1 On January 25 , the 2023 Sixth SD-WAN & SASE Conference and Cloud Network Conference was successfully held in Beijing. This conference was guided by the China Communications Society, the China Communications Society Information and Communication Network Technology Committee, and the Jiangsu Province Future Network Innovation Research Hosted by the institute and co-organized by the SDNLAB community .

With the theme of "Security·Integration·Connection", the conference set up a main forum and three sub-forums , and invited more than 30 industry leaders and experts to discuss in depth the business innovation of SD-WAN, SASE and cloud networks. , best practices in network architecture upgrades, etc.

At the beginning of the summit, Liu Yunjie, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of Jiangsu Future Network Innovation Research Institute, delivered an opening speech. Academician Liu pointed out that as digital technology leads a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution, the Internet technology system is accelerating the transformation from "doing your best" in the consumer Internet to "ensuring what is needed" in the industrial Internet, with SD-WAN, cloud Network innovation technologies such as networks and deterministic networks will further empower the real economy and play an important role in artificial intelligence, industrial Internet and other aspects. At present, the deterministic network has opened services in 38 cities across the country , and has built the first domestic computing power network based on deterministic + RDMA, laying an important foundation for the development of our country's computing power network . Academician Liu expressed his hope that this conference can further strengthen cooperation among all parties and form a win-win innovation ecosystem .

Liu Yunjie, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of Jiangsu Future Network Innovation Research Institute

Subsequently, Ouyang Wu, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Institute of Communications (Directorate Level), addressed the conference and put forward three views. First, emphasize technological research and development and innovation. Continuously explore new technology applications and optimization solutions to meet different scenarios and needs; second, strengthen industrial cooperation and exchanges. Telecom operators, equipment manufacturers, security manufacturers and other parties need to work closely to promote faster implementation of applications and prosper the industrial ecosystem. Third, promote open standards and ecological construction. Promote the interoperability of products from different manufacturers, provide users with more choices, accelerate the introduction of new functions, and improve the efficiency of the entire industry.

Ouyang Wu, deputy secretary-general of the China Institute of Communications (director level)

Big names gather to discuss industry trends

During the keynote speech session, Zhao Huiling, the Standing Committee of the Information and Communications Technology Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and Chairman of the CCSA TC3 Technical Working Committee, shared with everyone the progress of hot technologies and industry standards such as computing power networks. Zhao Huiling pointed out that computing power network is a hot spot for future development. Facing new opportunities in the computing power era, the three major operators have respectively proposed strategic plans for technology development. In the future, AI intelligent computing and networks will gradually achieve deep integration, and will eventually move towards the integration of computing and networks. Later, Zhao Huiling shared the progress of CCSA TC3 in industry standards such as SD-WAN, cloud network integration, and computing power network. At present, domestic computing power network technical standards have gradually been systematized. In the future, facing the era of AI intelligent computing, it is necessary to use the network to strengthen computing and promote computing, build an AI-powered data center network, and create an ultra-broadband, high-resilience, and high-throughput intelligent computing wide area network.

Zhao Huiling , member of the Standing Committee of the Information and Communications Technology Committee of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and chairman of the CCSA TC3 Technical Working Committee

Ao Xiangqiao, general manager of the intelligent management and operation and maintenance product line of New H3C Group, said that the development of SD-WAN technology has gone through nearly 10 years this year. After the bubble hype period, it has now entered a truly large-scale application in all walks of life. In the implementation stage, SD-WAN has become an important link in the enterprise's digital transformation infrastructure. The new H3C AD-WAN software architecture is a future-oriented and long-term architecture, focusing on two aspects: intelligent connection and network quality optimization. In terms of intelligent connection, QUIC ensures bandwidth and speed , SRv6 provides flexible and reliable orchestration , and provides deterministic delay and response; in terms of network optimization, high-performance data compression is used to greatly improve network bandwidth utilization and digital map usage. It can be refined and AIGC helps realize network self-intelligence. In the future, the new H3C will put more emphasis on how to do these two aspects well. It is believed that the SD-WAN software architecture based on cloud intelligence will definitely promote SD-WAN technology to a new level of autonomous networks.

Ao Xiangqiao, General Manager of Intelligent Management and Operation and Maintenance Product Line of New H3C Group

Sun Chenghao, senior director of Alibaba Cloud Network Product Line , said that after the cloud network has gone through three major development stages, more applications have been moved to the cloud, but at the same time it has become more and more complex. Returning to its original intention, Alibaba Cloud aims to create a simple and easy-to-use intelligent cloud network . So how to make it simple and easy to use? Sun Chenghao divided it into six parts: stability, security, performance, adaptive elasticity, deep observability, and comprehensive self-service. In terms of expansion, it includes supporting the stable operation of the business , comprehensive cloud network security , and pursuing the ultimate in inclusiveness. Performance , adaptive elasticity for any application load , continuous optimization of the customer network architecture based on deep observability , and finally, the degree of customer self-service are the key to measuring the ease of use of the product . Since 2017 , Alibaba Cloud Network has had the vision of making the network simpler, and has been working around the goal of making the network simpler . In the future , it will continue to build a simpler and easier-to-use network, allowing users to use the network more easily. At this time , the existence of this cloud network is not perceived.

