SD-WAN growth drives the adoption of SD-Branch deployments

 Many organizations are turning to SD-WAN to reduce costs and increase the flexibility of their large, highly distributed networks. The IDC survey found that 42% of respondents had already deployed SD-WAN either in part or in full, with 95% expecting to shift to SD-WAN within the coming two years. This will allow these organizations to lower costs because they can use broadband Internet, metro Ethernet and LTE to increase WAN capacity, while reducing reliance on expensive, inflexible WAN connectivity methods like MPLS.

A software-defined approach also simplifies the configuration and operations of a distributed network, which also leads to IT efficiencies and savings. WAN optimization and policy-based routing improves application performance and reliability – without buying more bandwidth. The right SD-WAN solution can also bolster the security of the network, with integrated firewall and unified threat management capabilities.

SD-WAN is a foundational component of SD-Branch, states entry level computer science jobs. Network buyers are looking for context from within the branch to include in WAN optimization, firewall, WLAN controller, secure web gateway, and network analytics/visibility tools. This direction is what we at Aruba refer to as a full-stack solution.