Forecast for 2019: SD-WAN Year

Although experts may have more than 70% of applications in the cloud migrated to the cloud in 2018, the actual situation has not achieved the expected results. In a recent survey of IT decision makers, 85% of respondents said they have been fully accepting the cloud for several years, because the current network can't keep up with the pace of cloud application development, every month. The application will be interrupted.It's not hard to find that today's router-centric WAN has not kept up with the business needs. In the past few years, the basic nature of network traffic patterns and applications has changed, when all applications in the cloud are in When the state of an open connection is made, the need for security is also different. Entering 2019 and beyond, these issues will be magnified by the changing business needs and the uniqueness of each cloud and application environment. In addition, companies face the challenge that all business applications must be managed in thousands of locations, and these locations are different.

SD-WAN has attracted many customers and can help companies better integrate their networks with digital transformation and cloud initiatives. IT executives are transitioning to advanced SD-WAN platforms to a business-first network model where network resources are prioritized to provide the resources that are really needed for each application. The business-driven SD-WAN edge platform ensures that performance, security and routing are determined by top-down business policies rather than bottom-up technical limitations.

Throughout 2019, SD-WAN will further change the business landscape, unlocking the potential of the cloud and empowering companies.

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