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The Challenge-<\/strong>\u00a0Traditional Network infrastructure like MPLS is rigid and poses scaling challenges.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How SD-WAN benefits –\u00a0<\/strong>With SD-WAN, continuous upgradation of IT bandwidth is not necessary to ensure a reliable connection. It\u2019s a scalable solution which allows network teams to easily add new links without having to change the underlying infrastructure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cost Benefit of SD-WAN –<\/strong>\u00a0Scaling networks doesn\u2019t mean adding resources, devices or applications only. Scaling networks is also about how the demands of these resources are met, how traffic is processed and application interact. SD-WAN allow businesses to scale networks (to branches, remote locations, users) without worrying about networks at any given point of time. This helps IT meet business and user demands which in turn improves bottom line.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Challenge \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Cloud, Internet and devices has made security a nightmare for enterprise IT teams. Before cloud,\u00a0traffic was bypassed and stored in enterprise servers, which was filtered and monitored through firewalls. Later MPLS helped to route traffic across their network without compromising on speed and performance. However, with the evolving traffic pattern, security has become even more challenging, especially for enterprises that leverage cloud in a distributed network ecosystem.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How SD-WAN helps<\/strong>\u00a0– SD-WAN has the ability to make enterprise networks more secure through end-to-end encryption, as well as device and endpoint authentication. SD-WAN is the first step towards a more secure network in the age of cloud. With SD-WAN, enterprises also have the option to integrate third party security solutions, which ultimately forms a new age security perimeter that saves enterprises from costly information security issues.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cost benefits of SD-WAN<\/strong>–\u00a0 Software based firewalls of today can seamlessly scale to address any traffic workload, enforce unified policy, and are managed by a cloud provider. This type of deployment enterprises need to manage only a single global firewall that can scale according to traffic volume and devices connected. This allow IT departments to manage a single or unified policy,\u00a0which will applies\u00a0to all devices connected. This\u00a0eliminates\u00a0the ordeal, as is the case with a traditional on-premises firewall deployment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Challenge –<\/strong>\u00a0Traditional networks were never optimized for Cloud. Today\u2019s applications are enabled by the cloud and include mobile applications, big data analytics and social business. These new-age applications have significantly different network requirements. As cloud era gains momentum and hybrid clouds become a new norm, enterprise networks continue to increase in value.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How SD-WAN helps:<\/strong>\u00a0SD-WAN is designed to route network traffic through the fastest and the best available connection. With traditional MPLS, this doesn\u2019t happen. Instead, settings are static. There may be a \u201cfailover\u201d connection with an MPLS-based network, but that redundancy usually isn\u2019t as fast or seamless as with SD-WAN.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cost Benefits of SD-WAN<\/strong>\u00a0– The Cost of Downtime. According to ITIC’s 2017 Reliability and Hourly Cost of Downtime Trends Survey<\/a><\/strong>, over 98% of large enterprises with more than 1,000 employees say that, on average, a single hour of downtime per year costs their company over\u00a0$100,000, while 81% say it’s more than\u00a0$300,000.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Challenge –<\/strong>\u00a0 In the age of cloud, most networking teams face the challenge to monitor distributed network ecosystems (on-prem and cloud). Network visibility, performance issue detection, and root cause analysis are few among many challenges,\u00a0network teams face in their day to day monitoring activities. The challenges for network monitoring are twofold: capturing and storing large amounts of data, and analyzing the different types of data that is being transported- this includes instant messaging, email applications, video streaming, and peer-to-peer connectivity.\u00a0Heterogeneous enterprise network today creates new challenges for network administrators. In the absence of data visibility, it becomes hard for network teams to predict and monitor network issues.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How SD-WAN helps –<\/strong>\u00a0Organizations that implement SD-WAN have improved visibility into network traffic. Network administrators can see when SD-WAN re-routes network traffic and react as needed to optimize performance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cost Benefits of SD-WAN \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Granular visibility helps network teams to address network issues, it helps CIOs, IT directors, and CTOs and network managers amplify overall IT operations.\u00a0 Reduce MTTR, Increase Operational Efficiency, ensure User\/Customer Satisfaction, and zero network downtime all caters to lower the cost of IT operations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Challenge \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Traditional network deployments are hardware centric (which involves costs), and require months to be deployed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How SD-WAN helps –<\/strong>\u00a0Rather than waiting days or weeks for your provider to configure and set up a new MPLS connection for a new office, SD-WAN and network bandwidth can be deployed quickly without sending IT personnel to the new office to set it up.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Cost benefits of SD-WAN-\u00a0<\/strong>SD-WAN deployment options allow an enterprise to consume the network just like compute or storage in the public cloud, as a service. In this model, the network subscription covers the software with SD-WAN controller running as a multi-tenant instance in the Cloud. This eliminates cost of hardware and the requirement of consoles\u00a0\u00a0(mangers)\u00a0lessening the total cost of ownership.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Challenge\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Configuring Traditional networks each manually, then setting policy for each can easily result in manual errors and moreover configuration process becomes cumbersome and complex.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How SD-WAN helps:<\/strong>\u00a0SD-WAN can be comprised of any combination of 3G\/4G LTE, MPLS, Internet, or Ethernet,. This allows for both fast installation and increased bandwidth options. Your business can save money by using all available resources, including inexpensive internet services. When you opt for this type of configuration, the SD-WAN dynamically selects cost-effective connection and links to route traffic.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The cost benefits of SD-WAN-<\/strong>\u00a0SD-WAN reduces complexity in configuration enterprise networks allowing teams to apply policies automatically. It also reduces the probability of network errors which often jolts the bottom line.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cloud has made traditional network infrastructures costly and inefficient. Traditional network architecture like MPLS was not built to support today\u2019s cloud-first strategy. Traditional network infrastructures are rigid hence resulting in poor application performance, business agility, and productivity. SD-WAN,\u00a0in addition to its other direct and indirect network benefits, provides enterprises with indirect cost savings in the form of increased productivity, flexibility, powerful analytics, and other management tools. Get in touch<\/a> <\/strong>with us to unlock the full potential of your enterprise network. You may also download our SD-WAN solution suite brochure<\/a><\/strong> to know why top Indian enterprises prefer Lavelle Networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Enterprises\u00a0relying on MPLS can significantly reduce networking cost by implementing software defined wide are networks. In addition to cost saving, SD-WAN enables automation, intelligence and centralized management which makes enterprise networks cloud ready. Weighing all these factors into consideration, SD-WAN cost savings in enterprises can surge higher than 60%. [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":20554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[84,27],"yoast_head":"\nSecurity<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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