7 Benefits of SD-WAN: Why It’s Business-Critical

When you invest in SD-WAN, you’ll unlock a positive ROI. SD-WAN allows you to increase your organization’s bandwidth at a lower cost. Many organizations find they can get rid of expensive routing hardware.

SD-WAN solutions like Meraki’s SD-WAN are backed by world-renowned security features. They are designed to protect your enterprise from the latest cyber threats through next-gen layer-7 firewalls, advanced malware protection, intrusive penetration, SSL decryption and more.

SD-WAN enables IT admins to see every branch office and remote site from a single pane of glass view. You get full visibility into your network from anywhere, so you can make sure anything that needs updating gets done in time for business continuity.

The Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) empowers organizations with wide-area networking and security. SD-WAN allows you to build an IT foundation for a SASE environment.

SD-WAN is perfect for multi-cloud environments. With SD-WAN, you can give every branch office and remote site the speed it needs to work on applications hosted in a public cloud. You don’t need to worry about which regions are hosting which data anymore.

SD-WAN solutions like Cisco Meraki's can securely auto-provision IPsec VPN tunnels between different sites. It stays secure with VPN routing, encryption protocols and key exchanges.

SD-WAN solutions let organizations create a single network infrastructure that includes multiple connections (like broadband, cellular and MPLS.) You can choose which connection is best for your needs, meaning you can take advantage of public connections for less sensitive data and leave expensive MPLS for secure transfers.