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SD WAN is a good option to replace a basic internet VPN service. In many ways, SD WAN is an evolution of the standard IPSec VPN service, which is still used today to meet specific or simple requirements. IPSec remains a popular encryption security option…
As the utilisation of cloud services within organisations is increasing, traditional enterprise network architectures have struggled to adapt to the changing requirements that using the cloud introduces. Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)…
SD WAN technology can support MPLS as one of several types of connectivity. It is designed to be connectivity agnostic, meaning that service providers can offer support for MPLS, as well as internet service provider connectivity across 4G, 5G, and…
SD WAN (Software Defined Wide Area Networking) is better than MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) because the technology is more in-line with the needs of almost all modern Enterprise businesses. * Note that there is always an exception to the rule and…
Quality of Service (QoS) is a set of techniques to manage traffic across a network in order to optimise preferential performance. These optimisations vary between solutions but may prioritise specific network traffic, critical applications or services,…
SD WAN elements can be deployed in a physical WAN edge, virtualized server instance, or software application. The main reasons for deploying SD WAN using a physical appliance are as follows: Physical dedicated hardware appliances offer better throughput…
A single individual or company did not invent SD WAN - the term 'Software Defined Wide Area Network' was referenced by Gartner in 2014. Before SD WAN, the term SDN (Software Defined Networking) was initially discussed in 2007 as a technology to separate…
MPLS will remain a component of hybrid WAN architecture, but SD WAN is and will be and is the primary choice for most organizations. In the minds of most IT decision-makers, SD WAN has now firmly replaced MPLS to meet the needs of almost all Enterprise…