Sun Chenghao, Senior Director of Alibaba Cloud Network Product Line

Ji Minghua, deputy manager of the product innovation department of China Telecom Shanghai Information Network Department, focused on introducing the Shanghai Telecom Tianyi Cloud SD-WAN Wing Internet Yitian platform and shared practical cases. YiInternet SD-WAN Yitian management platform is a multi-dimensional management platform for operators + technical services + installation and maintenance services + enterprise customers . Relying on China Telecom's high-quality network resources and Tianyi cloud resources, it integrates SDN, security encryption, network virtualization, etc. The technology is applied to wide area network scenarios to provide flexible, secure and reliable cloud network services based on customers' cloud, multi-cloud, networking and other needs. Ji Minghua said that Shanghai Telecom aims to build a smart operation system that is horizontal to the edge and vertical to the end, and then evolve into an integrated platform serving cloud, network, edge, terminal, and security. Through ecological cooperation and technology integration, it will provide services for thousands of industries. Enterprise networking provides one-stop full life cycle management solutions.

Ji Minghua, Deputy Manager of Product Innovation Department of China Telecom Shanghai Information Network Department

Yao Jun, general manager of the product department of Mobile Cloud Network, first reviewed the four major problems that have arisen in the development of cloud networks. The first is performance bottlenecks. Traditional gateways are prone to scalability and other performance issues; the second is security issues. Cloud networks are There are many security threats in terms of functions ; third, the function iteration is slow, and the overall iteration cycle is relatively long; fourth, the degree of autonomy is improved, and cloud gateway products need to be fully independently developed. In this process, for different application scenarios of cloud networks, Mobile Cloud has independently developed programmable hardware gateways based on the unified SONIC open source network operating system and Tofino chip white box switches. The follow-up will focus on decoupling, openness, universality, and ease of use. Continue iterative evolution in other directions.

Yao Jun, General Manager of Mobile Cloud Product Department

In-depth exchanges to promote technological innovation

The rise of SD-WAN and SASE technologies has brought changes to enterprise network architecture. Their rise is not only an inevitable trend in technological development, but also a key measure for enterprises to cope with the wave of digital transformation and cloud computing. In this process, we also need to pay attention to technology development trends and market dynamics, continue to promote technological innovation and development, and continue to strengthen industry exchanges and cooperation.

At the meeting, Yang Wu , Director of the Router Product Line System Department of the New H3C Group, Jiang Haiyang , Technical Director of the Jiangsu Future Network Innovation Institute and Associate Researcher of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wang Chuangkei , Marketing Director of Nanjing Eketeng Information Technology Co., Ltd. , HPE Aruba China District Technical Product Director Yu Shidan , Zijinshan Laboratory Researcher Ni Zhongyang , Beijing Dadi Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd. Technical Department Manager Gu Yanlei , Lianchi System CEO Zhang Yufeng , and China Mobile Research Institute Basic Network Research Institute Deputy Director Cheng Weiqiang focused on SD-WAN and The innovation and integration of SASE technology in network, security and cloud services were discussed in depth, as well as its application in multi-cloud environments, solution innovation and emerging trends in the industry. The SD-WAN & SASE technology ecological forum was hosted by Wei Liang, team director of Jiangsu Future Network Innovation Research Institute.

SD-WAN & SASE Technology Ecological Forum

Collision of ideas to create a new ecological situation

In today's digital era, the stability and security of enterprise networks are crucial. The development of SD-WAN technology not only improves the flexibility and scalability of the network, but also provides enterprises with solutions to optimize network performance in multi-cloud and distributed office environments. At the same time, SASE technology provides enterprises with comprehensive security protection at the edge and cloud, adapting to the needs of new working models such as remote office and mobile office.

At the meeting, Fu Zhiqiang , director of the Security Product Line System Department of New H3C Group, Wang Bingyi , a second-level expert in the Shanghai Information Network Department of China Telecom, Li Xiaodong , product manager of Shenzhen First Line Communications Co., Ltd., and Yin Yuesheng , product manager of Shenzhen Maxto Chengyue Technology Co., Ltd. , VIAVI Business Development Manager Ma Yaning , Beijing Shangyuan Xinan Technology Co., Ltd. Senior Product Manager Zhang Junci , China Unicom Intelligent Network Innovation Center Network Product R&D Manager Wang Jin , Beijing Xinghan Internet Co., Ltd. Cloud Network Division Solution Director Huo Jian shared the application solutions and successful cases of SD-WAN and SASE in different industries, deeply analyzed the challenges in the application process, provided everyone with rich practical experience, and promoted the practical application of SD-WAN and SASE technology. widespread popularity. The SD-WAN & SASE Application Ecosystem Forum was hosted by Liu Jiang, a professor at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications .

