The new Cisco SD WAN is the ideal solution for the corporate network

The critical increase of servicing the corporate network cost (according to experts, today it is three times higher than the cost of the network itself), as well as the urgent need for rapid configuration changes and flexible scaling in the interests of business caused the emergence of the technology of software network configuration (SDN). First it was implemented for the local network segment (LAN), and then spread to the global (WAN).

According to IDC, by 2019, approximately 70% of companies will need to upgrade their WAN infrastructure, and this will be a favorable time to start using the technology of software-defined global networks (SD WAN), especially considering that about 80% of corporate network traffic is generated in WAN affiliates connected by WAN.

Why is this product interesting for business?

With the help of SD WAN solutions, it is possible to organize the centralized management of the WAN segment, flexibly and quickly configure it, improve the reliability and safety of its operation, and proactively respond to emerging problems. According to Cisco estimates, the company's SD WAN solution allows approximately 40% reduction in capital costs for the implementation of WAN-channels, reducing the time of detection of network malware in the WAN segment from six months to several hours, and improving the performance of WAN-based applications severalfold.

The Cisco SD WAN solution can be deployed either in the Cisco cloud or in the customer infrastructure. In case of first solution, the customer is provided with a graphical interface for managing the WAN segment of own network. The interaction of the Cisco SD WAN with the customer's branch infrastructure is realized with the help of vEdge-derived devices of different performance inherited from Viptel or built on the classic Cisco routers operating in the branches.

The advantages of the Cisco SD WAN solution include the company's almost unlimited scalability, implemented directly in the solution of IS mechanisms, high granularity of centralized management, simplicity of the primary deployment of new routers. Ensuring reliability and availability for all components is achieved by the necessary redundancy.