Organisations with multiple sites, retail chains, hotel groups, clinics, logistics operations, need those sites to work as one network. For years that meant MPLS circuits from a carrier. SD-WAN has changed the economics and flexibility of that decision.
The traditional approach
MPLS provides private, predictable links between sites with guaranteed performance. It is reliable but relatively expensive, slow to provision and inflexible when you need to add a site quickly.
What SD-WAN changes
- Uses any mix of connections: fibre, broadband, 5G
- Steers traffic intelligently based on application needs
- Fails over automatically if one link degrades
- Central management and faster site rollout
- Built-in encryption across all links
It is not all or nothing
Many organisations run a hybrid: SD-WAN over broadband and 5G for most traffic, with MPLS kept for the few applications that genuinely need guaranteed performance. The right mix depends on your applications and how much downtime costs you.
Security comes built in
Modern SD-WAN integrates security, encryption, segmentation and policy, into the network fabric, which fits naturally with a zero-trust approach across distributed sites.
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