SD-WAN & SASE Application Ecosystem Forum

Break through innovation and compete for intelligent cloud network

As a key component of cloud computing, cloud networks have played an increasingly important role in enterprise-level network architecture. Network resources are pooled through virtualization technology to achieve dynamic allocation and sharing of resources, providing enterprises with more Efficient and flexible network communication services. At present, cloud networks have been widely used in enterprise-level network architectures and have become an important support for enterprises to achieve digital transformation. In the future, we need to continue to explore and research new technologies and solutions to promote the continued development of cloud networks.

At the meeting, Song Yang, senior architect of Alibaba Cloud Network Product Line, Guo Luyao, platform leader of Yiou Education Operation and Maintenance Center, Hou Yefei, leader of elastic network product line of Tianyi Cloud Network Product Division, and Zhang Fenghui, network architect of Baidu Intelligent Cloud Product Line , Ma Yue, Director of Fortinet China Cloud Division, shared the latest research results on cloud network architecture, multi-cloud collaboration, intelligent cloud network and other aspects. The special forum of the Cloud Network Conference was hosted by Ji Ye, co-founder of SDNLAB.

A roundtable forum was also held at the conference. Expert representatives from Alibaba Cloud, Tianyi Cloud, Baidu, and Palo Alto Networks reviewed the development of network technology in the past ten years. At the same time, they focused on how to implement industry implementation in overseas scenarios from the perspectives of cloud, network, and security. Expressed his views, and finally looked forward to the future development of the combination of AI and cloud network, looking forward to the cloud network's better attitude in providing services to industry customers in the future. The roundtable forum was hosted by Yin Jun, Marketing Director of Alibaba Cloud Network Product Line.

Cloud Network Conference Special Forum

Pay tribute to excellence and lead the industry trend

In order to discover, select and reward units that have achieved remarkable results in the fields of SD-WAN and SASE , select outstanding solutions, typical application scenarios and project practices in the industry, and unite all walks of life to jointly promote application innovation and ecological integration, the 6th SD-WAN & The organizing committee of the SASE Conference and Cloud Network Conference specially launched the 2023 SD-WAN & SASE Awards annual selection event. This selection has established the 2023 Most Valuable SD-WAN & SASE Brand Award , the 2023 Top Ten SD-WAN & SASE Excellent Application Case Award , and the 2023 Vertical Field Outstanding Case Award. After public voting and expert review, the following companies won awards, and a grand award ceremony was held on site.

2023 Most Valuable SD-WAN & SASE Brand Award

China Telecom Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch

China United Network Communications Co., Ltd

New H3C Technology Co., Ltd.

Juniper NetworksJuniper Networks

Viaway Communication Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Beijing Shangyuan Xin'an Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen First Line Communications Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Maituo Chengyue Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Xinghan Internet Co., Ltd.

Beijing Dadi Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Sichuan Subao Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Nanling Technology Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Saibot Communication Technology Co., Ltd.

Top Ten SD-WAN & SASE Excellent Application Case Awards in 2023

China Telecom Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch

Alibaba Cloud Computing Co., Ltd.

New H3C Technology Co., Ltd.

Zhongxun Post and Telecommunications Consulting and Design Institute Co., Ltd.

Nanjing Yiketeng Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Xinghan Internet Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen First Line Communications Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Maituo Chengyue Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Dadi Cloud Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Jiangsu Future Network Innovation Research Institute

2023 Outstanding Case Award in Vertical Fields

Zhejiang Lingwan Network Co., Ltd.

Beijing Shangyuan Xin'an Technology Co., Ltd.

Tianyi Cloud Technology Co., Ltd.

Shanghai Dian Technology Co., Ltd.

Beijing Zhaoyu Hongtai Information Technology Co., Ltd.

Hangzhou Yige Cloud Technology Co., Ltd.

Guangdong Tianyun Technology Co., Ltd.

The successful holding of the 2023 Sixth SD-WAN & SASE Conference and Cloud Network Conference has brought us a platform to focus on discussing and displaying the latest progress and achievements in the fields of SD-WAN, SASE and cloud networks. Industry experts, business leaders and technology enthusiasts shared their insights, thoughts and innovations, giving us a deeper understanding of the future development trends in these fields, while also seeing the wide application and huge potential of these technologies in practice . We look forward to seeing the emergence of more new ideas, new technologies and new applications at the next conference to jointly promote the sustainable development of the global network communications industry.