What is SD-WAN?

There have been many monumental changes in wide-area networks over the past several years, but none are more consequential than software defined WAN or SD-WAN, which is changing how businesses allocate their resources and optimize their IT environments.

SD-WAN may include existing routers and switches, as well as virtual machines, all of which include software that handles policy, security, networking and other functions, depending on the provider and configuration. This may conflict with your business needs, hence the benefit of SD-WAN.

One of SD-WAN’s primary features is the ability to manage multiple connections, segment and partition resources and ensure the most critical business processes take priority within your IT environment. Streaming services such as online radio stations, for instance, can be given the lowest priority within your network, ensuring you always have critical bandwidth for important business functions.

Benefits of SD-WAN

• Increased Flexibility – SD-WAN allows you to aggregate a variety of circuit types at any location, ensuring critical business tasks take precedence.
• Improved Security – Instead of configuring security measures for each location, SD-WAN allows you to set up universal security functions with built-in encryption capabilities so only authorized users can access your data.
• Reduced Equipment and Bandwidth Cost – SD-WAN reduces bandwidth cost without compromising network security, speed or uptime.
• Simple Configuration and Ease of Deployment – You can send unconfigured devices to each of your locations and, upon activation, the device will download its own policy, certificate, and encryption keys based on the access and device profile.
• Streamlined Management – SD-WAN easily facilitates the deployment of resources such firewalls and security updates to each location. It also streamlines the management from a single location, eliminating the need to send IT personnel on-site.

The TDM Difference

TDM has successfully improved the business performance and profitability of innumerable clients by implementing SD-WAN solutions that reduce costs, maintenance and improve internal and external communications across the enterprise.

Serving the entire St. Louis, Missouri region since 1999, TDM has helped customers across the country make business-critical decisions that power their companies. We have extensive knowledge and experience in SD-WAN solutions that are scalable and flexible.

We’ll work with your business to design a solution that will effectively meet your needs, well into the future and then implement our solutions, flawlessly – on time and within budget.