Doyle Research : SDWAN Becomes the Network

The network of yesterday is not the network that can take businesses into the future. The increased deployment of cloud applications, storage, hosted voice, video, mobile applications, and the emergence of IoT has challenged IT and business managers to provide high-quality WAN services to the branch.  Organizations typically rely on multiple cloud platforms (e.g. Amazon, Microsoft and Google) and must transmit and migrate data to and from these platforms in real-time.

Deploying and managing the WAN has become more challenging and costly as traffic flows are decentralized.  The solution for many organizations is to place network intelligence in the cloud to monitor, steer, and secure traffic flows.  Software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) offers compelling advantages for distributed organizations with critical branch operations, including the benefits of business agility, optimized application performance, and increased bandwidth efficiencies.