SD-WAN benefits businesses by removing expensive routing hardware and instead provisioning connectivity and services from the cloud. It also has the benefit of increased flexibility, allowing businesses to scale connectivity up and down for peak-and-valley demand.

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Arguably the primary advantage of SD-WAN is security.

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SD-WAN is an innovative way to orchestrate application delivery, accelerate application performance and unify network connectivity – often across hybrid WAN, LAN/WLAN and cloud networks. ... The right SD-WAN can improve network management, decrease time to market and increase business agility.

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Unlike MPLS, SD-WAN comes with no bandwidth penalties. ... Both Internet broadband and 4G LTE are less expensive than MPLS, so customers can choose those links instead of the expensive MPLS networks for certain types of lower-priority traffic.

 

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