Network & Connectivity
Software-Defined Wide Area Network
The Network Reliability Your Business Needs
Geographically distributed enterprises are adopting Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) to reduce costs and complexity while enhancing security and speeding up provisioning times.
The traditional role of a Wide Area Network (WAN) was to connect branch or campus users to applications hosted on servers in a centralized data center. This setup often relied on dedicated MPLS circuits to provide secure and reliable connectivity. However, this approach is inadequate in today’s cloud-centric environment.
IPS Secure SD-WAN ensures robust protection for cloud-driven networks, delivering secure, reliable access for users and devices. By integrating advanced security features directly into the network, IPS reduces attack surfaces, supports remote work, and enhances overall cybersecurity, making it an essential solution for modern business environments.
Times have changed. As businesses increasingly adopt Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) applications across various cloud environments, IT teams are realizing that the user application experience is declining. Traditional WANs, built for a different era, are not designed to manage the surge in traffic that cloud adoption brings. This increased traffic results in management complexities, inconsistent application performance, and greater data vulnerability.
Additionally, exposing the enterprise to the Internet and the cloud raises significant security and compliance challenges. Safeguarding critical assets becomes particularly difficult when applications are accessed by a diverse range of users, including employees, partners, contractors, vendors, and guests. Enabling broadband on the WAN amplifies security requirements, making it challenging for IT teams to balance user experience, security, and management complexity.
As business models evolve, the need for a new network framework becomes critical. IPS’s SD-WAN solution addresses current IT challenges by delivering a modern approach to network connectivity. This innovative framework reduces operational costs and optimizes resource utilization across multisite deployments. With IPS, network administrators can efficiently manage bandwidth, ensuring exceptional performance for critical applications while maintaining robust security and data privacy.
Traditional WAN architectures focused on enterprise, branch, and data center connections. However, as organizations adopt cloud-based applications like SaaS and IaaS, they face a surge in traffic accessing globally distributed applications.
This shift poses several challenges for IT, including potential drops in employee productivity due to SaaS performance issues and rising WAN costs from inefficient use of dedicated circuits. IT teams grapple with connecting diverse users and devices to multiple cloud environments.
Improved Application Performance
- Reliable Access: Ensures high availability and predictable service for critical applications.
- Dynamic Routing: Application-aware routing optimizes traffic delivery and improves user experience.
- Cost Savings: Reduces OpEx by replacing costly MPLS with flexible broadband solutions.
Optimized Cloud Connectivity
- Seamless Integration: Extends WAN capabilities to multiple public clouds effortlessly.
- Performance Optimization: Enhances the performance of major SaaS applications like Microsoft Office 365 and Salesforce.
- Streamlined Workflows: Optimizes operations on cloud platforms such as AWS and Microsoft Azure.
Improved Security
- End-to-End Protection: Application-aware policies ensure segmentation and real-time access control.
- Integrated Threat Defense: Threat protection is enforced at strategic points in the network.
- Branch Security: Distributes security to remote endpoints with next-gen firewalls (NGFW) and advanced threat protection.
Simplified Management
- Centralized Dashboard: A single cloud-based management interface for WAN, cloud, and security configurations.
- Zero-Touch Provisioning: Simplifies setup for all locations, including branches and campuses.
- Detailed Reporting: Provides insights into application and WAN performance for better analytics and forecasting.
Tailored Solutions
IPS offers customized SD-WAN solutions designed to meet the specific needs of your organization, ensuring optimal performance and security.
Enhanced Performance
With IPS SD-WAN, experience improved application performance through dynamic routing and bandwidth management, allowing for seamless connectivity across multiple cloud environments.
Robust Security
IPS integrates advanced security measures, including end-to-end encryption and threat protection, to safeguard your data while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
Cost Efficiency
Reduce operational costs by transitioning from expensive MPLS circuits to more flexible and economical broadband options without sacrificing performance or reliability.
Centralized Management
Benefit from a single, cloud-based management dashboard that simplifies network monitoring, configuration, and reporting, allowing IT teams to focus on strategic initiatives.
Scalability
IPS SD-WAN solutions easily scale with your business, accommodating growth and changes in your network infrastructure without significant overhead.
Expert Support
Our dedicated team of experts provides ongoing support and guidance to help you maximize the value of your SD-WAN investment, ensuring that your network operates at peak efficiency.
Seamless Integration
IPS SD-WAN seamlessly integrates with existing IT infrastructure, enabling a smooth transition and minimizing disruption during implementation.
IPS SD-WAN powered by Viptela delivers an industry-leading solution that enhances performance, security, and flexibility for your network. Leveraging Viptela’s intelligent routing and application-aware capabilities, it optimizes connectivity for critical applications while providing robust security features like end-to-end encryption and segmentation.
This solution reduces reliance on costly MPLS circuits by utilizing more economical broadband options without sacrificing quality. With a centralized management dashboard, IPS simplifies network configuration and monitoring, empowering IT teams to manage resources effectively.
The combination of IPS and Viptela ensures seamless integration with your existing infrastructure, allowing for easy scalability as your business needs evolve. Experience enhanced operational efficiency and security with IPS SD-WAN powered by Viptela.
