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A brief introduction
to SD-WAN
Kiran Ghodgaonkar, Senior Marketing Manager
SOLRST-2006

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Today’s WAN Challenges

• Delays enabling new connectivity

Poor user experience • Inconsistent application performance

• Difficult to manage multiple network devices

Complex to operate • Increasing bandwidth demands

• Support non-traditional devices

Difficult to secure • Can’t use the internet for SaaS

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Why is this happening?
MPLS

Branch WAN
Data
Users Center

Public
Cloud

SaaS SAAS Internet

Poor user experience, complex to operate and difficult to secure

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Transitioning to a new WAN architecture

Data Center

Public Cloud

Branch WAN
SAAS SaaS

Users

Internet

Supports more data, applications, SaaS and more internet usage

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Applying SDN
principles to the WAN Software-Defined WAN

Cloud managed
(Control Plane) Controller | Management | Analytics

Transport
Independent Internet MPLS 4G LTE

End-point
flexibility
(Data Plane) Physical | Virtual | Rich Network Services

*IDC Worldwide SD-WAN Survey Special Report 2017

Two thirds of enterprises will deploy SD-WAN in the next two years*
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Selecting the right SD-WAN Solution
Centralized cloud
management

Transport Application quality

independence of experience
SD-WAN

End-point Integrated
flexibility security

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 Challenges
• Reduce OpEx and CapEx costs
• Re-energize customer in-store
experience
• Improve mobile application
performance

40% reduction in WAN costs Solution

26x bandwidth improvement • Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela)
• 1600 stores globally
5x improvement store conversions • MPLS -> dual broadband
$20M savings over 3 years • 7 Segments – PCI, guest WiFi,
security

Better security and customer experience

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Agenda
Next steps
• Visit the SD-WAN demos in
the world of solutions
• Talk to the Cisco Services
• VisitompleteCommunications
(Booth #1341) for ROI
analysis

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