What is SD-WAN and How Does It Help with Internet Connectivity?

SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide Area Network) is a transformative technology that simplifies network management and improves application performance. By intelligently routing traffic across multiple WAN connections, SD-WAN ensures optimal network performance and reliability.

In this hyper-competitive global economy with shrinking margins, even a slight edge can be the difference between dominating your industry and struggling to stay in business. One of the biggest challenges many businesses face is adequate connectivity.

Speedify, a powerful network bonding tool, can further enhance SD-WAN deployments by combining multiple internet connections, such as Wi-Fi and cellular. This technology, known as broadband bonding, minimizes latency, reduces the impact of network outages, and ensures seamless connectivity, making it an ideal solution for organizations seeking to optimize their network infrastructure and safeguard critical business operations.

What Does SD-WAN Do?

SD-WAN simplifies the management of WAN connections and improves network performance. It intelligently selects the best path for network traffic, based on factors such as latency, jitter, and packet loss. This allows for dynamic routing and load balancing, ensuring optimal performance for critical applications.

SD-WAN also offers features like centralized management, security, and visibility, making it easier for organizations to manage their WAN infrastructure. By automating many network functions, SD-WAN reduces operational costs and improves overall network reliability.

SD-WAN vs. Regular WAN

Both the traditional WAN and SD-WAN have a physical connection, but the SD-WAN will have a virtualized connection that is abstracted from the physical connection and sits above. This SD-WAN virtual connection can be moved easily from one device to another or altered quickly based on the needs of the business.

SD-WAN offers several advantages over traditional WANs:

• Simplified Management: SD-WAN simplifies network management by centralizing control and automation.
• Improved Performance: SD-WAN intelligently routes traffic to optimize performance, reducing latency and jitter.
• Enhanced Security: SD-WAN can provide advanced security features like encryption and firewall protection.
• Cost Reduction: SD-WAN can reduce network costs by utilizing lower-cost broadband connections and optimizing network traffic.
• Greater Flexibility: SD-WAN allows for dynamic changes to network configurations, making it more adaptable to changing business needs.

In contrast, traditional WANs often rely on expensive leased lines and complex network configurations. They can be more difficult to manage and less flexible in adapting to changing business requirements.

SD-WAN Main Purpose: Connectivity is More Important Than Ever

It used to be that companies hosted all of their data, vital business systems, and other software on a local server. But, the increased complexity of the software and the rapidly falling costs of cloud servers have seen most businesses to transfer some, if not all, of their essential systems to the cloud.

This has made having a fast, stable and secure Internet connection more important than ever. However, more and more employees are operating outside of offices with access to enterprise-quality high speed Internet. This is especially problematic for:

• Entertainment companies
• News organizations
• Software developers
• B2B video service providers
• Network operators
• MVNOs

If you have remote teams or mobile customers, you have the additional challenge of maintaining secure connections in sometimes remote places with unreliable Wi-Fi. Most mobile devices do a horrible job of juggling LTE and Wi-Fi connections.

Channel Bonding Hardware Solutions are Expensive and Impractical

For years businesses have solved the problem of inadequate bandwidth with channel bonding hardware. The hardware would combine multiple Internet connections into a single fast pipe. However, this hardware is complex, and expensive to install and maintain. It can be a good solution for a permanent branch office, but it doesn’t help solve the issues remote teams face with their mobile devices.

The channel bonding hardware can’t help with someone’s laptop or smartphone who is half a world away from the nearest company office.

Remote Work and Security Issues Related to Internet Connectivity

Today’s mobile workforce is not tethered to desktop computers behind corporate firewalls. They’re going straight to the Internet via LTE or via any public Wi-Fi hotspot they can find. When this means they are connecting  laptops and mobile devices to public Wi-Fi networks, this represent a security threat to the businesses.

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Speedify Delivers SD-WAN that Gives Your Business a Competitive Advantage

The solution to both the issues of needing more bandwidth and increasing security of remote team’s communications is the same: Speedify.

Speedify is a software solution for channel bonding. It is also a next-generation VPN.

The Speedify app delivers enterprise-level SD-WAN coverage so that your  team has all the bandwidth they need on every device. Platforms include Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and Linux.  

The Speedify mobile app can also be used by mobile network operators and MVNOs for secure and reliable network offloading. This frees up network bandwidth and makes the network’s customers happier with the performance of their network and devices.

Speedify enterprise solutions delivers:

• High efficiency channel bonding
• Advanced VPN security
• Reliable mobile connections

Speedify saves your company money, increases your ability to serve your customers, and makes all of your communications and digital operations more secure.

That is more than just a slight edge. Speedify’s SD-WAN gives you a strong competitive advantage.

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