SD-WAN
A software-defined wide area network is a virtual WAN overlay that enables businesses to deploy hybrid or all broadband WANs using multiple types of connectivity.
SD-WAN leverages Internet bandwidth, enabling businesses to reduce or completely eliminate dependency on private MPLS connections.
It offers compelling benefits including substantial cost reduction, increased performance, faster provisioning and reduced complexity.
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Companies can reduce networking costs by moving to SD-WAN
SD-WAN can dramatically lower connectivity, equipment and network administration costs by up to 80% by enabling customers to leverage lower-cost Internet bandwidth.
MPLS circuits are expensive to install and scale and the cost of MPLS per Mbps can be up to 100 times the cost of Internet bandwidth. MPLS is priced anywhere between £30 and £60 per megabit per month, compared to as little as £2 for broadband Internet.
SD-WAN Architecture
As adoption of cloud-based applications continues to grow (Office 365, Skype for Business, Cisco Webex), we start to see the limitation of MPLS, driving the need for SD-WAN. It gives businesses a cost-effective way to securely connect users to their applications and gain exibility, control & visibility.
SD-WAN ensures high availability with minimum downtime. When running over pure Internet bandwidth, the best way to maintain 99.99% availability is to utilise 2 links from 2 different providers in case of link failure. Additionally, the solution enables you to measure jitter, latency and packet loss, routing traffic to the best path available with the least amount of loss. It ensures exceptional performance, reliability and private-line-like performance over the public Internet.
