Why is SD-WAN hotter than ever?
Spoiler alert: It’s all about more.
“Traditional enterprise WANs are not meeting the needs of today’s modern digital business, especially as it relates to supporting SaaS apps and multi- and hybrid-cloud usage.”
—IDC
We all want more. Your employees and customers want more bandwidth, flexibility and performance. You want more visibility, control and security.
It used to be that traditional WAN was enough. Branch offices relied on a wide-area network, usually MPLS from a telecom carrier. That network would route all traffic from a centrally managed datacenter.
Then the world changed. Today’s way of working needs a network that supports all kinds of remote workers on all kinds of devices using all kinds of applications. The solution that more and more IT teams have turned to, or plan to turn to, is SD-WAN. In fact, a recent study reports that 92% of IT decision makers plan to adopt SD-WAN by 2026.1
Enterprises are interested in easier management of multiple connection types across their WAN to improve application performance and end-user experience.
When you consider the benefits, it’s not surprising that SD-WAN is so hot. The right software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) solution not only helps save money, but also streamlines performance and enhances user experience for branch offices and remote workers alike. Your IT and security team will be on board, too, knowing SD-WAN will maximize your control and visibility.
Here are the top four reasons why more and more IT managers are fans of SD-WAN:
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Happier users. SD-WAN prioritizes bandwidth to ensure better performance and lower latency. It also gives you faster access to applications with lower setup time. -
Easier for you. Centralized visibility and control, customized and automated policies, a combination of cloud and on-premises deployment models and a variety of transport services add up to streamlined and simplified operations for you. -
Greater savings. SD-WAN helps you make the most of bandwidth and its related costs. And because you can scale and update remotely, you’ll save on IT personnel costs, as well as hardware. -
Greater security. Imagine if you had centralized, holistic visibility of your entire network, including segmented traffic, automation, threat intelligence and machine learning? That’s the reality of SD-WAN.
A trusted partner makes all the difference.
In the beginning, SD-WAN adoption was driven by the internal IT teams at the world’s leading-edge enterprises. Today, given the scope, complexity and ever-evolving nature of your business, finding the right SD-WAN solution is key. That’s why it’s best to rely on an expert provider of SD-WAN as a managed service.
1 businesswire.com/news/home/20210526005086/en/Masergy-Releases-2021-State-of-SD-WAN-Study
