GSA eases SD-WAN adoption
The General Services Administration has been injecting software-defined wide-area network capabilities into key contracting vehicles and providing guidance on how to use the technology.
Date: 2020-11-16
URL: https://gcn.com/articles/2020/11/16/psi_gsa-sd-wan.aspx
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