Avoiding SD-WAN Buyer’s Remorse

Key Considerations to Ensure SD-WAN Success

Multicloud has changed the enterprise applications landscape, and with that, traffic patterns.

Traffic no longer needs to flow to enterprise data center sites or central internet peering points and breakouts. Most user and device traffic from inside enterprise campuses and branches go to cloud-based applications scattered across a host of different clouds.

This is neither economical nor efficient.

To optimize multi-cloud-bound traffic cost and performance, modern WAN edge routers, or customer premises equipment (CPE), are now equipped with hybrid WAN links and routing. Hybrid WAN interfaces may include WAN provider-dedicated links such as MPLS, as well as direct internet links over xDSL, broadband and 4G/LTE wireless.

However, this will impact your security. The move to the cloud has effectively multiplied the attack surface and introduced new sources of risk. To protect your users, data, and business, your SD-WAN must include effective security at all touchpoints.

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