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SD-WAN

The Future of WAN is here

SD-WAN is quickly replacing traditional Wide Area Networks (WANs) as more businesses realise the need to upgrade their networking for today’s cloud-based world. SD-WAN simplifies the way networks are designed, deployed and managed.

SD-WAN Strategy

What is SD-WAN?

As the landscape of IT continues to change rapidly, SD-WAN uses a combination of hardware, software and cloud‐based technologies to simplify the delivery of network services to different physical sites. The result is ultimate and seamless network accessibility for all team members, regardless of location.
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SD-WAN Strategy

Why switch to SD-WAN?

An SD-WAN increases the visibility and scalability of a company’s network, allowing it to grow more easily. It also improves performance and control thanks to its ability to program and monitor an entire network.

The overall MPLS cost is usually higher than an SD-WAN or even a public internet network. This results from more expensive links and bandwidth penalties for not meeting certain requirements.

With an SD-WAN, users can customise each network line to get the most affordable options for their needs without paying extra fees or changing their infrastructure.

Benefits of SD-Wan

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Business Agility

Rapid deployment of WAN services to distributed branch operations without the need to send IT personnel on-site. Bandwidth can be easily added or reduced as needed. 

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Cost Savings

Switching to an SD-WAN solution offers ultimate control over your network, leading to increased efficiencies and cost savings.

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Optimised Cloud

Eliminate the backhaul penalties of traditional MPLS networks and leverage the Internet to provide secure, high-performance connections from the branch to cloud. 

SD-WAN Benefits

Reducing Costs

Business can reduce costs by diverting traffic from MPLS to more cost-effective broadband alternatives in a hybrid WAN configuration.

SD-WAN makes it easy to achieve cost savings by automatically splitting traffic between low-cost, highly-available WAN links based on business needs and objectives.

This is possible because the SD-WAN solution can determine network traffic by application and then steer it according to policy-based rules.

It should be noted that SD-WAN is not a replacement for MPLS – rather, it can reduce the amount of MPLS bandwidth required (thereby reducing the associated cost) by using commodity-grade links (including cable, DSL and fibre) to carry specific traffic types.

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SD-WAN Benefits

Fast, Simple Deployment

A key benefit of SD-WAN is that it makes deploying WAN services at the branch fast and simple. Almost anyone can plug in an SD-WAN gateway and watch as it is discovered, provisioned, and brought online quickly and easily. A single network engineer can administer tens, even hundreds, of SD-WAN devices on a continuing basis.

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SD-WAN Benefits

Better Performance

SD-WAN eliminates the backhaul penalties of traditional MPLS networks and leverages the Internet to provide secure, high-performance connections from the branch to cloud.

With SD-WAN, remote users will see significant improvements in their experience when using cloud/SaaS-based applications.

SD-WAN can also monitor the health of WAN links and automatically route traffic onto an alternate path when the primary path becomes congested or fails.

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"Data Express is our partner of choice"

"I feel the value Data Express provides makes them the best choice for our networking needs. Their agility and flexibility, reliability and dependability closely aligns with our core company values and work ethic."

Michael Jenkins
Technical Specialist, Chemist Warehouse

SD-WAN Solutions

Data Express are one of Australia’s leading SD-WAN service providers. We’re here to help you seamlessly migrate your business to a distributed network that is less complex, more agile and easier to manage. We partner with industry-leading vendors to offer your the best SD-WAN solutions for your business.

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Cisco Meraki

Known as the global leader in the development of enterprise networks, Cisco Meraki has recently earned itself a new title … the world’s most trusted provider of SD-WAN!

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VM Ware

Delivered as either a hardware appliance or virtual instance, VMware SD-WAN provide security connectivity to private, public, and hybrid applications, as well as compute and virtualized services.

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HPE SD-Branch

Aruba’s SD-Branch solution goes beyond SD-WAN to encompass each element within a branch – WAN, WLAN, wired and security – and address all of your IT network connectivity needs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is SD-WAN?

As the landscape of IT continues to change rapidly, SD-WAN uses a combination of hardware, software and cloud‐based technologies to simplify the delivery of network services to different physical sites. The result is ultimate and seamless network accessibility for all team members, regardless of location.

Your MPLS Network.

