A hybrid multicloud world is inevitable.
The complex architectures behind our most important applications present sincere challenges to the IT teams responsible for Wide Area Network (WAN) management. IT must balance consistent application delivery, optimize and troubleshoot cloud connectivity, and fortify the security of a highly distributed environment.
The scattered nature of hybrid infrastructures extending from WAN to cloud through different provider workflows makes it difficult to gain comprehensive visibility into applications and infrastructure, preventing failure resolution, risk management, and resource forecasting.
Benefits of SD-WAN
● lower cost of connectivity
● lower five-year cost of operations per 100 users
● more efficient WAN management
● faster onboarding of new services
● faster implementation of policy and configuration changes
● reduction in unplanned downtime
● improvement in Microsoft 365 performance
● reduction in application latency
Why Software-Defined WAN?
Enhanced application experience
● Dynamic path selection that automatically steers critical applications around network problems
● Multiple hybrid active-active links for all scenarios
● Micro-segmentation and identity-based policy management drive consistent multidomain policy enforcement for an uniform user experience
● Monitor and validate the usability and performance of web applications, including SaaS and internally hosted apps, to optimize digital experiences for employees and internal systems
Pervasive security
● Complete integrated security with cloud-delivered SASE or on-premises model, depending on the business requirements compliance needs of your organization
● Fully integrated with cloud-delivered Cisco Umbrella ®, offering protection against security blind spots and cyber threats
● Zero-trust foundation with authentication, encryption, and segmentation
● Web security, enterprise firewall, IPS, AMP next-generation antivirus, DNS layer enforcement, URL filtering, and SSL decryption proxy
Optimized for multicloud
● Enables SD-WAN to extend to major public cloud, cloud interconnect, and colocation providers with Cloud OnRamp
● Automatically selects the fastest, most reliable path for real-time optimized performance with Microsoft 365, Salesforce, other major SaaS applications
● Automated workflow integration for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
● Regionalized internet access using colocation facilities to quickly spin up new services and provide consistent policy for employees, partners, and guests across the WAN
Operational simplicity
● Full integration of unified communications, multicloud, and security into SD-WAN
● End-to-end visibility, segmentation policy management, and security enforcement across the network with a single dashboard
● Automation with template-based zero-touch provisioning and RESTful integration
Visibility and actionable insight
● Internet and Cloud Intelligence with native integration with specific network solution providers. (like Cisco ThousandEyes)
● Sophisticated forecasting and what-if analysis for effective resource planning
● Insightful policy recommendations and root cause analysis based on traffic patterns