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Software Defined Wide Area Network (SDWAN)

SDWAN in simple terms

SD-WAN simplifies the management and operation of a WAN by abstracting the complexity of network connectivity and control from its centralized management.

SD-WAN solutions provide an alternative to traditional WAN routers and are agnostic to WAN transport technologies. Software-defined WAN should provide dynamic, policy-based application path selection across multiple WAN connections. It should support service chaining for additional services such as security.

From our perspective, Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WANs) are intelligent networks that adjust dynamically to your network conditions and use software abstraction to build an enterprise-grade network using any underlying WAN connectivity. By pulling the network intelligence into the software, SD-WAN solutions can monitor the underlying network's availability and performance. This enables the SD-WAN to identify the best link for each application in real time. Prioritised application traffic travels over the best available network link to deliver a fantastic user experience.

Your company is moving to the cloud, whether that be voice, CRM, ERP, finance or all of the above. Many businesses now have a cloud-only stance, with most core business software platforms being delivered with a cloud-first mindset. It is expected that, in a couple of years, the majority of applications will be in the cloud.

Avoiding vendor lock-in and being able to use best of breed solutions are two key benefits of this multi-cloud world. But it's Shadow IT that will most likely drive the need for your business to adopt a multicloud strategy. Don’t underestimate the number of cloud services that are being used by the business units within your organisation, without the knowledge of your IT department. As more and more applications transition to the cloud your I.T department may not be aware how many services are being utilised without their knowledge. For this reason you need to be able to leverage a multi-cloud world.

Over the Wire SD-WAN lets you do this, wherever your business units are located. Our SD-WAN solutions provide high-performance access to critical cloud applications, and its advanced knowledge of applications and network requirements optimises WAN traffic and data paths for the best user experience possible.

SD-WAN has transformed the way organisations connect branches to their data center and cloud workloads, SD-WAN is not a replacement for Data Center Interconnect (DCI) or multi-cloud routing platforms. SD-WAN focuses on securely branch networks over a variable underlay network where DCI solutions focus on high-speed interconnection between data centers and the cloud.