Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solves a lot of common network headaches with centralized management and better performance. It also, in many cases, delivers cost savings and reduces travel time for technicians to branch locations, because all troubleshooting and maintenance are done at the central hub. For some enterprises, SD-WAN seems a bit out of reach. When a hybrid wide area network (WAN) has been designed using the integration of multiple technologies, accessing various … [Read more...]
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Choosing a Hybrid Management Approach for SD-WAN
Among in-house, managed, and hybrid approaches to SD-WAN, how do you know which one is right for a business? In a large enterprise, network architects often work so thoroughly on choosing the right configuration that it makes sense for the in-house team to continue to manage the network needs including any SD-WAN solution. For a smaller company, managed services are often the best choice for handling SD-WAN. Employees may not have the depth of network expertise to maintain the SD-WAN, or … [Read more...]