LATEST INTELLIGENCE
UNDERSTANDING THE
OBSTACLES TO WAN
TRANSFORMATION
SECURITY, PERFORMANCE, AND TCO
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Executive Summary
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Network engineering and operations leaders are looking
to replace their traditional wide-area network (WAN)
architectures with software-defined wide-area networks
(SD-WAN) in order to support the ever-increasing traffic
demands (and associated connectivity costs) that come with
digital innovation (DI). These DI-driven initiatives improve
staff productivity and create new business opportunities. Yet,
they also impact networking performance and ratchet up
security concerns.
SD-WAN adoption is accelerating and many organizations
have embarked on SD-WAN implementations. But many SD-
WAN solutions present serious challenges – from inadequate
security to high total cost of ownership (TCO). Understanding
these issues is key to navigating the increasingly complex
market for WAN edge technologies.
How DI Is Impacting Corporate Networks
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Distributed organizations are embracing a wide range of
DI technologies. This includes adoption of Software-as-a-
Service (SaaS) applications, cloud on-ramping connectivity,
Voice over IP (VoIP) and video communications tools,
use of DevOps to speed time deployment for new web
applications, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices for data
collection and telemetry.
However, these DI initiatives present new challenges for
network engineering and operations leaders who must
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