Do I need a firewall?

SD-WAN allows organizations to take advantage of a cloud firewall.

With SD-WAN, all branches of the network are connected, and there is no need to channel traffic back to the headquarters. Instead, cloud access has been built out. 

SD-WAN offers an automatic failover when a consumer has multiple internet connections. Most traditional failovers required someone with some IT knowledge to reset the router, plug in the secondary connection, etc. SD-WAN automatically takes care of the failure.

Much cheaper and easier to deploy than an MPLS network, SD-WAN has the ability to connect all of your sites across the country. Share private company information securely across your entire company!

SD-WAN can replace your firewall helping to consolidate costs to get more from your investment. It also generates more return on investment than a traditional WAN with options that meet your needs. With its failover abilities SD-WAN also reduces down time of your business and its employees.

When companies with traditional WAN tried to change carriers, it would take a lot of work to update the network environment. With SD-WAN, companies gain transport independence. An organization is no longer dependent on a carrier because it doesn’t matter how the connectivity is provided.

Because SD-WAN is easy to manage, it is also highly scalable, automatically scaling up and down to meet the fluctuating demands of network traffic. New network assets can be added into the portal and controlled with the same policies without the risk of configuration drift. Policy configurations are performed in the cloud.