Recently, a survey was performed by Telia Carrier that has revealed the biggest pain points for the SD-WAN industry. Customer demand and customer performance showed a large discrepancy, with the largest pain point in security. Here is a graph that shows the breakdown of Telia's results: As COVID is now a part of the entire global workforce, SD-WAN has become even more desired by industries of all types. The ability to remotely view usage and issues, make configuration changes, and pull … [Read more...]
Why SD-WAN Is Critical for Business Continuity
Traditionally, IT teams have treated business continuity with a reactive approach: responding to situations involving cyber security, a severe weather attack, and even sluggish network performance with a putting-out-fires strategy. They work case by case, working to restore networks and productivity even among enterprises with a business continuity plan in place. With more workers than ever logging on from home, continuity becomes a more central concern. Continuous connectivity is as … [Read more...]
Why SD-WAN and Contact Centers Accelerate Digital Transformation Together
Enterprises looking for new ways to improve the customer experience benefit from combining software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and contact centers. SD-WAN’s ability to simplify an increasingly complex network architecture and drive down costs also provides an opportunity to improve the customer experience with enhanced performance and expanded feature capabilities. Digital Drives Omnichannel As enterprises invest in more cloud technology, the push for digital transformation is … [Read more...]
The Benefits and Challenges of Migrating to SD-WAN
With enterprises juggling complex cloud environments running bandwidth-hungry applications, many are finding that software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) provides the solution for several pain points. Migrating to SD-WAN allows for better network management while also introducing scalability and cost savings. In order to stay competitive, companies need to be able to spin up new applications that support a highly personalized customer experience. Implementing a virtualized network that … [Read more...]
The Many Ways SD-WAN Can Reduce Costs
Enterprises looking for ways to gain more control over their networking costs in the increasingly complex world of cloud migration are upgrading to software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). With improved visibility and control, SD-WAN allows organizations to reduce costs and gain more insight into how traffic and performance are impacted by specific application requirements. One of the main motivations for moving to SD-WAN is the cost reduction that comes with replacing multi-protocol … [Read more...]
Why Smart Enterprises Don’t Stop With SD-WAN
Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) is a common networking upgrade to address the complexities that come with cloud adoption. From handling bandwidth costs to managing performance specifications, the agnostic approach to connectivity has offered enterprises an alternative to traditional WAN architectures. Even with all its benefits – which include improved visibility and control, scalability, provider autonomy and automatic failover – SD-WAN still has its shortcomings. For … [Read more...]
Three Best Practices for SD-WAN Implementation
Companies no longer need to be sold on the benefits of software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN); instead, they’re evaluating best practices for how to ensure a smooth transition. IT teams are no longer asking why they should invest in SD-WAN, but rather how best to launch it, troubleshoot network problems, and avoid complexity. IT teams wonder how SD-WAN security will dovetail with their policies already in place, including achieving the desired levels of visibility and managing … [Read more...]
Two Requirements for SD-Branch
Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) has solved many of the problems that tend to emerge with a cloud environment, such as managing the cost of higher bandwidth demands and improved visibility into the network. Changes at the branch level require enterprises to take things a step further and invest in the software-defined branch (SD-branch), which simplifies management and improves the security at each location. The need for SD-branch is partly due to the increased number of … [Read more...]
Solving Network Issues with Managed SD-WAN
Enterprises are turning to software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) as a way to manage increasing bandwidth costs and the growing complexity of networking in the cloud era. For many, the initial conversation centers around cost savings, but as the benefits of SD-WAN play out in real life, cost concerns are often dwarfed by other advantages the approach offers. Further improvements are often realized with the adoption of managed SD-WAN. As enterprises adopt more cloud solutions into … [Read more...]
4 Considerations for SD-WAN Deployment
Many enterprises are investing in a network upgrade to support their adoption and the performance levels of cloud solutions. For most organizations, this means implementing software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). It solves a variety of challenges and allows the enterprise to be vendor agnostic, no longer tied to a single internet service provider or carrier. The benefits that SD-WAN introduces are numerous, including the following: SD-WAN adds a virtual overlay to the physical … [Read more...]