Multiprotocol Label Switching, or MPLS, is likely the network technology your business is currently operating on.

Essentially, it is a physical set-up that directs data from one network node to the next, with all traffic going through a centralised data centre. It was designed to offer a speedy service and effectively manage traffic flows across enterprise-wide networks that may include multiple sites or branches.

Meeting the Demands of Remote Workers

However, with the ever increasing number of remote workers, mobile devices and applications today’s businesses rely on, existing MPLS networks can struggle to meet the demands of the modern-day company.

What if there was a different option, that could offer low levels of latency, high performance access to cloud applications, and the ability to meet the additional security and management requirements associated with decentralising traffic flows?

That’s where SD-WAN comes in! This technology achieves all of the above, by incorporating a number of different commodity-grade links and intelligently routing traffic over your network. In effect, SD-WAN is a virtualised option that offers super low-latency and can be tailored to meet your organisation’s distinct needs.

Is SD-WAN a replacement for MPLS?

No, SD-WAN is not a replacement for MPLS.

In fact, it can be seamlessly integrated with your existing network.

Put quite simply, depending on what purpose an employee is using your network for, it might make more sense from them to use MPLS at one time, while at other times a traditional internet connection.

SD-WAN offers all of these options bundled together, and has the ability to intuitively switch between them.

Do I need to change network providers?

No you do not. SD-WAN is not a replacement for your current internet set up, but an enhancement of it.

It provides an entire pool of connectivity options for your business.

Think of SD-WAN as your overriding network, giving multiple choices for network access, allowing for boosted efficiency in operations, and the levels of connectivity required to meet the IT demands of a modern, multi-site business.

Will SD-WAN save my business money?

The simple answer is yes.

Switching to an SD-WAN solution offers ultimate control over your network, leading to increased efficiencies and cost savings.

Picture SD-WAN as a physical box, containing all the hardware and software required for ultimate redundancy, eliminating downtime and thus increasing productivity.

The fact it is a virtualised option reduces the need for pricey hardware upgrades and the hefty equipment costs associated with traditional networks.

What’s more, by bundling together all the different means of accessing your network, you’ll receive greater bandwidth at lower costs. 

What are the security implications of SD-WAN?

We understand that no business wants to compromise on security.

While cloud applications do reside outside of the private enterprise network, the increase in accessibility, flexibility and agility offered means they have become a necessity for most businesses.

To mitigate security risks with a traditional MPLS network, additional expenditure on IT staff is required.

SD-WAN, meanwhile, offers the same levels of robust and secure connectivity to all business applications for the employee on the road as for the team at head office.

It uses standard based encryption to provide secure connectivity, thus creating a secure cloud network.

How much does SD-WAN cost?

The cost of an SD-WAN network is determined by the requirements of each business and the needs of the network. It’s best to chat with one of our team members to determine a plan that will best suit your business’ needs.

Is SD-WAN easy to manage?

Yes. SD-WAN solutions are designed to enable ease-of-adoption, use and management, and can be easily integrated with your existing MPLS network.

Its user-friendly interface ensures managing your network is simple, flexible and cost-effective.

Your team will be enabled to easily troubleshoot, reducing the time it takes to correct issues and increasing the productivity of your IT department.

By integrating SD-WAN into your business operations you will benefit from boosted levels of control over your network via the ability to prioritise traffic and seamlessly alter traffic flows.

How reliable is SD-WAN when it comes to cloud and SaaS applications?

The evolution of IT technologies and a workforce that increasingly comprises remote workers have significantly altered traffic flows for many businesses.

Remote staff still need direct access to SaaS and cloud‐based applications, but because MPLS networks transmit all traffic via a centralised data centre, latency and performance can sometimes suffer.

Additional security and management needs also result from disparate traffic flows, meaning increased operational costs.

On the other hand, SD-WAN has a distinct and clear advantage.

By providing multiple connectivity options and directing traffic through the most appropriate channels, it allows for improved agility, as bandwidth can be increased or reduced quickly, without the need for IT personnel to be deployed on‐site.

SD‐WAN leverages better internet access to provide secure, high‐performance connections to the cloud.

As such, remote users will enjoy significant improvements in performance when using cloud and SaaS‐based applications.

 

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