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CONNECTIVITY
Boosting performance
The time to take your WAN to the next level with SD-WAN is
now. By using multiple ADSL, FTTC, EFM and 4G links in each
bonded connection, and routing traffic over a diverse carrier
backbone, SD-WAN over bonded connectivity can deliver
superlative application performance and help solve your
current network woes.
With SD-WAN and VoIP, video jitters and drop outs
become a thing of the past, database-driven applications
run lag-free, and cloud and Internet resources are there
without delay. User satisfaction – both internal and external
– rises, while help desk call volumes are slashed.
Responding to business needs
What makes SD-WAN over bonded connectivity so useful for
geographically dispersed businesses that require multiple
line aggregation, is that SD-WAN over it’s highly scalable,
flexible and can be deployed in days rather than months.
It can respond nimbly to business needs, freeing IT from
the need to predict future use. The speedy implementation
makes extending the enterprise WAN to new sites quick
and easy, wherever they are in the globe. It also makes it
practical to trial the technology first at just a single site,
ahead of a more extensive company-wide rollout.
Dramatically reducing dependence on MPLS circuits, as
well as the need for capacity over-provisioning, SD-WAN
over bonded connectivity frees up budget for reallocation
to other purposes. With cost savings being such a major
benefit, it’s easy to see why SD-WAN is a rapidly growing
market sector. Gartner predicts spending on SD-WAN
products will reach $1.24 billion in 2020, up from $129
million in 2016.
Elimination of the traffic jam
With traffic intelligently routed over the most appropriate
links, latency sensitive traffic – such as the VoIP and video
data that’s becoming the norm within modern businesses
– can be prioritised. By running SD-WAN over bonded ADSL
and/or bonded FTTC connections, the enterprise WAN can
be made more resilient, faster, more reliable, more flexible
and much easier to deploy, as well as delivering significant
ongoing savings.
Because it’s quick and straightforward to implement,
SD-WAN can be piloted and tested easily and swiftly,
with minimal impact to the enterprise’s legacy network
infrastructure, and no disruption on users.
Unshackle your Internet connection
Companies throughout the UK are waking up to the painful
realisation that their incumbent infrastructure is too slow
to cope with 21st century business needs. Daily tasks
that should take seconds are often taking minutes, yet
businesses are scared of the potential capital expenditure
and continue to bury their heads in the sand. SD-WAN over
bonded connectivity delivers all the benefits and more of the
traditional WAN, with vastly enhanced flexibility, utility and
manageability, as well as significant, ongoing cost savings.
Once an SD-WAN over bonded connectivity solution is
implemented, an organisation can instantly benefit from
boosted bandwidth and resilience, and a greatly improved
Internet experience for all users. You can experience VoIP calls
that just work, video conferencing that’s seamless, and lag-
free remote desktops and cloud-based apps. By unshackling
your Internet connection, you can free up yourself to be more
responsive to changing market dynamics. n
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