The future of SD-WAN after COVID-19

Following the experience of the COVID-19 crisis, many companies are pushing ahead with their digital transformation in a wide variety of areas. The aim of every company is to be well prepared. In this way, future ongoing threats from new variants of Covid-19 or restrictions around the globe can be counteracted. Here you will find the most important starting points that companies are using to future-proof their business and workplace solutions.

Accelerate your journey into the world of cloud and digitalization

Thanks to the trend towards location-independent working and the constant need for flexibility, digital transformation and the shift of applications to the cloud have accelerated. As companies no longer need to route traffic destined for the cloud via the backhaul to the data center, the role of the data center is shrinking. New solutions such as SD-WAN Instead, companies now need flexible wide-area network connections. These allow them to securely route application traffic hosted in the cloud directly to the cloud. This more efficient and often more cost-effective workflow compared to backhauling cloud traffic over expensive and rigid MPLS circuits allows companies to optimize and modernize the network based on business needs.

Advantages of hybrid or multi-cloud environments (SD-WAN)

multi-cloudThe migration to hybrid clouds (a combination of a public cloud and a private environment) and multi-clouds is becoming faster and more mature, increasing the need to simplify the orchestration of network traffic. SD-WAN as a solution Here, advanced SD-WAN solutions can be seamlessly implemented at cloud service providers, providing secure end-to-end connectivity to the cloud. This allows organizations to easily move workloads from one cloud provider to another, e.g. from AWS to Azure, simply via an SD-WAN.

Keeping pace with cyber security risks

The risks of cyberattacks have increased exponentially in recent years as the threat landscape continues to expand, due in part to the increasing need to connect from anywhere. In response to the increasing cybersecurity threats, Gartner coined the term Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) in 2019, defined as the combination of SD-WAN capabilities with network security capabilities hosted in the cloud. A modern network through SD-WAN Users are using more SaaS applications than applications in the data center, and more and more sensitive data is located outside the corporate network. To further mitigate the security risks posed by the increasing use of the cloud, SD-WAN combined with SASE capabilities provides a more effective cybersecurity solution for the modern network.

Working from anywhere is the norm, no longer the exception: How SD-WAN helps

It is obvious that working from home is here to stay. Companies therefore need to find ways to ensure the same level of corporate security when working from home or on the move. Organizations need to take a distributed approach to securing remote connections. In response, network access points are now starting to integrate SD-WAN capabilities. This allows you to create secure tunnels over simple internet and 5G connections. SD-WAN advantage This distributed approach gives organizations better control over cybersecurity risks by securing a single access point instead of a large perimeter with no clear boundaries.

Modernize your network with an advanced SD-WAN solution

Few could have predicted the disruption caused by the pandemic or even imagined that this pandemic is not yet over. As the ‘new normal’ becomes the norm, organizations must continue to accelerate their digital transformation efforts. And they must simultaneously address the need to create hybrid working environments. An SD-WAN solution helps. The move to cloud-hosted applications has led to performance and security issues, but these can be overcome. By implementing an advanced SD-WAN solution, organizations can achieve the foundation for network modernization. The Savecall SD-WAN portfolio offers advanced SD-WAN solutions. These can be combined with industry-leading SASE providers to deliver a robust network with best-in-class cloud security capabilities.

I look forward to your questions!

Frank Frommknecht

Key Account Consultant