As AI adoption accelerates, enterprises and service providers must adapt WAN architectures to support increasingly distributed applications, cloud connectivity, and data center ecosystems. This eBook examines the distributed service edge, an architectural approach for delivering IP services across a more distributed AI WAN. Through three practical use cases, it explores how EVPN simplifies service delivery, how distributed internet access supports AI-driven connectivity requirements, and how service domains can evolve across hybrid transport environments. It also highlights key design considerations, technologies, and deployment models that help operators modernize WAN services for the AI era.
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