Make the move to
SD-WAN in 5 simple steps

Start by exploring the business opportunities offered by cloud, IoT, streaming services and other technologies with your team and how SD-WAN's flexible and simplified network structure can support next-gen technologies and your company's digital transformation goals. 

Because SD-WAN can eliminate some of your costly network equipment while helping simplify management and improve app performance, create a roadmap for implementing SD-WAN virtualized services that begins with transforming the most user traffic, the most critical applications and most network performance issues.  

Make sure your SD-WAN vendor supports MPLS/IP-VPN, internet, broadband and wireless 4G/5G so that you can flexibly leverage all connectivity options, including the ones you already know and trust, for optimal security, performance and availability through efficient application-aware routing.

Before deploying SD-WAN, decide if you’re going to manage the solution in-house, or if managed services are better aligned to your business needs. Find out if your staff has the expertise and resources to deploy and manage SD-WAN across all locations and, if not, what resources would be needed to get there.  

It’s important to find an SD-WAN partner with the experience to implement a network solution that truly maximizes your business productivity. The ideal partner should offer managed services and have the technology and expertise needed for design, deployment configuration and management of your entire WAN solution as your needs evolve—including deep peering and direct access to private and public clouds.