Legacy networks – problems
Traditional WAN architectures, designed for a pre-cloud era, struggle to meet the demands of modern enterprises. Businesses relying on MPLS-based or hub-and-spoke networks face several challenges:
- High costs – Dedicated MPLS circuits are expensive and inflexible compared to broadband and 5G alternatives.
- Limited scalability – Expanding a traditional WAN requires complex provisioning and long deployment cycles.
- Poor cloud performance – Backhauling traffic through a central data center increases latency for SaaS applications like Microsoft 365 and Salesforce.
- Complex management – Configuring and maintaining multiple branch locations requires manual effort, leading to operational inefficiencies.
- Security risks – Legacy networks often lack integrated security, requiring additional appliances for firewalling, threat detection, and segmentation.
Modern solutions – Cisco SD-WAN
Cisco SD-WAN offers a software-defined, cloud-ready approach to networking, solving the limitations of legacy WANs with:
- Intelligent traffic steering – Automatically selects the best path for applications based on real-time network conditions.
- Direct cloud connectivity – Features like Cloud OnRamp for SaaS and IaaS ensure optimized, low-latency access to cloud services.
- Centralized management – Cisco vManage provides a single dashboard for policy enforcement, security, and monitoring across all locations.
- Enhanced security – Built-in end-to-end encryption, segmentation, and integration with Cisco Umbrella, Secure Firewall, and zero-trust security models.
- Flexible connectivity – Supports MPLS, broadband, LTE, and 5G, enabling cost-effective hybrid WAN architectures.
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