancements for organizations.

By Will Kerr
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October 23, 2018
Networking, Security, Software

Cisco recently released a new major update to its Software-Defined Access solution; the release notes detail what’s new. In this post, I assume you are already familiar with the SD-Access solution and instead focus on a few of the enhancements I think are most exciting. Distributed Campus One of the major missing pieces from SD-Access…

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Cisco SD-WAN: 3 Reasons to Be Excited About

This software-based solution provides greater flexibility and ease of deployment.

By Will Kerr
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March 28, 2018
Networking, Data Center, Software

[sayit]Cisco SD-WAN is the new name for Viptela, post-Cisco acquisition. I spent more than two years deploying Cisco IWAN, seeing the good and the bad. After spending some time with Cisco SD-WAN, I'm extremely impressed with this new solution. I'd like to share my top three reasons why I'm excited for the arrival of Cisco…

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Exploring Software-Defined Access (SDA) for Campus Networking

Cisco’s new offering rethinks campus networking and tackles its core challenges.

By Will Kerr
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December 21, 2017
Networking, Software

Over the last few years, we have seen the rise of software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) solutions being deployed with great success in our customer networks. They have realized benefits such as lower TCO due to using commodity internet circuits, enforcement of application SLAs across all transports with added intelligence, and accelerated deployment and troubleshooting via automation…

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Winning with SD-WAN

It may be time to rethink your WAN strategy.

By Will Kerr
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November 7, 2016
Networking

Virtualization has transformed server and storage operations, and it’s changing the face of networking as well. What’s next for this evolution? Wide area networking (WAN). Industry experts expect spending on software-defined WAN products to soar over the next few years. For example, IDC projects spending on SD-WAN to rise to $6 billion by 2020, up…

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