SD-WAN Solutions
"Intelligent, Secure, and Agile WAN Connectivity for the Modern Enterprise".
Introduction
SD-WAN is a transformative approach to managing and operating a wide area network (WAN). It decouples the networking hardware from its control mechanism, using a software-based controller to manage connectivity, security, and policies across multiple connection types (such as MPLS, broadband internet, LTE/5G, and satellite). Unlike traditional WANs that route all traffic through a central data center for security and control (a process known as "backhauling"), SD-WAN intelligently directs traffic based on current network conditions, application requirements, and business policies. This allows for direct, secure internet breakout from branch offices, dramatically improving application performance and user experience.
Service Overview
In today’s digital landscape, a reliable and high-performing network is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. However, legacy WAN infrastructures often struggle to meet the demands of cloud-based applications, distributed workforces, and increasing security threats. The result is higher costs, degraded user experiences, and greater operational complexity.
Challenges of Traditional Systems
Traditional WAN architectures, primarily built on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) circuits, present significant challenges for modern, cloud-centric businesses:
Poor Cloud Application Performance
Traditional WANs backhaul all traffic even traffic destined for the cloud (e.g., Microsoft 365, Salesforce, AWS) to a central data center for inspection. This adds latency, jitter, and creates a poor user experience.
High Cost and Inflexibility
MPLS circuits are expensive and have long provisioning times (often weeks or months). Scaling up or adapting the network to new business needs is a slow and costly process.
Complex Management
Configuring and managing network devices (routers, firewalls) at each branch location requires manual, command-line interface (CLI) work, which is time-consuming, error-prone, and requires highly skilled IT staff.
Limited Visibility and Agility
IT teams lack real-time, granular visibility into application performance across the network. Identifying and troubleshooting issues is reactive and slow, hindering business agility.
Inconsistent Security
While the data center may be secure, individual branch offices often have limited security, creating vulnerabilities, especially with direct internet access.
Our Core Capabilities
Our SD-WAN solution delivers a robust, secure, and agile network fabric with the following key capabilities:
- Centralized Orchestration and Management: A single-pane-of-glass cloud portal allows you to define, deploy, and manage security and connectivity policies for your entire global network instantly without touching a single physical device.
- Dynamic Path Selection: Our solution continuously monitors the performance of all available WAN connections (MPLS, broadband, wireless) in real-time. It automatically steers application traffic over the best available path based on pre-defined policies (e.g., send video conferencing over the most stable link, send backups over the most cost-effective link).
- Application-Aware Routing: We can identify thousands of applications. You can create business-intent policies to prioritize mission-critical applications (like VoIP or ERP systems) to ensure they always receive the necessary bandwidth and performance, while deprioritizing less important traffic.
- Integrated Security: We provide built-in, next-generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities, including intrusion prevention systems (IPS), web filtering, and advanced threat protection at every branch location. This enables secure direct internet access without compromising safety.
- Zero-Touch Provisioning: We ship pre-configured appliances to your branch offices. Simply plug them in, and they automatically connect to the orchestration platform and download their configuration, enabling rapid, error-free deployment of new sites.
Key Benefits
Implementing our SD-WAN solution translates into direct, tangible business advantages:
- Enhanced User Experience & Productivity: Drastically improve the performance of cloud and SaaS applications (e.g., Microsoft 365, Zoom) by enabling local internet breakout, reducing latency and increasing speeds for end-users.
- Significant Cost Reduction: Reduce reliance on expensive MPLS circuits by leveraging more affordable broadband internet and wireless services, often cutting WAN costs by 50% or more.
- Increased Business Agility: Open new branches or scale your network in days, not months. Quickly adapt your network to support new applications, mergers, or acquisitions with simple policy changes in the central dashboard.
- Operational Simplification: Free up your IT team from mundane network management tasks. The centralized controller simplifies troubleshooting and provides deep, application-level analytics, allowing your staff to focus on strategic initiatives.
- Robust Security and Compliance: Achieve a consistent security posture across all locations—headquarters, branches, and retail stores—with integrated enterprise-grade security that is easy to manage and update.
