SD-WAN Benefits Use Cases
Business Use Cases for SD-WAN
SD-WAN Visibility
SteelCentral Insights for SteelConnect is integrated into SteelConnect to provide visibility into large-scale SteelConnect SD-WAN environments.
Hybrid WAN
One of the benefits of SD-WAN is it simplifies the management of multiple networks with cloud-based centralized management and a menu-driven, simplified design and workflow.
Safe Internet Access
Automatically provision the security for users, groups, organizations, zones and sites, no physical boxes or coding.
Path Control
A single menu-driven, global policy to automate configuration of any network (no CLI coding).
Application Centric Control
Identify applications and enable prioritization of apps based on quality of service (QoS).
Zero Touch Provisioning
Centralize management and provide end-to-end visibility with a unified view.
Distributed LAN/WiFi
Automate deployment of remote LAN and WiFi infrastructure.
More Uptime
Eliminate the manual configuration of routers.
Self-Registered Access
Securely separate every user from the rest of your network and manage them according to your business policy.
Hybrid Cloud
Connect your Virtual Private Connections (VPCs) together with full mesh VPN.
Industry-Specific Use Cases for SD-WAN
Reducing IT Complexity
Retail Use Case
Network operating costs and difficult change management impacting agility are becoming major concerns.
Cloud-Enabled Branch Connectivity
Retail Use Case
The pressing challenge is to simplify branch connectivity, especially those with Internet breakouts, and provision sites faster.
100% Cloud and Internet
Retail Use Case
The plan is to move IT assets from branch to datacenter and datacenter to Cloud (AWS in particular)
Security and Control
Manufacturing Use Case
With 100+ sites, hybrid MPLS/Internet with local breakouts and the goal of moving to SaaS apps, managing the WAN is challenging and costly
Visibility and A Cloud-First Strategy
Financial Services Use Case
Unifying and securing on-premises/off-premises perimeters needs to go hand in hand with simplified network operations and fast application provisioning
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