Software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) is increasingly part of the discussion as enterprises seek to solve the challenges of a more complex network. Increased data flow, security threats and geographical disparity of branch locations make traditional networking inadequate for today’s business environment. You may be considering SD-WAN, and wondering what the differences are between managed SD-WAN service and SD-WAN as a service. SD-WAN offers enterprises the ability to segment network … [Read more...]
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Solving Network Management Challenges with SD-WAN
Enterprises with a traditional wide area network (WAN) architecture are finding that limits on their ability to access affordable bandwidth and an increased need for reliability and flexibility are causing major network management challenges. To address these problems, many are turning to software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN). In the past, these enterprises have relied on multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) lines to access a reliable connection. As bandwidth demands have grown, … [Read more...]