Gary Taylor

Gary Taylor

Solutions Architect | Managed Services

Gary provides support services to Megaport customers with his expertise in cloud, SD-WAN, and networking design. He brings 25 years of experience to our team from the telecommunications and networking industries.

Easy Ways to Interconnect Your Network

Easy Ways to Interconnect Your Network

Globally distributed networks, remote workforces, multicloud architectures – all of these setups have something important in common (besides the fact they’re the norm now). They all leverage multiples to maximize business benefits. Multiple locations, multiple endpoint types, multiple cloud providers.

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Solutions to Common API Issues With Megaport

Solutions to Common API Issues With Megaport

With automation pervading the networking world in recent years, APIs have become standard for software and IT specialists. While the jury is out on the exact number of public APIs offered today, all estimates point to their massive (and ever-growing) popularity.

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AWS VGW vs DGW vs TGW

AWS VGW vs DGW vs TGW

In November 2018, AWS launched the newest version of its native network routing service: Transit Gateway (TGW) . This cloud-based network gateway allows customers to connect Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs) across different accounts in a hub and spoke topology, and is the third evolution in this feature set. The release was preceded by Direct Connect Gateway (DGW) , which was announced in 2017, and prior to that, Virtual Private Gateway (VGW) .

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Comparing the SD-WAN Licensing Needs of Major Vendors

Comparing the SD-WAN Licensing Needs of Major Vendors

As Megaport launches and expands our global SD-WAN coverage with Megaport Virtual Edge (MVE), SD-WAN vendor support is a key requirement and understanding the relevant licensing needs per vendor and per customer use case becomes very important to fully realizing the benefits of MVE, which can include better network performance and security, reduced operating costs, and simplified network management.

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