The SD-WAN uses a centralised control function to safely and intelligently route traffic over the WAN and directly to reputable SaaS and IaaS providers. This improves application speed and provides a high-quality user experience, increasing corporate productivity and agility while lowering IT expenses.
SD-WAN is one of the fastest-growing categories of the network infrastructure industry, owing to a number of factors. First, traditional enterprise WANs are rapidly failing to fulfil the demands of today’s new digital organisations. Second, organisations want to increase application performance and end-user experience by making it easier to manage numerous connection types throughout their WAN.
SD-WAN is also an exciting opportunity because of its ability to simplify existing WAN architecture. By replacing proprietary, built-for-purpose stacks with white boxes and improving automation capacity SD-WAN often greatly improves technicians’ quality of life, allowing them to focus on other work. SD-WAN is also generally cheaper than MPLS, but price can still be a sticking point for some feature-heavy SD-WAN options.
