Published: 14 September 2018
Summary
SD-WAN is a mainstream technology that offers several benefits compared to traditional, router-based WANs. I&O leaders responsible for planning, sourcing and managing WANs can reduce costs and improve agility and uptime by using SD-WAN products.
Included in Full Research
- Definition
- Description
- Benefits and Uses
- Agility via Improved Management
- Cost Reduction
- Improved Branch Availability
- SD-WAN Uses
- Adoption Rate
- Risks
- Market Confusion
- Market Fragmentation
- Feature Limitations
- Vendor Lock-In
- Evaluation Factors
- Scale and Architecture
- Management and Orchestration
- Form Factors and Deployment
- Application Centricity
- Price
- Visibility and Security
- Price/Performance
- SD-WAN Alternatives
- Traditional WAN Architectures
- Network Automation and/or Orchestration Tools
- Virtualized CPE Platforms
- Recommendations
- Representative Vendors