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What's next in networking

Be among the first to know what to expect from evolving networking trends and how to stay ahead of them. Get the latest insights from Cisco in the 2020 Global Networking Trends Report.

Why choose SD-WAN

The modern workforce is increasingly mobile, and business-critical applications are running over the Internet across multiple clouds. Traditional WAN architectures can’t keep up, because of lack of available bandwidth, limited security, and increased complexity, which prevents IT from responding to business needs faster.

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Cisco SD-WAN is smarter, deeper, and more flexible than ever.

A new networking landscape

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Cisco SD-WAN can give you...

Predictable application experience

Increase user productivity by optimizing cloud and on-premises application performance with real-time analytics, visibility, and control.

Right security, right place

Protect users, devices, and applications by deploying embedded or cloud security faster with the best threat intelligence. 

Simplicity at enterprise scale

Centralize cloud management to make it easy to deploy SD-WAN and security while maintaining policy across thousands of sites.

Maximum choice and control

Maintain flexibility with a cloud-first architecture to connect any user, to any application, across any cloud.

How the Cisco SD-WAN architecture works

Cisco SD-WAN is a cloud-first architecture that separates data and control planes, managed through the Cisco vManage console. You can quickly establish an SD-WAN overlay fabric to connect data centers, branches, campuses, and colocation facilities to improve network speed, security, and efficiency.​

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Transport independence

Deploy your WAN over any type
of connection:

  • Internet Checked Internet
  • MPLS Checked MPLS
  • LTE Checked LTE

Network services

Choose from a full suite of
on-demand services:

  • Firewall, IPS, URL filtering Checked Firewall, IPS,
    URL filtering
  • Cloud Security Checked Cloud
    security
  • WAN Checked WAN
    optimization

Endpoint flexibility

Physical or virtual platforms for:

  • Branch Checked Branch
  • Campus Checked Campus
  • Data Center Checked Data
    Center
  • Cloud Checked Cloud

Deploy SD-WAN on your platform of choice.

Introducing Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp for CoLocation

Extend the cloud edge to aggregate multiple branch-office locations and to securely, seamlessly connect them to multicloud environments.

Physical

Deploy high-performance branch and campus platforms with integrated network services.

Virtual

Launch virtualized network services on platforms designed for virtualization.

Cloud

Connect to any cloud and optimize SaaS applications.

Security

Protect your WAN with flexible security. 

Increase flexibility with SD-WAN subscriptions

Choose from three tiers: Cisco DNA Essentials, Cisco DNA Advantage, and Cisco DNA Premier. Select a 3- or 5-year subscription with included software support. Get access to new innovations, investment protection, and license portability.

See what customers have to say

"With the help of Cisco, we are more confident in making use of such technologies as mobile payments, biological recognition, intelligence applications, and big data, building retail big data …"

Wang Mengzhe, IT Director of Xingbianli

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"With Cisco SD-WAN, we've reduced our MPLS spending by 25 percent while increasing bandwidth by 3,075 percent."

Luis Castillo, Global Network Team Manager, National Instruments
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"SD-WAN on Cisco's ISR 4000 routers creates a robust, trusted platform on which to quickly realize security and performance benefits with a simple software upgrade."

Rui Pereira, Altice Portugal

"Verizon's Virtual Network Services offerings, leveraging Cisco's SD-WAN products, are deployed in tens of thousands of customer locations, enabling digital transformation and helping businesses accelerate their move to the cloud while reducing IT complexity and controlling cost."

Shawn Hakl, Senior Vice President, Verizon

"Optimal Office 365 performance is achieved by enabling local Internet breakouts for key Office 365 scenarios, from users in the branch directly into Microsoft's global network. Modern SD-WAN solutions, like Cisco's SD-WAN, make it easier for customers to implement this setup, support multiple DIA links, and dynamically choose the best one, improving the Office 365 user experience."

Konstantin Ryvkin, Partner Architect, Microsoft

"Cisco SD-WAN on ISR routers drives a reliable foundation to quickly integrate SD-WAN, simplify management, and improve real-time access to critical cloud-based business applications."

US Banking Institution

"With Cisco's SD-WAN advanced security, we can instantly turn any customer's entire network into a fortified wall across any cloud environment. This is a significant step toward adopting an enterprise architecture with integrated security, software-defined WAN, and cloud services, all managed via a single policy controller."

Bill Thompson, Practice Manager, World Wide Technology

"Bringing the WAN edge securely to the Internet is now possible with the new security features of Cisco SD-WAN delivered as a single consolidated solution."

Hussein Omar, ​Network Solutions Architect, Datacom

"Customers want more secure connections, usually with multiple cloud environments, so CDW sees Cisco’s new integrated security features for SD-WAN as an important differentiator."

Will Kerr, Technical Architect, CDW

"With Cisco SD-WAN, my life as a network administrator is significantly easier. To deploy new configurations and policy changes across the entire network, what would have taken a very long time previously, touching many devices individually, now takes a matter of minutes."

Peter Castle, Network Administrator, Reece Group
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Agilent's global rollout of Viptela SD-WAN enables our IT teams to respond rapidly to changing business requirements. We now achieve more than 80 percent improvement in turnaround times for new capability and a significant increase in application reliability and user experience.

Pascal Heger, Global Network Architect, Agilent Technologies

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Recommended resources for you

SD-WAN deployment guide (PDF – 29 MB)

Learn how to deploy an SD-WAN network from end to end.

Gartner insight

If you need a highly secure, flexible SD-WAN fabric, Gartner has a few thoughts.

Webinar: TechWiseTV (39:28)

Deliver the right security in the right place across your SD-WAN, simply.

Watch the Cisco Live Virtual Show Recording

Cisco CEO, Chuck Robbins shared Cisco’s vision for the future and unveiled new innovations that will transform our industry, your business and the way we work.

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