The software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) is a technology for configuring and implementing an enterprise WAN — based on software-defined networking (SDN) — to effectively route traffic to remote locations such as branch offices. SD-WAN technology derives significant flexibility and agility benefits from removing the burden of traffic management from physical devices and transferring it to software — the essence of SDN.
The top SD-WAN benefits are:
Increased bandwidth at a lower cost
Centralized management across branch networks
Full visibility into the network
Provides enterprises with more options for connection type and vendor selection when building their networks.
In the following sections, we dive into how SD-WAN benefits enterprise networks.
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