SD-WAN (Software Defined Wide Area Network) is a solution that transforms an organization’s WAN capabilities by providing centralized control mechanisms to determine and automatically route traffic over the WAN connection (MPLS, 3G/4G or broadband) that best suits the outgoing traffic at any given time. This solution allows to stop relying on traditional architectures with MPLS connectivity, which is slower and more expensive, and which do not offer any advantage with cloud-based applications (SaaS, IaaS, public cloud applications).
The use of this type of solution allows organizations:
- Obtain high-performance network capabilities compatible with digital transformation initiatives.
- Simplify complexity by unifying certain WAN functionalities into a unified solution and management.
- Improving the user experience with corporate applications by prioritizing them and providing direct access to cloud applications and the Internet from branch offices.
- Cost savings compared to more traditional solutions such as MPLS.
